One of the most discussed topics in the swine industry currently is African Swine Fever. We are terrified of this disease spreading through our country due to the economic devastation that it leaves in its wake. That is why we need to have measures actively in place to help monitor this disease across the US so if it makes its way into our borders, we can eradicate it before it spreads. In this episode, Dr. Zimmerman discusses a new program being set in place, S.H.I.P, that could help us monitor and control the spread of foreign animal diseases, so we can eliminate the disease before it does the same to the US swine population.

"𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

The US S.H.I.P. Program

NPIP for the swine producers

S.H.I.P. Certification

Surveillance and samples

Certification requirements

Foreign animal disease surveillance

Sampling frequency

What vets can do to help

Key points

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Jeff Zimmerman has been a professor at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine working in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine for the last 31 years. Dr. Zimmerman’s main areas of focus include swine infectious disease ecology, epidemiology, and economics. His recent research has focused on aspects of diagnostic medicine related to infectious disease surveillance, with the long-term goal of creating and implementing affordable, statistically-valid swine health surveillance - a critical need for swine producers everywhere. In collaboration with generous colleagues and hard-working graduate students, Dr. Zimmerman has authored/co-authored approximately 165 referenced publications and co-edited Diseases of Swine (9th, 10th, and 11th editions).

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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