African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal, infectious disease affecting wild boars and domestic pigs, mostly resulting in their deaths. Previous studies showed that carcasses of infected wild boars pose a serious threat for ASF virus transmission and leaving of dead bodies in the environment enables persistence of the disease in the given affected area. Therefore, the prompt finding and removal of the carcasses is crucial for effective ASF control. This study reveals habitat preferences of ASF-positive wild boars for their deathbeds, which could greatly improve the effectivity in the search for infected carcasses. The vast majority (71%) of carcasses were found in forests (although forests occupy only 26.6% of the high-risk area - Zlin region, Czech Republic), especially in young forest stands; 91.3% of infected wild boar carcasses, which were found in forests, were in stands of up to 40 years of age, where infected individuals search for calm and quiet places. The preference of younger forest stands is significantly higher for infected individuals (p < 0.001). On meadows, infected individuals preferred a higher herb layer (p = 0.002) compared to non-infected individuals. A higher preference of places more distant from roads and forest edges was observed for the infected individuals as well (p < 0.001 in both cases). No differences in deathbed habitat preference were observed between selected sex-age categories. The distance between carcasses and water source was observed to be dependent on current mean temperature. Carcasses were found closer to the water sources at higher mean temperature. Because of the comparable character of the landscape, presented models are applicable across Central Europe and have the potential to greatly facilitate the search for infected carcasses.

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与ASF相关的野猪死亡床选择：阳性和阴性car体之间是否有区别？

非洲猪瘟（ASF）是一种致命的传染病，会影响野猪和家养猪，主要导致其死亡。先前的研究表明，被感染野猪的尸体对ASF病毒的传播构成了严重威胁，而将尸体留在环境中可以使该病在给定的感染区域持续存在。因此，及时发现和去除cas体对于有效控制ASF至关重要。这项研究揭示了ASF阳性野猪对其生境的栖息地偏好，这可以大大提高寻找被感染尸体的效率。绝大多数（71％）of体在森林中发现（尽管森林仅占捷克共和国兹林地区高风险地区的26.6％），特别是在幼小的林分中。91.3％的受感染野猪尸体，它们是在森林中发现的，它们的年龄高达40岁，受感染的人在这里寻找平静的地方。对于受感染的个体，年轻林分的偏爱明显更高（p <0.001）。在草地上，与未感染的个体相比，感染的个体更喜欢较高的草本层（p = 0.002）。感染者也更偏爱远离道路和森林边缘的地方（两种情况下，p <0.001）。在选定的性别年龄类别之间，未观察到死亡床栖息地偏好的差异。观察到car体与水源之间的距离取决于当前的平均温度。在较高的平均温度下发现尸体靠近水源。由于景观的可比性，