Welcome to “Talkin’ about Pigs” – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC) discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast episode covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from pork producer questions! We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.

Today’s episode covers current research in African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF has continued to spread through the global swine herd. Although not yet detected in the US, this podcast covers current research efforts focused on ASF and how US pork producers can prepare. Publications discussed in the podcast can be found at the links below:

• Predicting the time to detect moderately virulent African swine fever virus in finisher swine herds using a stochastic disease transmission mode: https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-022-03188-6

• An Assessment of Diagnostic Assays and Sample Types in the Detection of Attenuated Genotype 5 African Swine Fever Virus in European Pigs over a 3-Month Period: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/4/404/htm

• Swineweb article – Purdue Professor Develops African Swine Fever Risk Assessment Tool: https://www.swineweb.com/purdue-professor-develops-african-swine-fever-risk-assessment-tool/

• USDA Vaccine Update: https://www.aasv.org/news/story.php?id=14145

Also discussed:

• Secure Pork Supply Plan: https://www.securepork.org/

• Certified Swine Sample Collector Training: https://www.securepork.org/training-materials/disease-monitoring-sample/

Stay tuned for more swine health podcasts, geared towards pork producers! If you have difficulty accessing any of the referred materials, or if you have a swine health related question you would like featured on the podcast – please email us at [email protected].