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Epidemiological Evaluation of African Swine Fever Spread in the Dominican Republic

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.

Rachel Schambow, Syed Hussain, Maria C. Antognoli, Silvia Kreindel, Raysa Reyes and Andres Perez evaluate contributing factors to the spread of ASF in the Dominican Republic in a collaborative study between the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota, the USDA and the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.

Evaluating the role of vehicle movements to spread African swine fever

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.

This week’s Science Page takes a look at data analyzed by Jason A. Galvis and Gustavo Machado at North Carolina State University to determine the role of vehicles in the spread of ASFV.

Space-time dynamics of African Swine Fever spread in the Philippines

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.

In today’s Science Page Chia-Hui Hsu and Andres Perez from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, and Maximino Montenegro from the Pig Improvement Company in the Philippines, examine the spatial and temporal patterns of ASF in the Philippines between 2019 and 2022.

Public health aspects related to African swine fever and global animal health – A free webinar

Register now for the second webinar in the Animal health aspects related to African swine fever series, “Public health aspects related to African swine fever and global animal health” on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:00 AM Central Standard Time.

University of Minnesota iCOMOS/African Swine Fever Webinar Series

Animal health aspects related to African swine fever is a three-webinar series which will explore the unknowns and less obvious negative consequences of global disease pandemics using African Swine Fever as a model and begin a conversation about the need for preparedness and development of contingency plans when or if it occurs in the U.S. and elsewhere. The first webinar takes place on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:00 AM Central Standard Time.