Is There an Answer to African Swine Fever Fatigue?

March 24, 2023 — 

African swine fever (ASF) fatigue is real, says Patrick Webb, assistant chief veterinarian at the National Pork Board. Since ASF rocked China in 2018, U.S. pork producers have been bombarded with messages to do their part to protect the country from this deadly virus of pigs.

Just when complacency began to set in among some pork producers, news of the ASF virus striking the Dominican Republic and Haiti served as a wake-up call once again. The U.S. pork industry rallied even greater than before to keep ASF out.

Less than two years later, ASF fatigue came up in conversations during the 2023 National Pork Industry Forum. Has the fire begun to die down again? How do we keep the industry informed and at attention without putting people to sleep with the same old "be prepared" message?

Read the full article in Farm Journal's Pork.

[Source: Farm Journal's Pork 22 March 2023, by Jennifer Shike]