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Nigeria is calling for an emergency response to contain the latest African swine fever outbreak in Ogun State.

Kenya has no effective ASF treatment or commercially available vaccine, making early detection, movement controls and farm biosecurity critical.

ASF is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs.

African Swine Fever is one of the most destructive viral diseases affecting domestic and wild pigs.

The government has stressed the need for a thorough epidemiological investigation to determine the cause of the outbreak.

Although investigations are ongoing, authorities said the outbreak was most likely linked to illegal pork imports that entered Taiwan undetected.

The scientists recommend further research into matching vaccines to virus types, while also exploring new vaccine designs that could provide broader protection.

The vaccine is a live attenuated formulation aimed at protecting pigs from ASF, a highly contagious viral disease for which there had previously been no effective vaccine.

GLOBAL – A major step in the fight against African swine fever (ASF) was taken this year as the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)…