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China’s Pork Industry: A podcast

Podcasts are a perfect way to get caught up with new swine information! We are presenting you the latest episode from “At The Meeting.”

In this episode of ‘At The Meeting,’ Dr. Zhen Yang from Nanjing Agriculture University shares his expertise on the evolving Chinese swine industry. He covers everything from the aftermath of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the rise of large-scale production systems, shedding light on the industry’s consolidation and its move toward modern, technology-driven farms.

Listen to discover how China’s swine industry is changing and the impact it’s having on global pork production!

Risk assessment of the presence of PED and ASF viruses in spray-dried porcine plasma

Today we are sharing a new publication from a collaboration with our colleagues at the School of Public Health and the College of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota. In this study, Drs. Sampedro, Urriola, Van de Ligt, Schroeder, and Shurson estimated the maximal viral load of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and African Swine Fever that could be found in spray-dried porcine plasma to still achieve a virus-free batch (no infectious viral particle) for three different batch sizes (10, 15, and 20 tons). They also quantified the impact of different treatments such as spray-drying, UV and extended storage in decreasing viral loads to meet the thresholds.

Drs. Schroeder and Shurson discuss their paper on Processing the Litter-ature

The Swine Disease Eradication Center is proud to present another episode of “Processing the Litter-ature”: a podcast in which peer-reviewed papers are docked, clipped and supplemented with a field perspective.

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Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance – Manila Philippines, Dec 5-7, 2023

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

The Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA) aims to build worldwide research partnerships to tackle African Swine Fever (ASF). Their goals include identifying research opportunities, conducting diverse studies on ASF, assessing its societal and economic effects, developing new tools for prevention and control, evaluating their impact, and acting as a hub for communication and technology sharing in the global ASF research community. GARA fosters a coordinated effort leading to the progressive control and eradication of ASF. One of their most recent scientific meetings, the 2023 GARA Gap Analysis Presentations took place in Manila, Philippines, on December 2023.

Lessons learned from an international education and outreach program pilot on ASF

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

Researchers Rachel Schambow, Colin Yoder, Maria Sol Perez Aguirreburualde, and Andres Perez from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota share details about “Vets to Vets: African Swine Fever”, a workshop that brought together experts on ASF.