Classical swine fever (hog cholera) in wild boar in Europe.

African swine fever and classical swine fever (hog cholera) among wild boar in Sardinia

Classical swine fever (hog cholera): review of aspects relevant to control.

Classical swine fever (CSF) has the ability to spread over large distances when human intervention such as illegal swill feeding facilitates its movement. This was apparent during 2005 when CSF appeared in South Africa (SA) after an absence of 87 years. In this review, various newly published developments in terms of the diagnosis of the disease and vaccination are described and applied to situ...

A Review of Molecular Characterization of Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV)

Classical swine fever (CSF), also known as hog cholera is an long-standing disease, being described as early as 1833, in Ohio USA (1). CSF continues be of importance presently (2). The disease causes major damage to the pig populations in the Chinese provinces and in other countries worldwide (3). CSF is a highly contagious disease that mainly spreads by contact between live pigs or by feeding ...

Histopathological detection of hog cholera from field outbreaks

The study was carried out to detect and describe the outbreaks of Hog Cholera (HC) or Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in different parts of NorthEastern region of India by histopathological techniques in post mortem samples. Histopathological alterations in different lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs provides clue to confirm hog cholera disease. Pigs died of suspected swine fever (hog cholera) virus...

Surveillance of wild animal diseases in Europe.

A study of the methods and personnel involved in general surveillance of wild animal diseases in Europe was conducted by correspondence and personal interview in 1993-1994. Twenty-seven of the thirty-six countries contacted participated in the study. A great range was observed in the intensity of surveillance programmes and the details of their organisation. Programmes of comprehensive general ...