Ten years of ASF in Poland: what have we learnt?
For several reasons, Poland has not managed to control ASF in wild boars and pigs. What measures has this country implemented during these 10 years and why were they insufficient?
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Professor Grzegorz Wozniakowski was born in 1982 in Pulawy, Poland. He has a PhD and DSc degree in veterinary sciences focused on veterinary virology. In May 2020 he received a scientific title of a full professor of agricultural sciences in the discipline of veterinary science. He worked for almost 14 years in the National Veterinary Research Institute in Puławy. During this time period he was involved in scientific study focused on poultry and swine diseases, including Marek's disease virus, avian adenoviruses, waterfowl parvo- and circovirus, as well as African swine virus, porcine epidemic diarrhoea, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and porcine circovirus type 2. He was Head of Swine Diseases department from 2018 until November 2020. He is the author of 77 scientific papers from Journal and Citation Reports list. In November 2020 he moved to the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń to continue his scientific career in the Department of Diagnosis and Clinical Sciences.
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For several reasons, Poland has not managed to control ASF in wild boars and pigs. What measures has this country implemented during these 10 years and why were they insufficient?
Biosecurity and prevention measures must take into account that as low as 5 units of ASF virus are enough to produce infection.
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