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Pig with reddened ears showing signs of African swine fever. Used with permission of the Pirbright Institute

Emergency pig disease: African swine fever (ASF)

4 July 2014

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious virus that causes an often fatal disease in pigs and wild boar.

Pig in shelter straw

Emergency pig disease: classical swine fever (CSF)

8 December 2014

Classical swine fever (CSF), also known as hog cholera, is a highly contagious disease of pigs caused by a pestivirus. The disease only affects pigs and is exotic to Australia.

Cattle can be affected by anthrax

Anthrax

14 September 2015

Anthrax is a bacterial disease of animals, most commonly seen in cattle, sheep and goats.

Blister on a pig's hoof on the area between the foot and leg which is likley to be due to foot and mouth disease

Emergency diseases of pigs

15 January 2014

There are many infectious emergency diseases of pigs that do not occur in Australia.

Pigs: a step-by-step guide to sampling and post-mortem

26 March 2020

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has created a sampling and post-mortem guide to assist veterinarians investigating pig disease. 

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