Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Risk Assessment for Importing Non-Animal-Origin Feed and Ingredients from ASFV-Endemic Regions
March 4, 2023By Cassandra Jones
Currently, there are industry wide concerns over African swine fever virus (ASFV) entry from a variety of different sources, including imported ingredients from ASFV positive countries. Data...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Validating Pathogen Nucleic Acid Extraction from Animal Feed and Feed Ingredients
May 23, 2022By Diego Diel
The risk of feed serving as a vehicle for pathogen introduction into swine farms and production systems became evident after the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreak in the US in 2013....
Animal Well-being
Field evaluation of humane pig euthanasia using a dump trailer as a CO2 chamber
November 24, 2021By Marisa Rotolo
In the summer of 2018, African swine fever virus was detected in China, highlighting the need renewed preparation efforts in the United States against foreign animal diseases. Since 2018, many...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of ASFV-specific monoclonal antibodies and mAb-based blocking ELISA
November 24, 2021By Ying Fang
Historically, the greatest threats to the US swine production are from foreign animal diseases, such as African swine fever (ASF). ASF virus (ASFV) infection can have a deleterious effect on swine...
Animal Well-being
Use of modified rendering trailers to achieve rapid depopulation of modern sow units
March 18, 2021By Andrew Bowman
The objective of this project was to establish an effective and safe method to facilitate both the depopulation of sow units and the disposal of carcasses in the face of a foreign animal disease outbreak.