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Feed ingredients can be of particular concern as a potential source of spreading viruses. - Photo: Shutterstock

09-04-2021 | Article

5 questions about the role of feed with ASFv

Feed bags in a storage at a feed mill near Beijing, China. This mill was not involved in the KSU project. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

25-12-2020 | News

How does ASFv spread within a feed mill?

Treating the manure lagoon: it is needed to cover all farm territory with powder disinfectant 25% dry bleach. Photo: Gustavo Lopez

16-08-2019 | Article

ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps – part 2

After the burning and burial of the pigs, the pit should be covered with dirt and a layer of dry bleach applied to the surface. Photo: Gustavo Lopez

14-08-2019 | Article

ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps – Part 1

Photo: Vincent ter Beek

26-11-2018 | Expert opinion

How to protect a pig farm from ASF?

Latest developments on ASF biosecurity

One species of the Culicoides genus, photographed after a blood meal. - Photo: Scott Bauer, USDA-ARS

14-04-2021 | News

Midges, mosquitoes and flies and their role in ASFv spread

Feed ingredients can be of particular concern as a potential source of spreading viruses. - Photo: Shutterstock

09-04-2021 | Article

5 questions about the role of feed with ASFv

An employee is cleaning and disinfecting a lactation unit. - Photo: Ronald Hissink

02-01-2021 | News

Effectiveness of chemical compounds against ASFv

Feed bags in a storage at a feed mill near Beijing, China. This mill was not involved in the KSU project. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

25-12-2020 | News

How does ASFv spread within a feed mill?

A sniffer dog at work at an airport in Japan. Photo: PR Newswire

14-02-2020 | News

ASF entry prevention – update from North America

Hugues (Hugo) Six, general manager East and South-East Asia for Hendrix Genetics. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

06-11-2019 | Interview

Interview: Biosecurity as solution to ASF

Treating the manure lagoon: it is needed to cover all farm territory with powder disinfectant 25% dry bleach. Photo: Gustavo Lopez

16-08-2019 | Article

ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps – part 2

After the burning and burial of the pigs, the pit should be covered with dirt and a layer of dry bleach applied to the surface. Photo: Gustavo Lopez

14-08-2019 | Article

ASF on-farm? Back on track in 18 steps – Part 1

A close up of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans, the type of fly that was used in the research. Photo: Shutterstock

15-07-2019 | Article

Flies can play a role in transmitting ASF into farms

Photo: Henk Riswick

22-02-2019 | News

ASF can easily be transmitted in water and feed

OK this kind of protection may be a little bit over the top for a farm, but just like these medieval city walls of Ávila in central Spain, any farm should be constructed to keep unwanted visitors out. Photo: Vlad Gheia

17-12-2018 | Expert opinion

Keeping ASF out: The Fortress Farm

Photo: Vincent ter Beek

26-11-2018 | Expert opinion

How to protect a pig farm from ASF?

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