University of Minnesota researchers have identified a breakthrough in in its efforts to develop mitigation strategies against African Swine Fever. University of Minnesota Associate Professor Declan Schroeder says a new study found ASF was able to survive up to 100 degrees Celsius when previously the virus was thought to be killed in temperatures around 60 degrees Celsius. “We discovered that 60 degrees Celsius isn’t good enough to kill it, so mitigation efforts can be changed accordingly.” University of Minnesota is one of only a handful of facilities in the U.S. to have access to the highly contagious virus pathogen. “In fact, we were the third university in the U.S. to be given permission to work on this virus and now there’s five others.”
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