Latest News From African Swine Fever

Biosecurity is not a new concept, says Jan Archer, a N.C. pork producer. But she says producers may not fully realize the impact keeping farms safe, pigs healthy and businesses operating means to their communities.

Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) want to give more "bark" to U.S. efforts to keep foreign animal disease out of the country.

Although people may make light of news boasting bologna seizures, U.S. Customs and Border Protections El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha says there's nothing funny about these failed smuggling attempts.

With foreign animal disease, African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease affecting many parts of the world, University of Minnesota researchers secure funds to help discover and mitigate potential outbreaks.

USDA's APHIS announced the availability of the Swine Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance System evaluation brief and dashboard for African swine fever and classical swine fever monitoring.

Purdue University, under the direction of Mohit Verma, has received $1 million in funding to develop a rapid, pen-side test for African swine fever, much like the COVID-19 rapid test.

In January 2014, Scott Dee made a shocking discovery that PEDV could be transmitted in feed. Here's how the science evolved from a field observation to the focus of an entire special issue of a scientific journal today.

AASV insights covering foreign animal disease preparedness representing a variety of perspectives from state animal health officials to practitioners who have experience dealing with African swine fever in China.

With all the government and producer plans out there today surrounding swine health, is another plan really needed?

Due to the recent outbreak of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic, Purdue University researchers have developed an online tool to help farmers prevent the deadly disease of pigs that has no cure at this time.

The Italian government appointed a special commissioner on Friday to coordinate measures aimed at eliminating an outbreak of African swine fever, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Friday.

Coordination and collaboration. For the U.S. pork industry, those words aren’t hollow. They define perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the industry in 2021. 

Scientifically sound data based on the use of infectious agents and representative conditions are now available to inform the pork industry on how to store feed and feed ingredients to minimize risk of disease.

A new research study will evaluate methods for cleaning and disinfecting feed mills following a potential African swine fever outbreak.

Business began unravelling for Thai pig farmer Jintana Jamjumrus two years ago, after dozens of her animals got feverish and died within days of a mysterious illness she suspected of being African swine fever.

Two states are working to ramp up measures to minimize growing wild pig populations that are causing major damage to agriculture, the environment and private property. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists assigned to the Paso Del Norte and Ysleta border crossings in El Paso, Texas, seized 243 pounds of prohibited pork bologna.

Keeping foreign animal diseases like African swine fever out presents a huge opportunity for the pork industry. But so does innovating new ways to treat and prevent production diseases U.S. pork producers face.

China suspends pork imports from Italy after African swine fever was detected in a wild boar in the country.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service added Thailand to the list of countries it considers affected by African swine fever and stressed the importance of strict adherence to three rules.

Protecting the U.S. from African swine fever remains a top priority of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Here's a look at some the agency's most successful efforts to protect American ag in 2021. 

Although risk of pathogen movement through feed is not a new topic in the U.S., around the globe there is less awareness of this pathway for disease to enter a swine farm. It wasn’t long ago PED virus hit in a fury.

It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP's Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.

Hong Kong reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the northern part of the territory, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

APHIS is allowing biosecure facilities that handle regulated garbage to hold it in tightly sealed, leak-proof containers for up to 120 hours. Prior to that, garbage had to be processed within 72 hours. 

Italy on Thursday banned hunting and several other outdoor activities in two northern regions affected by a recent outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly hog disease.

Federal agents seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers in the past three months.

Two more countries reported outbreaks of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) this week.

African swine fever has been detected in a surface swab sample collected at a Thailand slaughterhouse in Nakhon Pathom province, marking the country's first official confirmation of the disease.

Thailand denied accusations it has covered up an outbreak of African swine fever, after a university lab test conducted last month indicated a pet pig had died from the disease.

Thailand's livestock authorities vowed to investigate the death of a pet pig after a university lab test indicated it died from African swine fever, the first such such report in the country.

A case of African swine fever (ASF) was detected in a wild boar in Italy, authorities said on Friday.

The U.S. swine industry wasn’t prepared for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus when it came into the U.S. in 2013. That’s why the multi-phase African swine fever field projects in Vietnam are an important step forward.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers confiscated feral swine from a farm in El Paso County that later tested positive for pseudorabies.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.