The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) wants your input.
As SHIC prepares to develop its 2023 Plan of Work, it seeks broad industry input to help guide activities in the coming year.
“Input may include topic areas, research priorities and identified industry needs in which SHIC should focus efforts, such as an emerging swine disease or an emerging swine health issue. Rather than restricting efforts of the Center, the Plan of Work provides a roadmap for the next year but remains flexible, allowing SHIC to react to issues of the industry as they occur in real-time while staying true to the organization’s mission,” SHIC said in its December newsletter.
The mission of SHIC is to protect and enhance the health of the U.S. swine herd through coordinated global disease monitoring, targeted research investments that minimize the impact of future disease threats and analysis of swine health data. That’s why the broader pork industry is encouraged and invited to be a part of SHIC’s next plan of work.
To offer suggestions and ideas, contact SHIC Executive Director Paul Sundberg at psundberg@swinehealth.org or 515-451-6652 or SHIC Associate Director Megan Niederwerder at mniederwerder@swinehealth.org or 785-452-8270. Please send in suggestions throughout December. However, SHIC notes additional input and ideas are welcome anytime to inform newly identified needs.
“Being nimble and responsive to realities in the U.S. swine industry reflects SHIC’s mission and illustrates the Center’s strengths,” SHIC said. “For example, SHIC’s board of directors responded to recent swine health data analysis by shifting both focus and funds to establish the Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program this year. Launched in July 2022, the new program was not specifically included in the 2022 Plan of Work when developed in January but allowed SHIC to respond quickly to an identified industry need and vulnerability.”
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