Animal health

Packaging of suspected African swine fever virus samples

This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to package and label a sample taken from an animal suspected to have ASF for delivery to a national laboratory.

The following people and institutions were involved:

Script: Marius Masiulis (FAO), Mark Hovari (FAO) and Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo (FAO).
Actors: Gerard Eduard Martin Valls (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain - UAB); and Jose Luis Ruiz de la Torre Casañas (UAB).
Production: Alberto Oscar Allepuz Palau (UAB) and the Teaching Resource Center of the Medicine Faculty at UAB.

05/08/2024