APHIS Announces New Resources Aimed at Preventing ASF Spread

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wednesday announced new efforts to prevent the introduction and spread of African swine fever in the United States. 

Through a campaign called Protect Our Pigs, APHIS will support pork producers, veterinarians, and pig owners with information and resources to help safeguard the swine population and the pork industry. 

APHIS is deploying a variety of outreach efforts to support these critical stakeholders. 

The new Protect Our Pigs page on the APHIS website will house materials such as downloadable fact sheets and posters, instructional videos, shareable social media graphics, a new interactive biosecurity guide, and offer the latest disease updates. 

Dr. Jack Shere, Associate Administrator at APHIS, says, “USDA is working every day to stop this disease from breaching our borders and the Protect Our Pigs campaign is just one of many ways we are doing that.” 

African swine fever is estimated to cost the U.S. $50 billion over ten years, if detected.

(Story Courtesy of the NAFB News Service)