
SHIC Seeks Associate Director Due to Staff Transition
The Swine Health Information Center is seeking candidates for the position of Associate Director due to the promotion of current Associate Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder to
New World Screwworm: Fact Sheet & SHIC Article 6/10/2026 & USDA NWS Website & SHIC/AASV NWS Webinar (8/4/2026)

The Swine Health Information Center is seeking candidates for the position of Associate Director due to the promotion of current Associate Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder to

Research proposals investigating tongue tips as a novel diagnostic sample type are now being accepted as part of a recently released SHIC RFP. Diagnostic investigation of

Sundberg sets retirement date; Niederwerder will become Executive Director For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Campbell Determan, 515-249-8460, [email protected] Ames, Iowa (August 17, 2023) – The Swine

On August 30, the Swine Health Information Center and American Association of Swine Veterinarians will host a webinar on porcine sapovirus, a potentially emerging disease. The

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility directors and research leaders invited Swine Health Information Center Board of Directors members and staff to tour the new facilities in

The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project, funded in part by the Swine Health Information Center, continues to monitor trends in pathogen incidence and prevalence. Now, a

Collaboration between researchers at Kansas State University and the University of Georgia The potential for Japanese encephalitis virus transmission and spread in the US is the

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam has officially approved the domestic commercial use of two locally manufactured vaccines against African swine fever. With

Second Round of SHIC Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Projects Funded
SHIC Expands SDRS with Addition of Indiana ADDL Data
USDA NBAF Grant for JEV Research
SHIC-Funded Systematic Literature Review Reveals JEV Knowledge Gaps
August Disease Monitoring Reports

For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Determan, 515-249-8460, [email protected] | Michelle Olgers, 804-304-4200, [email protected] AMES, Iowa (July 26, 2023) – The Swine Health Information Center’s Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity

The SHIC-funded Domestic Swine Disease Surveillance Program was founded in 2017 with the goal of monitoring and reporting diagnostic data and trends of endemic diseases in

Due to the ongoing risk of Japanese encephalitis virus emergence in the US, the Swine Health Information Center funded a systematic literature review intended to increase