Ability to Respond Total:20 / 25Ability to Respond = ( Ease of Response + Tools in Place )
Confidence:High
Confidence Notes:
Impact
Spread
Notes
Score
Spread Rate
Virus can be spread through direct contact between animals (secretions, excretions, semen, blood), through uncooked pig feed, & by indirect contact through premises, vehicles, clothes, instruments and needles. Birds, flies, and humans can carry the virus.
4
Spread Amount
The disease occurs in much of Asia, Central and South America, and parts of Europe and Africa. Though not currently present in the U.S., it can most definitely survive and persist there.
5
Damage
Notes
Score
Ecological
Has the potential to infect wild boar. Besides that, it does not pose much of a threat to native communities
1
Agricultural
As transmission can occur rapidly and there is no cure for the virus, quarantine and slaughter is the only option to control CSFV. In its acute form, the virus is highly fatal.
5
Infrastructure
1
Cultural
0
Health
It is not harmful to humans.
0
Benefit
Notes
Score
Ecological
0
Agricultural
0
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
0
Health
0
Total
16
Ability to Respond
Ease of Response
Notes
Score
Detection
Because it is strikingly similar to African swine fever (indistinguishable clinicopathologically), a significant amount of resources must be spent on laboratory testing.
3
Control
Only after a 15-year effort by industry, Federal, and State governments was CSFV eradicated from the U.S. A similar eradication effort would cost an estimated $500 million if carried out today.
2
Tools in Place
Notes
Score
Entry
Swine imported from CSFV-free countries are only allowed to enter the U.S. after a 30-day quarantine at a high-security Federal import center.
5
Control
California Department of Agriculture and USDA offer free necropsy and surveillance work. Farmers are required to report CSFV spottings withing 24 hours of diagnosis. Quarantine and slaughter is required.
5
Outreach
There is a plethora of information about hog cholera and what to do if it is suspected in local populations.
