The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today an investment of $17.6 million to advance agricultural research that protects the health and welfare of agricultural animals. These projects include high-priority research on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and African swine fever (ASF). These projects are part of USDA’s “One Health” efforts, […]
Category Archives: Animal Health
September Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report Now Available
The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) September Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. This month’s Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report includes educational material about the new PRRSV ORF5 sequence page, providing stakeholders with an explanation of how to interpret the four new charts. Also, SDRS reports increased PRRSV activity in Iowa, Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. PEDV and […]
SHIC Funds Nine Plan of Work Projects to Advance Emerging Disease Mission
The Swine Health Information Center recently funded nine new projects addressing research priorities and topics published in its 2024 Plan of Work. This effort helps the organization fulfill its mission to generate new intelligence for preventing, preparing for, and responding to emerging swine disease threats. Areas of funded research span across the Center’s five strategic […]
Take Homes from SHIC Wean-to-Harvest Program Enhance Biosecurity
The Swine Health Information Center, along with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Pork Checkoff, joined together to fund and launch a $2.3M two-year Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program in the fall of 2022. The goal of the research program is to investigate cost-effective, innovative technologies, protocols, and ideas to enhance biosecurity implementation during the Wean-to-Harvest […]
SHIC Encourages Use of Standardized Outbreak Investigation App
The Swine Health Information Center’s Standardized Outbreak Investigation Program (SOIP), introduced in early 2023, includes both a downloadable standardized outbreak investigation Word-based form and a web-based application. Developed to meet an industry need for a standardized tool to conduct disease outbreak investigations, this expert-built application provides a mechanism for consistent data collection to identify gaps […]
SHIC Funded Study Utilizes Endemic Disease Data for Detecting Emerging Diseases
A Swine Health Information Center-funded study has investigated if an increase in negative test results for endemic pathogens could be utilized as an early warning signal for emerging diseases. Led by Dr. Giovani Trevisan at Iowa State University, a team of scientists from six veterinary diagnostic labs evaluated different surveillance models using endemic enteric coronavirus […]
SHIC/AASV Webinar 8/26/2024: Mitigation Strategies for Mosquitos as an Emerging Threat to Swine Health
On August 26, 2024, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm CT, the Swine Health Information Center and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians will co-host a webinar, Mitigation Strategies for Mosquitos as an Emerging Threat to Swine Health. Conducted by the Iowa State University Swine Medicine Education Center, the webinar will feature subject matter experts sharing […]
SHIC/AASV Webinar 8/26/2024: Mitigation Strategies for Mosquitos as an Emerging Threat to Swine Health
On August 26, 2024, at 1 pm CT, the Swine Health Information Center and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians will co-host a webinar, Mitigation Strategies for Mosquitos as an Emerging Threat to Swine Health. Conducted by the Iowa State University Swine Medicine Education Center, the webinar will feature subject matter experts sharing insights on […]
August Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report Now Available
The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) August Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. This month’s Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report brings a brand new PRRSV ORF5 sequence page, providing stakeholders four new charts describing the number of sequences retrieved by month, how many sequences are considered new PRRSV strains using the criteria of < 95% […]
Krantz and Miller Join SHIC Board of Directors
The Swine Health Information Center welcomed two new board members during their meeting held on July 29-30, 2024. Seth Krantz, DVM, Tosh Farms, and Jay Miller, DVM, The Maschhoffs, began their terms. Founding board member Daryl Olsen, DVM, AMVC, and Russ Nugent, PhD, concluded their service. Nugent joined the SHIC Board of Directors in 2021 […]