News - SHIC

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.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says enhanced information sharing on domestic and international disease monitoring will be among SHIC’s top priorities during 2020.