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- A research project is being conducted to create a diagnostic tool for six significant viruses affecting pigs, including ASFV, PRRSV, SIV, PPV, PCV2, and CSFV.
- A questionnaire was distributed to farmers, veterinarians, and other stakeholders in Italy, Greece, Hungary, and Poland to gauge interest in this tool, resulting in 83 responses that provided insights on disease importance, diagnostic tool challenges, and economic concerns.
- The primary users are expected to be veterinarians and pig producers, with the most interest in diagnosing PRRSV, SIV, PPV, and PCV2, and stakeholders prioritize sensitivity, cost, simplicity, and quick results, with many willing to pay up to €3,000
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Introduction: A research project is underway aiming to develop a field diagnostic tool for six important viruses of the pig sector, namely: African swine fever virus (ASFV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), swine influenza virus (SIV), porcine parvovirus (PPV), porcine circovirus (PCV2), and classical swine fever virus (CSFV).
Material And Methods: To obtain a preliminary sounding of the interest in this type of instrument among its potential operators, a questionnaire was drawn up and submitted to three categories of stakeholders: farmers, veterinarians, and others (including scientific and technical staff working on animal farms). Four countries participated: Italy, Greece, Hungary, and Poland.
Results: In total, 83 replies were collected and analysed in a breakdown by stakeholder type and pertinence, where the areas were the importance of the main diseases within the different countries, diagnostic tool operational issues, and economic issues.
Conclusion: The main end-users of this kind of instrument are expected to be private veterinarians and pig producers. The infectious agents seeming to be most interesting to diagnose with the instrument are PRRSV, SIV, PPV, and PCV2. The most decisive parameters which have been selected by the stakeholders are sensitivity, cost, simplicity, and time required to obtain results. The economic issue analysis showed that the majority of those who would prefer to buy rather than rent the device are willing to pay up to €3,000 for a diagnostic field tool.
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