News - SHIC

The Swine Health Information Center is requesting broad input from industry as it formulates the Plan of Work that will guide its activities during the coming year.

Pork producers are being advised to increase their focus this fall on biosecurity to reduce the spread of PRRS from pigs in the wean to market phase of production to sow farms.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center warns the illegal movement of pork remains the greatest risk of spreading African Swine Fever.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says, despite the suspension of use of a new African Swine Fever vaccine in Vietnam, progress is still being made.

Research conducted at Kansas State University has determined the lengths of time and the temperatures at which African Swine Fever virus remains infective in stored feeds.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center is advising pork producers to be aware of the potential for a heightened risk of Influenza A virus in the coming months.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says pork producers are the last line of defence against the spread of African Swine Fever. When it comes to the risks posed by foreign animal disease, particularly African Swine fever, U.S. priorities have centered around prevention, preparedness and response.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center is encouraging farmers to identify and eliminate reservoirs of water where mosquitos can breed and hatch.

The Swine Health Information Center suggests increased PRRS and PED activity during February reflects the need to focus on biosecurity. The Swine Health Information Center’s monthly domestic swine disease surveillance report showed increased Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome activity in February and more Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Swine Health Information Center is encouraging pork sector stakeholders to review its just released 2022 plan of work. Launched in 2015, the Swine Health Information Center is charged with coordinating domestic and global swine disease monitoring, facilitating swine disease research and distributing critical information to pork sector stakeholders.