Source: NATIONAL HOG FARMER, 10/22/19


The U.S. hog industry has been on high alert since African swine fever broke out in China in 2018, and that country has seen the slaughter of 1.170 million pigs due to the virus that is only contagious in pigs and wild boars. Prior to the 2018 Chinese ASF cases, the disease has been spreading across the Caucasus region, Europe and Asia since 2007, but as of yet has not reached the United States. With ASF spreading, a team of researchers from around the world, including some from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine...

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