Time to commit to a national biosecurity, traceability strategy

Swine health is critical to ensuring a quality, nutritious product for domestic and international consumers of US pork. While monitoring a swine herd for domestic diseases is part of a farm’s daily routine, foreign animal diseases (FADs) like African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever (CSF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD) tend to take a back seat.Part of that is because, even though ASF cases, for example, continue to surface around the world, US producers haven’t faced that c