Tag Archive: biosecurity, Emerging disease, foreign animal disease, Patrick Webb, Secure Pork Plan
Is your hog farm prepared to navigate quarantines in a FAD outbreak?
Nov 02, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Is your hog farm prepared to navigate quarantines in a FAD outbreak?
Each year, approximately 25% of all the pork produced in the US is exported to other countries. Imagine if access to those markets closed abruptly. That’s the scenario pork producers would face if...‘Secure Pork’ plan aims to ensure pig flow from uninfected farms during FAD outbreak
Aug 25, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on ‘Secure Pork’ plan aims to ensure pig flow from uninfected farms during FAD outbreak
If a foreign animal disease (FAD) were to hit the US pork industry, the impact could be dramatic and widespread — most likely resulting in government-mandated quarantines around the affected areas...