Name: 非洲豬瘟入侵台中！帶你了解這致命病毒是什麼(African Swine Fever – What is it?)
Uploaded: 2025-10-26T12:43:46.000Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s

African swine fever is a hemorrhagic disease of swine that is caused by African swine fever virus.

非洲豬瘟是一種由非洲豬瘟病毒引起的豬隻出血性疾病。

It's highly adapted to wild pigs, warthogs and bush pigs in sub-Saharan Africa,

它高度適應撒哈拉以南非洲的野豬、疣豬和灌叢豬，

where it cycles between those wild species and soft ticks.

並在這些野生物種與軟蜱之間循環。

And that's the natural life cycle of the virus.

這就是該病毒的自然生命週期。

African swine fever has never been in the United States.

But what's most interesting now is in 2007,

the virus actually spread from Africa into the Republic of Georgia through the port of Poti.

該病毒實際上透過波季港從非洲傳播到格魯吉亞共和國。

And now more recently, it spread to China and further into Southeast Asia as well as pressing west, going into Eastern Europe.

而現在，它更進一步傳播到中國以及東南亞，同時也向西擴散到東歐。

I think the risk to the US is probably quite real with the extensive amount of global trade.

我認為由於龐大的全球貿易量，對美國的風險相當真實。

I'm often asked, is pork safe to eat in ASF endemic regions?

我常被問到，在非洲豬瘟流行地區，豬肉是否安全可食？

I would say the answer to that is yes, because first of all, infected animals would not be entering the food supply.

我會說答案是肯定的，因為首先，受感染的動物不會進入食物供應鏈。

And second of all, the virus is highly adapted to swine species and is unable to infect humans.

其次，該病毒高度適應豬隻，無法感染人類。

There's really no evidence at all that ASF infects humans.

根本沒有任何證據顯示非洲豬瘟會感染人類。

The question is often asked about, are other animal species susceptible to African swine fever?

常有人問到，其他動物物種會不會感染非洲豬瘟？

And again, the virus is highly adapted to swine and there's really no scientific evidence that other species are affected.

再說一次，這個病毒非常適應豬隻，並沒有任何科學證據顯示其他物種會受影響。

And this would be domestic animals, pets, cats, dogs.

這包括了家畜、寵物，像是貓、狗。

When it comes to food safety in relation to African swine fever, it's very important to really try and understand the facts.

談到與非洲豬瘟相關的食品安全，非常重要的一點是，要確實去了解事實。

And when you look at the facts, you will come away quite confident that the disease, the virus, the disease poses no risk to humans.

當你瞭解事實後，你會非常有信心，這個疾病、這個病毒，對人類是沒有風險的。