Necropsy Procedures and Evaluation of Macroscopic Lesions of Pigs Infected with African Swine Fever Virus

Comparative evaluation of disease dynamics in wild boar and domestic pigs experimentally inoculated intranasally with the European highly virulent African swine fever virus genotype II strain “Armenia 2007”

“…To address this gap in knowledge about host‒virus interactions and disease dynamics in the critical period immediately after infection, our experimental approach involved sequential euthanasia of animals beginning on day 1 pi. During this process, we systematically assessed the animals using established macroscopic evaluation protocols [ 24 , 29 ] to provide more precise information on affected organs, lesion types and severity to establish differences between animals and experimental groups in the early stages after infection. Such protocols could also be useful and easy-to-use tools for the early detection of disease during outbreaks, requiring only minimal training from veterinarians.…”

“…Notable macroscopic lesions were detected as early as day 3 pi, and both infected domestic pigs and wild boar showed characteristic lesions associated with acute ASF [ 24 , 29 ]. These included lymphadenomegaly with petechiae in the submandibular, medial retropharyngeal, gastrohepatic, renal, and ileocecal lymph nodes.…”

Epizootics Associated in Ghoongroo Pig Mortality in an Organized Farm Under Hot and Humid Climatic Condition in West Bengal, India

“…The Present study was under taken to find out the prevalence of disease deaths in this animals in different months, season and age groups based on Autopsy findings as well as clinical findings during treatment of animals. standard protocol [3,13].…”