Comparative evaluation of histopathological lesions and viral antigen distribution in domestic pigs and wild boar inoculated intranasally with the highly virulent ASFV genotype II strain "Armenia 2007".

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African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating viral disease that affects domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa). A previous study indicated that wild boar were more susceptible to ASF than pigs, with shorter incubation periods and earlier onset of the disease. This follow-up study aims to compare the pathogenesis and progression of the disease between the two subspecies...

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