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Sundberg: Ramping up African swine fever preparedness and prevention
Jun 25, 2021Susan SpiegelComments Off on Sundberg: Ramping up African swine fever preparedness and prevention
US producers have seen the devastating impact of African swine fever (ASF) in other countries. The ultimate goal is to keep it out of this country, so industry groups are ramping up preparedness and...
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Swine Health Information Center: Preparing for emerging diseases
Jul 17, 2020Susan SpiegelComments Off on Swine Health Information Center: Preparing for emerging diseases
Whether the issue is an emerging disease such as porcine epidemic diarrhea or the threat of African swine fever, being prepared is key to minimizing the potential impact on the US swine herd and...SHIC: PED caught US unprepared
Jul 17, 2020Susan SpiegelComments Off on SHIC: PED caught US unprepared
Watch Part 1 of the interview on preparing for emerging diseasesSHIC: Preparing for African swine fever
Jul 17, 2020Susan SpiegelComments Off on SHIC: Preparing for African swine fever
Watch Part 2 of the interview on preparing for emerging diseasesNew council to direct swine-disease response
Feb 21, 2019Susan SpiegelComments Off on New council to direct swine-disease response
For years, the USDA and US pork industry have had plans in place to address a foreign animal disease, but PED and ASF developments raised the priority status to a new level.
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Streptococcus suis leads SHIC’s Swine Bacterial Disease Matrix list
Jan 07, 2019Susan SpiegelComments Off on Streptococcus suis leads SHIC’s Swine Bacterial Disease Matrix list
Viruses tend to get first priority when it comes to monitoring swine diseases and herd health, but bacteria can wreak just as much havoc.
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SHIC establishes diagnostic strategies to get ahead of disease
Dec 10, 2018Susan SpiegelComments Off on SHIC establishes diagnostic strategies to get ahead of disease
If knowledge is power, being prepared is security. Both are drivers behind the Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) program to share information among the nation’s four major swine veterinary...FAD expert fields questions of ASF diagnostic preparedness, surveillance and response
Oct 31, 2018Susan SpiegelComments Off on FAD expert fields questions of ASF diagnostic preparedness, surveillance and response
Effectively addressing a foreign animal diseases such as African swine fever will take a unified effort between the US pork industry and the local, state and federal government if the deadly virus...First ASF case reaches China
Aug 05, 2018VMC@pighealthtoday.comComments Off on First ASF case reaches China
China has encountered its first case of African Swine Fever (ASF), according to reports from animal health officials in the country. The highly contagious disease was identified Aug. 1 on a small...SHIC PCR catalog boosts US pork industry’s disease preparedness
Jul 19, 2018Susan SpiegelComments Off on SHIC PCR catalog boosts US pork industry’s disease preparedness
Pork producers and swine veterinarians spend a lot of time and energy monitoring the health status of pigs in their care. But it’s the unknown or emerging diseases that could pose an even larger...SHIC matrix weighs the impact of emerging swine diseases
Oct 25, 2017Susan SpiegelComments Off on SHIC matrix weighs the impact of emerging swine diseases
As porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and Seneca Valley virus surfaced within the US swine herd in recent years, it underscored the threat posed by emerging and foreign animal diseases.Can we find the ‘next PED’ before it finds us?
Sep 12, 2017Susan SpiegelComments Off on Can we find the ‘next PED’ before it finds us?
Paul Sundberg, DVM, recalls sitting around a conference table in San Diego in spring 2013, talking with other swine veterinarians about a new pig disease burning through China at the time.