Geographic distribution

Spain 1960-1978

France 1964-1974

Italy 1967-1978

USSR 1977

Cube - 1978 Dominican

Republic - 1978 Brazil - 1978

Sardinia

1967-2007

Angola

1957

Russia 2007- …?

Portugal

1957-1999

Teamwork with :

Prof. V.V. Pronin, DVM Prof. V.M. Balyshev, DVM

G.V. Kornieva, PhD

Investigation of ASF clinical course by

intramuscular and contact infection of

wild boars.

Four 10th months age wild Boars

Three 4 – 8th months age domestic pigs

ASF Virus Isolate “Chechnya”

Photographic & video camera, lamp,

case for necropsy.

1st serial passage

on domestic pig

2nd serial

passage on wild

boar #1

3rd serial

passage on

wild boar #2

3rd serial

passage on

wild boar #3

3rd serial

passage on

wild boar #4

1st serial passage

on domestic pig

2nd serial passage

on domestic pig

Co

nta

ct

iso

late

intramuscularly

Wild boar #1 (infected i.m.) died on 7th DPI

Hyperplasia submandibular lymph nodes

Serohemorrhagic lymphadenitis of prescapular lymph nodes

Serosal lymphadenitis of perigastric lymph nodes

wild boars #2, 3, 4 (infected by contact)

died on 10th DPI

#2 #3

#4

#2 #3

#4

Hyperplasia and serohemorrhagic lymphadenitis of

submandibular lymph nodes

Serous exudate impure of blood in the

thoracic cavity

Serohemorrhagic lymphadenitis of mesenterial lymph nodes

A greatly enlarged (hyperplasia) dark red to black spleen

Enlarged dark red renal lymph nodes, petechial

hemorrhages in the renal cortex

Congestive hyperemia and edema of the lung

Very enlarged dark red (hemorrhagic)

gastrohepatic lymph nodes

ASF is highly contagious disease not only

for domestic swine, but and for the wild

boars.

The clinical sign and necropsy of the wild

boars infected by Russian isolate of virus

ASF, has shown what wild boars is very

susceptible to African swine fever virus.

Thank you for your

attention