SHIC Funds Near-Real Time Global Swine Disease Surveillance System

July 18, 2017 — 

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) Monitoring and Analysis Working Group has funded a near real-time global surveillance system for swine diseases. The project, conducted at the University of Minnesota, will look at a private-public-academic partnership to support the system. SHIC supports the project as it will provide needed information to US producers and their veterinarians, a key priority for the Center.

The study process will include identification of potential hazards, screening steps evaluating data collected, and consistent reporting. SHIC and USDA/APHIS Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health will be collaborating on the project.

The US swine industry is free of several swine diseases now being identified in different countries throughout the world. Having a systemic way to identify the hazards of new or emerging diseases from across the globe will help the US industry to detect foreign pathogens early on or prevent the introduction of them.

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