Now is not the time for African swine fever fatigue
RABapp critical for pork producers, show pig owners.
June 26, 2024
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Biosecurity should be top of mind for those who show animals at county and state fairs, especially in the case of swine.
University of Missouri Extension veterinarian Cory Bromfield said she’s noticed less concern overall about African swine fever among pork producers and those who show pigs. She calls it “ASF fatigue.”
“Producers have heard about African swine fever since 2018, when it was reported in China,” said Bromfield. “Over the next year or two it was often in the news, infecting a new country, and we were responding in the U.S., wanting to prevent it from coming here. While the disease has made it to the Western Hemisphere – Haiti and Dominican Republic – many people don’t consider how the U.S. is still at risk.”
Bromfield has noticed less motivation to work on things like the that can help prevent ASF in the U.S.