News - SHIC

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.

The Swine Health Information Center reports, despite a slight decrease in PRRS infections over the past month, the number of cases continues to increase over the longer term.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center reports an increase in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in grow-finish operations since September resulted in an increase in outbreaks in breeding herds last month.

The Swine Health Information Center is advising the pork sector to be thinking biosecurity as we transition from summer to fall. As part of its September e-newsletter, the Swine Health Information Center has released its monthly Domestic and Global Swine Disease Surveillance Reports.

The Swine Health Information Center says international research indicates the potential role of pigs in transmitting the virus responsible for COVID-19 is, at most, negligible.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says protein content appears to be one of the factors that influences the survivability of disease causing pathogens in feed ingredients.