African Swine Fever
New technique adds one more layer of biosecurity to help protect the swine industry.
Scientists Assess a Tick’s Potential to Spread Disease in Southern U.S.
Evolving changes in globally circulating ASFV genotypes continue to pose risks for U.S. introduction and inform ongoing prevention and preparedness activities to protect the health of U.S. swine.
In today’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, proactive foreign animal disease preparedness is more critical than ever. The Maschhoffs have adopted innovative solutions to meet the increasing demands for robust traceability and effective disease response measures. Here’s why.
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.
Northern Italy pig culls related to African swine fever (ASF) are nearing the 100,000 mark in 2024, reports UKR AgroConsult.
The threat of a foreign animal disease outbreak demands vigilant preparedness, rapid response and a community-wide effort to mitigate damage. Interestingly, the legacy of Gord Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip, offers lessons that can be applied to swine foreign animal disease preparation. Here’s why.
Since 2021 with its detection in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, African swine fever has been knocking at our door.
Explosive numbers, deadly destruction, devastating economic impact. Is it possible to control the spiraling feral hog population in Texas? A new study shows a warfarin-based toxicant could help.
African swine fever continues to ravage pig farms in Italy, with at least 24 separate outbreaks and hundreds of farms affected.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza and African swine fever are two high-priority research areas that will be funded through a $17.6-million investment by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to protect the health and welfare of agricultural animals.
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.
A $1 million Food & Agriculture Research grant has been awarded to Kansas State University to develop safe and rapidly deployable vaccines to prevent African swine fever virus.
Of the eight accomplishments USDA APHIS recently acknowledged in their efforts to protect U.S. agriculture and natural resources in 2023, three specifically address the U.S. pork industry.
Scientists have taken a major step forward in understanding how African swine fever virus genes are controlled and expressed, helping the global pork industry advance understanding of this deadly disease of swine.
Veterinarian advocates are urging congressional offices to support and cosponsor the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act and include the Healthy Dog Importation Act in the new farm bill. Here’s why.
ASF has been detected in over 50 countries in recent years, and it continues to spread. Although this deadly disease may seem miles away, the urgency to protect the U.S. from ASF has never been greater.
A persistent series of African swine fever outbreaks in Hong Kong could heighten the need for imported pork, says USMEF president and CEO Dan Halstrom. He just returned from a market visit to Hong Kong.
China’s customs on Friday lifted a five-year ban on pig and pork products from Belgium that was implemented because of an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018.
There’s no question the Swine Health Information Center got a lot done in 2023, and plans are underway to make 2024 even more productive. Here’s an inside look with SHIC executive director Megan Niederwerder.
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funding supports researchers who are developing surveillance, prevention and preparedness methods for the highly infectious animal disease, African swine fever.