African Swine Fever Outbreak in an Enclosed Wild Boar Hunting Ground in Serbia.

ABSTRACT: African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in many European countries since its introduction in Georgia in 2007. Serbia suffered its first case of ASF in the domestic pig population in 2019. At the beginning of 2020, ASF was detected in wild boars in open hunting grounds in the southeastern region of the country in districts along the country's borders with Romania and Bulgaria. Since then, all ASF outbreaks in wild boar were clustered in the population located in the same bordering areas. Despite the newly implemented biosecurity protocols for hunters in 2019, ASF was detected for the first time in June 2021 in the wild boar population located in an enclosed hunting ground in the northeast region of the country. In this study, we reported the first ASF outbreak in a wild boar population

SUBMITTER: Prodanov-Radulovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221496 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature