Identifying sites where wild boars can consume anthropogenic food waste with implications for African swine fever.

ABSTRACT: Wild boar population dynamics promote the increase in numbers and distribution of the species in Eurasia, leading to a rise in the interaction with human activities, as well as generating problems with the management of certain infectious diseases, most notably African swine fever (ASF). ASF virus possesses high stability in several contaminated pork and pork products that can be a source of indirect transmission to susceptible hosts habituated to anthropogenic food waste. This transmission route is a concerning threat for the dispersion of the disease, primarily into unaffected areas given the worldwide widespread distribution of the disease and the increase of wild boar contact with humans. Thus, in this study, a straightforward tool to assess the relative risk of wild boar natural popul

SUBMITTER: Aguilar-Vega C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309469 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature