Publications by authors named "P Vaclavek"
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly virulent disease rapidly spreading through Europe with fatal consequences for wild boar and domestic pigs. Understanding pathogen transmission among individuals and populations is crucial for disease control. However, the carcass attractiveness for boars was surprisingly almost unstudied.
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- African swine fever (ASF) is a severe, contagious disease affecting pigs and wild boar, requiring notification to health authorities due to its significant economic impact.
- Diagnosing ASF accurately is essential due to its similar symptoms to other diseases, which is facilitated by laboratory testing; however, there are no effective treatments or vaccines available globally.
- Researchers have developed improved rapid tests, including a dual test that combines both antigen and antibody detection, which not only enhances the detection rate of infected animals but also remains accurate even when traditional PCR tests return negative results.
Parasitic diseases and mitigation of their effects play an important role in the health management of grazing livestock worldwide, with gastrointestinal strongylid nematodes being of prominent importance. These helminths typically occur in complex communities, often composed of species from numerous strongylid genera. Detecting the full diversity of strongylid species in non-invasively collected faecal samples is nearly impossible using conventional methods.
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- African swine fever (ASF) is a serious viral disease impacting pigs globally, with significant outbreaks occurring in Europe since 2014, affecting 14 countries, including Italy and North Macedonia in 2022.
- To understand the ASF virus's spread, researchers sequenced 382 virus isolates from 2007 to 2022, using targeted PCR techniques to analyze specific genetic regions.
- The results revealed 24 distinct ASF virus groups in Europe and identified unique mutations linking recent outbreaks in North Macedonia to neighboring countries, providing insights for improved genotyping and monitoring of the disease.
The survival of African swine fever virus (ASFV) on different matrices and its infectivity in wild as well as domestic swine is still a matter of interest. ASFV is resistant to environmental effects; this fact is enhanced by the presence of organic material. Therefore, the aim of this work was to determine the ability of laboratory ASFV to survive in soil at different temperatures (4 and 22 °C) and with and without the presence of blood using culture procedures.
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