PREVENTION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS There is no live or attenuated vaccine for the prevention of ASF therefore control of the virus is reliant on strict biosecurity. • Do not feed domestic pigs food waste; this is illegal in the UK, other EU regions and some states within the US • Where ‘permitted garbage feeding’ is legal in US states, pigs fed this way are prohibited from exportation. • Do not leave food waste exposed for wild swine species to access. Dispose of food waste properly. • Abide by strict biosecurity rules. Do not take pig meat onto farms, or restrict all food (and consumption of food) to a canteen. All staff on farm should be inducted onto a strict programme of hand and equipment sanitisation before and after contact with pigs. • Follow rules and regulations on disposal of food waste at ferry ports and airports. • Provide the means for staff and visitors to thoroughly sanitise their hands and equipment. • Ensure that wild boar, warthogs and...
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