Looking back at 2016, the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) accomplished many things in its mission to protect and enhance the health of the United States swine herd.

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In 2006, in China, over 2 Million pigs were affected by Highly Pathogenic PRRS Virus. Over 400,000 died. Today, the variant virus continues to plague the

Can foreign animal diseases enter the US via feed imports from high risk countries? Until recently, we didn’t know the answer, because the research had not

A recent Swine Health Information Center (SHIC)-assisted investigation into a case of increased death loss associated with acute onset of CNS signs, initially described as tremors,

September 28, 2016 — Paul Sundberg The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) convened a cross-section of experts involved in swine disease diagnostics at the veterinary diagnostic

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) continues to make strides toward making nationwide operational disease preparedness a reality with its Rapid Response Corps (RRC) project. Specifically,

The Swine Health Information Center is tracking the risk of a variant strain of pseudorabies and a highly pathogenic strain of PRRS that are causing problems

August 3, 2016 — Paul Sundberg The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) was created in 2012 to prospectively monitor the incidence of PRRS virus, but has since

July 27, 2016 — Paul Sundberg and Bob Morrison The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) was developed in 2012 to monitor the incidence of PRRS

July 27, 2016 — Paul Sundberg Using funds from Swine Health Information Center (SHIC)’s Support for Diagnostic Fees program, porcine sapelovirus has been implicated in an acute outbreak

Since January, over 60 positive accessions of the Senecavirus A (Senecavirus A.) have been reported by labs across the United States and new cases appear to