African Swine Fever Vaccine Research and Development Success is false, up to now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has not accepted any preventive and therapeutic drugs or vaccines against African Swine Fever virus. African Swine Fever (English name: African Swine Fever, abbreviation: ASF) is an acute, hemorrhagic, virulent infectious disease caused by African Swine Fever Virus (abbreviation: ASFV) that infects domestic pigs and a variety of wild boars (e.g., African wild boar, European wild boar, etc.).