Combating African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste with Associate Professor Paul Hick

New Books In Public Health · Feb 11, 2021 · 17m

Since it first arrived in Asia in 2018, African swine fever virus has caused a devastating pandemic resulting in more than a quarter of the global pig population being killed by this disease. As there is currently no vaccine or treatment for this disease, which has a nearly 100% mortality rate in infected pigs, a strong focus has been placed on preventative biosecurity measures. But this strategy has proved particularly challenging in Timor-Leste, where pigs often roam freely around villages.In this episode, Associate Professor Paul Hick speaks to Dr Thushara Dibley about his work reducing…