Manual on the preparation of African swine fever : contingency plans /

Manual on the preparation of African swine fever : contingency plans / text prepared by William A. Geering, Mary-Louise Penrith, David Nyakahuma.

African swine fever (ASF) is a disease with a mortality rate close to 100 percent. There is no vaccine and no conventional treatment against the disease. To reduce the effects caused by ASF outbreaks, optimal response mechanisms against probable ASF emergency disease situations need to be planned a...

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Main Author: Geering, W. A.
Corporate Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
Other Authors: Penrith, Mary-Louise, Nyakahuma, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001.
Series:FAO animal health manual ; no. 11.
Subjects:
African swine fever.
Swine > Virus diseases.
Table of Contents:
  • Suggested format and contents of a national ASF contingency plan
  • Nature of the disease
  • Risk analysis for ASF
  • Prevention strategies for ASF
  • Early warning contingency planning for ASF
  • Early reaction contingency planning for an ASF emergency
  • Organizational arrangements during an ASF emergency campaign
  • Support plans
  • Action plan
  • Training, testing and revision of contingency plans.

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