African Swine Fever
If a foreign animal disease crisis hits, the last thing you’ll want to be doing is scrambling to figure out how to get all your animal movement paperwork in order, says Matt Ackerman with Pork Veterinary Solutions.
Experts weigh in on the frequently asked questions about international shipping of soy and share best practices for importation of soy products in an effort to lower risk of foreign animal disease introduction.
For many, 2021 will not just be remembered as another year we battled COVID-19. It will also be remembered as the year African swine fever found its way back into the Western Hemisphere.
Cutting the numbers of wild boar will be critical in combating the pig disease African swine fever in Germany.
China’s Hebei province said on Wednesday that it has confirmed a new African swine fever outbreak in pigs being transported from other provinces.
France has signed an agreement with China to ensure pork trade can continue even if an outbreak of African swine fever occurs, in a breakthrough for European countries threatened by the pig disease.
His warnings have gone largely unheeded, while wild pigs rapidly expand across Western Canada, with no nationally coordinated science-based containment strategy in place. For Brook, it’s a recipe for disaster.
USDA’s APHIS issued a revised Federal Order to allow certain swine products to safely move to the mainland U.S. from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as long as they meet certain conditions.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is awarding more than $16.3 million to 64 projects with states, universities and other partners to strengthen programs to protect animal health.
As the wild pig population continues to grow in the U.S. and present challenges, new research may help farmers, landowners and government agencies fine-tune their strategies for limiting crop and property damage.
Preventing foreign animal diseases, addressing a shortage of agricultural workers and reauthorizing a livestock price reporting law top the list of issues pork producers will virtually take to Capitol Hill this week.
African swine fever continues to spread widely in Vietnam. Government officials said this outbreak has forced the culling of 230,000 hogs – three times the number of hogs culled in 2020, Reuters reports.
Federal agents foiled plans for 47 roosters and hens that tried to cross the U.S. border at the Laredo Port of Entry on Nov. 12.
Megan Niederwerder, assistant professor at Kansas State University, will lead a new $513,000 research project to characterize African swine fever virus survival and transmission after introduction onto a farm.
The discovery of another case of ASF in farm pigs in Germany in an area previously free of the disease could make negotiations about lifting existing import bans with China and other major buyers more difficult.
There’s no question interest in feed biosecurity is increasing. Research has confirmed diseases can be transmitted through contaminated feed, providing an avenue for introduction to susceptible pigs via ingestion.
Researchers developed a quantitative risk assessment model to estimate the probability that one or more corn or soybean meal ocean vessels contaminated with ASF virus would be imported into the U.S. annually.
A new study provides critical insights on how U.S. pork can differentiate itself in the global export market. What are international customers really looking for?
China reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) at a pig farm on Hainan island in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health said.
Alexis Main, graduate student at Oklahoma State University and 2021 College Aggies Online participant, clears up myths about what goes on behind closed doors on a pig farm and lessons she’s learned about biosecurity.
African swine fever (ASF) is a nasty bug and it’s getting closer to the U.S. The highly contagious viral infection doesn’t infect humans, but it is 100% fatal to hogs.
Bulgarian veterinary authorities on Monday reported a new outbreak of African swine fever at an industrial farm that has a total of 180 pigs in the southern village of Radinovo.
A newly discovered low virulent, genotype 1, African swine fever (ASF) virus is causing chronic infections in China’s pig herd, says ASF expert Dan Rock at the University of Illinois.
As we get ready to close out a roller coaster of a year, there are a few pieces of advice I’ve recently heard I wanted to pass on as we launch into a new year of foreign animal disease preparedness and prevention.
The goal of the program is to create impactful and innovative outreach tools. This will better enable livestock veterinarians to recognize and address toxicology problems in food animal species.
Russia has reported a second outbreak of African swine fever at a site of the country’s largest pork producer, Miratorg. The outbreak occurred in the Belgorod region in central Russia, Reuters reported.
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing nearly $3 million in new initiatives to enhance biosecurity and support the provincial pork sector’s African swine fever prevention and emergency preparedness effort.
The pandemic and the shortage of food animal veterinarians have catapulted the concept of telemedicine forward. As ASF inches closer to the U.S., experts say telemedicine could become even more useful. Here’s why.
Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday.
Preparing for a foreign animal disease outbreak is like running a race, said Barb Masters of Tyson Foods. You just can’t go into an outbreak and expect to be ready without preparation.