As African swine fever (ASF) spreads to more Asian countries, it increases the chance that it will make it into the U.S., Canada or Mexico. One of the key things U.S. producers can do now is to work with their local veterinarian to gather the data and paperwork the state veterinarian will need, if there is a U.S. outbreak that would allow for continued pig movement. Other top priorities to keep ASF off the farm are presented here.
Source: The Pig Site, September 18, 2019. Link. “… the risk to [the U.S.] increases every time we have new countries, new provinces, new farms overseas that become infected. It means there’s more virus circulating and there more potential for the virus to be tracked into the U.S.,” said Dave Pyburn, DVM and vice president of Science and Technology at the National Pork Board.
INSIGHTS: Be proactive and share this information with your customers as much as possible.