African Swine Fever is on the increase across Europe. A highly contagious and fatal disease that can devastate livestock. We break down what to look for and how to prevent the spread through remaining Biosecure.

1. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
MITIGATING RISK BY IMPROVING BIOSECURITY

2. pigs eating infectious meat or meat products
contact with infected pigs or their faeces or body
fluids
contact with anything contaminated with the virus
including:
people and their clothing
vehicles and other equipment
You can help prevent the disease by practising
strict biosecurity on your premises.
African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) , is a that virus causes a haemorrhagic fever and high mortality rates in pigs.
The virus infects domestic pigs, bush pigs and warthogs and is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa . The virus exists through an
infection between ticks and wild pigs, bush pigs, and warthogs. It has since spread to other areas of the world, threating
production facilities around the globe.
Signs of the Virus Include:
• Fever
• Loss of appetite
• Lack of energy
• Sudden death with few signs beforehand
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Red or dark skin, particularly on the ears and snout
• Discharges from the eyes and nose
• Laboured breathing and coughing
• Abortions
• Weakness
• Unsteady gait
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM
African Swine Virus

3. pigs eating infectious meat or meat products
contact with infected pigs or their faeces or body
fluids
contact with anything contaminated with the virus
including:
people and their clothing
vehicles and other equipment
You can help prevent the disease by practising
strict biosecurity on your premises.
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER:
Detailed clinical signs of African
Swine Fever in pigs can be
found on the DEFRA .GOV
Flickr page

4. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: BIOSECURITY
Practising biosecurity is seen as one of the fundamental barriers to limit infection rates.
Biosecurity measures might include:
1. Don’t bring or spread infection onto your farm. Limit visitors
2. Practice good site cleanliness ensure disinfectant are widely available
3. Maintain your fences and limit access to our farms
4. freshly spread slurry and livestock should be kept separate
5. Manage your fallen stock on site
6. Ensure your good record keeping.
More advice can be found on the .Gov website:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/disease-prevention-for-livestock-farmers
A small change that support biosecurity in relation to items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. Is to ensure fallen stock is managed on site.

5. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: BIOSECURITY – MANAGING FALLEN STOCK
Managing fallen stock on site can:
✔ Limit visitors, particular waste collection companies that might bring disease to your site.
✔ Allow you to segregate waste and dispose of it quickly and effectively.
✔ Limit wildlife interaction with fallen stock
✔ Improve cleanliness of the site.
✔ Reduce disposal costs
Transport trucks collecting fallen
stock. Potentially moving the virus
from site-to-site
A site managing it waste on site.
Minimising risk
On site incinerator

6. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER:
BIOSECURITY – FALLEN STOCK MACHINES

7. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER:
BIOSECURITY – ON FARM USE
Machine Name:
Addfield MINI PLUS
Suitable For Whole
Carcass Of:
Piglets
Bacon Pigs
Loose Waste Capacity:
500kg
Notes:
Ideal for a fattener site
Machine Name:
Addfield SB
Suitable For Whole
Carcass Of:
Piglets
Bacon Pigs
Sows
Loose Waste Capacity:
750kg
Notes:
Most popular machine
Machine Name:
Addfield TB
Suitable For Whole
Carcass Of:
Piglets
Bacon Pigs
Sows (multiple)
Loose Waste Capacity:
1300kg
Notes:
Ideal for larger than
average farms
Machine Name:
Addfield TB-AB
Suitable For Whole
Carcass Of:
Piglets
Bacon Pigs
Sows (multiple)
Loose Waste Capacity:
2000kg
Notes:
Largest of the ‘low
capacity’ models
Machine Name:
Addfield RAPID1000
Suitable For Whole
Carcass Of:
Piglets
Bacon Pigs
Sows (multiple)
Loose Waste Capacity:
5000kg
Notes:
Bulk disposal managing
multiple sites
Machines below are designed and built for on-farm use. They range in scale in accordance with a farm size:

8. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER:
BIOSECURITY – ON FARM USE
Mobile Addfield incinerator managing ASV, Lithuania
Mobile Addfield Rapid1000 incinerator, United Kingdom
Where on farm disposal is not an option mobile disposal
machines exist. These are idea for:
• Emergency disposal
• Managing wild pigs bush pigs and warthogs
The units can fitted to agricultural type trailers (top right)
Or commercial type trailers (bottom right)
Ensure bio-security methods are rigorously enforced for mobile applications

9. Allow the experts to support your
Bio Security Requirements
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