African Swine Fever
The latest global surveillance reports on an unusual “fox parvovirus” found in pigs in Europe and rising ASF cases overseas serve as critical biosecurity warnings for the U.S. pork industry.
As African swine fever spreads westward to Pyhtaa, Finland has expanded its restricted zone, threatening trade channels for an $86 million pork export market that relies heavily on non-EU buyers.
As foreign animal diseases like ASF and screwworm evolve globally, U.S. pork producers are urged to double down on local biosecurity and focus on the on-farm risks they can control.
Preliminary tests on three dead wild boar piglets prompt immediate quarantine zones and spark concerns over the nation’s crucial pork export market.
From the re-emergence of pseudorabies to unrelenting PRRSV activity, experts warn that “seasonal reprieves” are a thing of the past.
From new outbreaks in European commercial farms to vaccine challenges in Africa, the latest reports highlight a volatile global landscape. Biosecurity at the border has never been more critical.
A new outbreak in a German wild boar near the Polish border and large-scale culling in Serbia have sparked fresh concerns over the virus’s spread across Europe.
With African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease on the move, real-time situational awareness is the critical factor in defending U.S. pork production.
Following the discovery of African swine fever on a 3,000-head farm, Hungarian veterinary officials have ordered the culling of the herd and established rigorous surveillance zones to protect the national pork industry.
University of Minnesota studies show the low-inclusion feed mitigant achieves a 99.99% reduction in viable viruses within one hour, offering a safer and more efficient biosecurity tool for pork producers.
Learn why “business as usual” isn’t enough when facing evolving pathogens. Here are five key diseases that demand increased vigilance and diagnostic precision today.
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has adopted the first international guidelines for evaluating African Swine Fever vaccines in the field to ensure safety and efficacy across global markets.
The U.S. is intensifying its proactive measures to safeguard the pork industry from the devastating threat of African swine fever through enhanced border security and industry collaboration. Here’s what you can do to help make a difference.
Persistent African swine fever outbreaks in Asia and Europe highlight continued viral pressure. USDA urges pork producers to remain vigilant in keeping this disease out and devotes the week of March 1-7 as ASF Action Week.
Spain, the European Union’s leading pork producer, has reported the first two cases of ASF in wild boar outside of the original outbreak area.
Biosecurity is the best defense to keep foreign animal disease out. USDA wants to see how you put it into practice.
The need to build strong relationships with policymakers and amplify the voice of Canada’s pork industry was a theme during the Canadian pork industry’s fall meetings.
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in domestic pigs in Latvia for the first time this year. Latvia is located between Lithuania and Estonia on the Baltic Sea.
A case of African swine fever has been confirmed in pigs in east Germany. The case was confirmed on a breeding operation in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
CBP uncovers almost 125 pounds of pork within vehicle; Agriculture Specialists issue $1,000 civil penalty at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge.
Although the lessons learned are different for each stakeholder group, Yvette Johnson-Walker, DVM, says lessons are always learned when people come together for a foreign animal disease tabletop exercise. Here’s why.
Canadian Pork Council’s goal is to develop an ASFMeter, a portable and low-cost tool, for rapidly diagnosing African swine fever in the field.
A therapeutic trial using innovative CRISPR-based technologies to target African swine fever in pigs has successfully been completed.
Eye-opening. Impactful. Urgent. Important. These are just a few ways pork producers described a recent exercise on FAD preparedness. For Jim McCoy, an Ohio show pig producer, the experience went one step further.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will raise the user fees for the Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection program effective Oct. 1, 2024. Here’s why this matters to you.
Current outbreaks of African swine fever have resulted in billions of dollars in losses across the globe, heightening the need for the eradication of wild swine populations that can transmit foreign diseases, AFBF says.
With $2.6 million in new support to fight the deadly African swine fever virus, a Kansas State University researcher is armed with new ammunition to battle one of the biggest global threats to swine production.