African Swine Fever App

Information about African Swine Fever

African swine fever (ASF) is a newly emerging transboundary viral disease of pigs which is highly contagious and hemorrhagic in nature affecting domestic and wild pigs resulting up to 100% mortality thereby causing huge economic losses to the pig producers.

This mobile app is developed covering the following aspects of African Swine Fever (ASF) to create awareness among the farmers and stakeholders to reduce the economic losses. The app covers the following aspects of the disease:

• History of ASF

• The ASF Virus

• Susceptible Host

• Transmission Cycle

• Lateral Transmission

• Signs and Symptoms

• Diagnosis

• Post Mortem Findings

• Prevention and Control

• Biosecurity Guidelines

• Disposal and Decontamination

• Public Health Risk

• Economic Impact

• Advisory