EMERGING SWINE PRODUCTION DISEASES – AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE AND ACTION

Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on May 11, 2017

The swine industry has experienced major emerging swine production diseases, including outbreaks from Influenza A Virus – swine, Porcine Circovirus and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), within the last 10 to 15 years. The challenges to herd health, animal welfare and food security are costly for both producer and consumer. Developing and implementing a plan to respond to emerging and re-emerging diseases of significance is top priority. The major swine organizations within the United States, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), the National Pork Board (NPB), the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), have worked together to develop a plan to address emerging disease.

INDSUTRY IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE TO EMERGING DISEASES

• Identification of Disease Threats
  • In 2015, the National Pork Board allocated funding for the development of the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) for this purpose.
• Research
  • The research focus of the Pork Board has been on diseases that are or have become endemic within the United States but also focus on specific Foreign Animal Diseases.
• Response
  • The USDA is also finalizing an Emerging Disease Response Plan to address the many emerging diseases appearing in United States livestock production. USDA has formalized response plans for OIE listed foreign animal diseases and for other domestically regulated
    diseases (Pseudorabies and Swine Brucellosis) but no such plan has been available for
    emerging diseases.

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