The invention discloses a reagent, detection method and application for the detection of African hog cholera virus. The reagent comprises a specific primer pair and a probe, upstream and downstream primers of the primer pair are respectively sequences shown in Seq ID No. 1 and 2, and the probe is a sequence shown in Seq ID No. 3 or its reverse complement sequence; in the probe sequence shown in the SEQ ID No.3, a 28th base modifies fluorescent quenching group-dT, a 31st base is replaced with a base analog, a 33rd base modifies a fluorescent group-dT, and a 3' end modifies C3 Spacer. The reagent is sensitive, specific and efficient for detection of the African hog cholera virus by recombinase polymerase amplification; compared with conventional conventional or real-time fluorescent PCR, thereagent and the detection method have short detection time and simple operation, are especially suitable for on-site testing, and are of great significance for the rapid prevention and control of theAfrican hog cholera virus and guarantee of production safety.