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USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have developed a protocol to help ensure bilateral trade will continue if African swine fever (ASF) is detected in feral swine in either country, while still absent from domestic swine. The intent of the protocol is to protect swine populations in both countries during an outbreak of ASF in feral swine, while minimizing impacts on the trade of live swine, swine products, and other swine commodities.
USDA. ARS. Tellus.
ARS scientists at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Orient Point, NY, have made two important advancements against African swine fever virus, which causes a lethal disease in pigs.
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Feral swine can carry foreign animal diseases like African Swine Fever. While ASF has never been found in domestic or feral swine in the United States, there is no treatment or vaccine for it. That’s why surveillance is very important. Help protect U.S. pigs by immediately reporting sick or dead feral swine.
WHAT TO DO: If you find a sick or dead feral swine with no obvious injury or cause of death, report it right away. Call the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services program in your State at 1-866-4-USDA-WS. Don’t wait! Quick detection is essential to preventing the spread of ASF.
World Organisation for Animal Health; UN. Food and Agriculture Organization.
The escalation of the spread of African swine fever (ASF) has placed most of the world's domestic and wild pig populations under direct threat. To support countries' efforts to protect economies and food security, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a joint initiative for the Global Control of ASF (PDF | 5.7 MB).
Additionally, USDA is releasing four infographics on the following topics:
Federally Regulated
U.S. Government Printing Office. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.
Title 9: Animals and Animal Products, Part 94
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Iowa State University. Center for Food Security and Public Health.
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Partnership
Federal Government
International Government
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries.
Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
State and Local Government
Academic
Iowa State University. Center for Food Security and Public Health.
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Citations
- Alonso, C., M. Borca, L. Dixon, et. al. 2018. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Asfarviridae. Journal of General Virology 99:613-614.
- APHIS. Qualitative Assessment of the likelihood of African swine fever virus entry to the United States: Entry Assessment (PDF | 257 KB) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Risk Assessment Team.
- Brown, V.R., and S.N. Bevins. 2018. A review of African swine fever and the potential for introduction into the United States and the possibility of subsequent establishment in feral swine and native ticks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5:Article 11.
- Sánchez‐Vizcaíno, J.M, L. Mur, and B. Martínez‐López. 2012. African swine fever: an epidemiological update. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 59(s1):27-35.