African Swine Fever in wild boar, South Korea, 2019

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Yeong-Seok Jo, Christian Gortázar

Abstract

South Korea is the only Asian country where African swine fever (ASF) is spreading in wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations. This rapid communication describes the situation of ASF in South Korea since its first detection on 17th Sep 2019 with special attention to ASF dynamics and management in wild boar. Since the first case in a wild boar was detected on 2nd Oct 2019, a total of 86 wild boar have been confirmed as infected by PCR until 18th Jan 2020, and the monthly number of cases has been growing from October 2019 to January 2020. Interventions to limit ASF spread among wild boar in South Korea consist in fencing, population control, and carcass search and disposal. Confirmed-infected sites are immediately fenced, and a three-layer fencing system has been deployed to avoid southward spread of ASF. Hunting and trapping allowed culling 2,623 wild boar on 2,414 km2 (1.08/km2 ), and a total of 889 wild boar carcasses were detected and destroyed. Unfortunately, mine fields impose constraints to effective carcass search, impeding effective quantification of cases and carcass destruction in parts of the infected zone, and generating a unique epidemiological setting.

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Aug 25, 2020·Environmental & Resource Economics·Romain EspinosaNicolas Treich
Apr 13, 2021·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·Yeong-Seok Jo, Christian Gortázar
Mar 30, 2021·The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science·Takashi IkedaMasatsugu Suzuki
Apr 1, 2021·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·Xander O'NeillChristian Gortázar
Jun 1, 2021·Veterinary Medicine and Science·Gowtham DhandapaniHye Kwon Kim

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