01497nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653001400113653001500127653002400142100001500166700001700181700001800198700001600216245011200232490000800344520092500352022001401277       2018                            d  c09/2018bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10awild boar10ascavenging10aAfrican Swine Fever1 aM Masiulis1 aP Bušauskas1 aV Jonušaitis1 aG Pridotkas00aPotential role of domestic pig carcasses disposed in the forest for the transmission of African swine fever0 v1313 aAiming to answer the question whether domestic pig carcasses, infected with  African swine fever (ASF) might be a source of infection for wild boar, three carcasses  of healthy pigs have been disposed in the forest and monitored. The study  was conducted in Lithuania. It was analyzed if wild boar behave equally towards domestic pig carcasses as in similar studies towards wild boar carcasses. In the study,  direct carcass contacts were recorded only during one night. Generally, wild boar  were more interested in the soil underneath and in vicinity of the carcasses. Wild  boar behavior towards pig carcasses and towards wild boar carcasses appears similar. Direct contacts are rather seldom but potentially sufficient to transmit ASF. The limited  contact and the rather high viral load that is needed to infect a susceptible wild boar may explain the relative slow progression of disease in the affected countries.  a0005-9366