New research shows certain feed ingredients lessen the threat of African swine fever.

Megan Niederwerder with the Swine Health Information Center says their latest study tested three mitigants.

“Two of them were medium-chain fatty acid blends, and one of them was a formaldehyde propionic acid product. And what we were able to determine is that these chemical mitigants were effective at reducing infectivity of ASF.”

She tells Brownfield ASF survivability increases in colder temperatures.

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