Source: Philip Gruber, LANCASTER FARMING, 9/27/21


African swine fever would be bad enough if it hit a a U.S. farm. But if the deadly disease were to infect feral hogs, the nation’s swine industry could be in for a long-running nightmare. Feral hogs are secretive animals that breed prolifically, so they risk becoming a reservoir for the disease. If that happened, they could threaten the health of farmed pigs and jeopardize pork exports for years. To limit those dangers, federal scientists have adapted existing feral hog control efforts to prepare for an outbreak of the disease.

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