Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 2
Written by Alexandru POPESCU, Carmen Georgeta NICOLAE
The study followed for a period of two years the evolution of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Romania in 188 hunting funds from 41 counties. A total of 1471 positive boars were identified with African swine fever, of which 1217 were found dead and 254 were harvested positive by hunting. Several ways of disseminating the disease specific to the Romanian territory have been identified. A specific transboundary diseases crossing also was described. In parallel, the African swine fever dynamics was compared with the classical swine fever in wild boars. From the analysis of the data obtained, two models of the spread of the disease in the wild fauna were identified. Comparing the harvest of the two hunting seasons, a wave movement was observed from east to west of Romania, the number of cases remaining constant.
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