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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER. A DIDACTIC APPROACH |
African Swine Fever (ASF) is one of the most complex diseases affecting domestic animals. It is caused by a DNA virus belonging to the family Asfarviridae. Only pigs (domesticated and wild) are affected. In domesticated pigs and European boars the clinical signs are variable. Acute forms have very high mortality and present congestive-haemorrhagic alterations and functional disorders in the digestive and respiratory systems. Ornithodorus ticks also act as biological vectors and a reservoir of the virus.
Sánchez-Vizcaíno, J.M, Mur, L. and Arias, M . © 2010
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The Disease 
