To help the U.S. be better prepared if a foreign animal disease were to make it across U.S. borders, researchers are working to get oral fluids approved for testing.
Oral fluids are currently not an approved sample type for foreign animal disease testing, but the industry is conducting research in the U.S., Romania, Vietnam, Uganda and Germany to prove its validity.
The National Pork Board needs producer input to understand how many oral fluid samples will need to be collected from a farm during a foreign animal disease outbreak, based on the number of pigs per pen.
This farm-level data will help researchers put realistic processes in place prior to an outbreak.
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