<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), is currently one of the most important and serious diseases of pigs, mainly due to the enormous sanitary and socio-economic consequences. It leads to serious economic losses, not only because of the near 100% mortality rate, but also through the prohibitions of pork exports it triggers. Currently neither vaccines nor safe and effective chemotherapeutic agents are available against ASFV. The disease is controlled by culling infected pigs and maintaining high biosecurity standards, which principally relies on disinfection. Some countries have approved and/or authorised a list of biocides effective against this virus. This article is focused on the characteristics of chemical substances present in the most popular disinfectants of potential use against ASFV. Despite some of them being approved and tested, it seems necessary to perform tests directly on ASFV to ensure maximum effectiveness of the disinfectants in preventing the spread of ASF in the future.</p></abstract>

African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), is currently one of the most important and serious diseases of pigs, mainly due to the enormous sanitary and socio-economic consequences. It leads to serious economic losses, not only because of the near 100% mortality rate, but also through the prohibitions of pork exports it triggers. Currently neither vaccines nor safe and effective chemotherapeutic agents are available against ASFV. The disease is controlled by culling infected pigs and maintaining high biosecurity standards, which principally relies on disinfection. Some countries have approved and/or authorised a list of biocides effective against this virus. This article is focused on the characteristics of chemical substances present in the most popular disinfectants of potential use against ASFV. Despite some of them being approved and tested, it seems necessary to perform tests directly on ASFV to ensure maximum effectiveness of the disinfectants in preventing the spread of ASF in the future.

Characteristics of selected active substances used in disinfectants and their virucidal activity against ASFV

Journal of Veterinary Research

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African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), is currently one of the most important and serious diseases of pigs, mainly due to the...

Characteristics of selected active substances used in disinfectants and their virucidal activity against ASFV

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 17 - 25

Received: Dec 11, 2018

Accepted: Feb 27, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2019-0006

Keywords
African swine fever, African swine fever virus, disinfection, biosecurity, virucidal effects

© 2019 Małgorzata Juszkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Characteristics of selected active substances used in disinfectants and their virucidal activity against ASFV

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 17 - 25

Received: Dec 11, 2018

Accepted: Feb 27, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2019-0006

KeywordsAfrican swine fever, African swine fever virus, disinfection, biosecurity, virucidal effects

© 2019 Małgorzata Juszkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
African swine fever, African swine fever virus, disinfection, biosecurity, virucidal effects