Reporting on African swine fever and wild pigs in Asia and the Pacific

Launch event featuring our experts and recommendations on how to manage wild pig populations and other actions

Featuring updated information for animal health practitioners and field workers

African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease of pigs which has high fatality rates and has been spreading globally since the first reports of the virus into China in August 2018. It has since spread to parts of the European Union, and more recently to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Under the umbrella of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) formed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE), a Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever in Asia and the Pacific (SGE-ASF AP) was formed in the region to help coordinate efforts, share information, and develop best practices for prevention and control of ASF outbreaks.

As part of these activities, the WOAH Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific, with financial support from the Japanese government, has published the “African swine fever in wild pigs in the Asia and the Pacific Region”, a report recommended by the SGE-ASF AP to review the current knowledge of the ecology, distribution, and role in swine disease epidemiology of wild pigs in the region. The report also makes recommendations on ways to manage populations of wild pigs, their interface with domestic pigs and other actions that will contribute to the prevention and control of ASF in Asia and the Pacific.