Nuevas estrategias para el control y erradicación de la peste porcina africana

Zusammenfassung

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the notifiable infectious diseases of swine that causes greater sanitary and economic impact. Currently, its relevance is increasing due to disease presence in Africa, Asia and Europe. This doctoral thesis is entitled “New strategies to control and eradicate African swine fever”, and aims at developing new tools and epidemiological knowledge to prevent, control and eradicate ASF globally. Thus, the most relevant characteristics of the disease and its related risks were explored within the framework of three different scenarios: endemic scenario focused on Sardinia, epidemic scenario regarding the European Union (EU) pig industry and free scenario represented by the United States (US). Results from this doctoral thesis have been published in international peer reviewed journals as five scientific articles...