The obvious and the incredible: Ukrainian wild boars infected with African plague have become long-livers
The life expectancy of Ukrainian wild boars infected with the African swine fever virus (ASF) has increased, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by Polish scientist Tomasz Podgurski (Institute of Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences), reports the Polish publication tygodnik-rolniczy.pl. It was previously believed that animals carrying the virus died within two weeks. However, studies have shown that the percentage of wild boars capable of carrying the virus for a longer period of time is increasing. "Not…