An overview from the 2019 Swine Fever Exercise for Agriculture Response in Iowa

Iowa leads the United States in pork production, housing approximately one-third of the country's swine population. This puts Iowa at great economic risk if an outbreak of African swine fever, a disease that limits international trade opportunities, were to occur anywhere in the United States....

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Published in:	Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 257; no. 6; pp. 607 - 612
Main Authors:	Hennenfent, Andrew K, Rumsey, Katie A, Pruisner, Robin D, Kaisand, Jeff J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15-09-2020
Subjects:	African Swine Fever - epidemiology African Swine Fever - prevention & control Agriculture Animals Classical Swine Fever Commerce Internationality Iowa - epidemiology Physical Conditioning, Animal Swine Swine Diseases United States United States Iowa
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Summary:	Iowa leads the United States in pork production, housing approximately one-third of the country's swine population. This puts Iowa at great economic risk if an outbreak of African swine fever, a disease that limits international trade opportunities, were to occur anywhere in the United States. To hone emergency response plans to combat an outbreak, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship in September 2019 participated in a 4-day exercise with representatives from the other 13 top pork-producing states. This exercise involved a mock foreign animal disease response and helped to concisely summarize what pork producers could expect should a foreign animal disease be detected in Iowa.
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ISSN:	0003-1488 1943-569X
DOI:	10.2460/JAVMA.257.6.607