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Review of research on epidemiological aspects of transportation-related biosecurity for Afrain swine ever - risk factors for environmental persistence of the virus

The potential risks to pigs from disease due to pathogen contamination brought into the piggery by people, vehicles, and/or animal movements are minimised by good on-farm biosecurity practices. Understanding how the consistency and effectiveness of truck washing practices being used at each pork export abattoir can support on-farm biosecurity is necessary. As part of a larger project funded by APL to improve biosecurity around transportation of pigs from farms to abattoir, a review of published literature related to transportation-related epidemiological risk factors for spread of ASF virus, the kinetics of virus shedding in faeces and other pig fluids, survival of the virus in the environment, and the efficacy of various cleaning and disinfection (C&D) protocols in inactivating the virus was commissioned.

Project date

14 Aug 2020-13 Nov 2020
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Principal investigator

David Hamilton

Research organisation

DH Consulting Pty Ltd

Project funded by

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Other rural industries Pork

Australian Pork (APL)

Australian Pork Limited is an Australian Research and Development Corporation. Our purpose is to enable a thriving pork industry. Our …
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Research funding body

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