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PLAN OF WORK

2023 Plan of Work

  • Swine Disease Matrix Review and Revision
  • Monitoring and Mitigating Risks to Swine Health
  • Improving Swine Health Information
  • Surveillance and Discovery of Emerging Disease
  • Responding to Emerging Disease
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2023 Plan of Work

2022 Progress Report

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2022 Progress Report
  • Checkoff funding has given SHIC the opportunity to focus on emerging domestic and international swine diseases. That’s a vulnerability clearly shown by the introduction of PED in 2013 and the risk ASF and other diseases coming into the country today. Checkoff has funded SHIC to do something about it.
  • SHIC looked at the 2022 data and changed its 2022 plan to give focus to nursery, finishing, and transport biosecurity. All the evidence points to those areas acting as a continuing source of disease back to farrowing farms, in a never-ending circle. The new program has already gotten broad producer input into practical, cost-effective, and implementable ideas and has sent a national and international call for proposals that will get started right away. It’s an example of recognizing urgency, being nimble and being willing to change. SHIC changed its direction in quick response to producer needs.
  • SHIC’s international monitoring uncovered an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia early in 2022. They’ve lost an estimated 6% to 10% of their production. JEV is our potential “next PED”, but worse because the virus can infect both pigs and people. We may be able to stop it or it may get here this week. We can’t expect the virus to wait on us. It’s urgent. SHIC has gotten together Australian producers and animal and health regulatory agencies with our USDA, CDC, and researchers to see what lessons we can learn from them to stop it from getting here or, if it does get in, to be prepared to respond quickly.
  • SHIC’s Board of Directors are producers and veterinarians that keep it practical and grounded. And feedback has been that SHIC’s work is valued and appreciated by US producers. There’s no other meat commodity in the US or around the world that has had the foresight to look for things that are coming at it instead of waiting and reacting to what happens to it.

Swine Health Information Center Scope of Work

1

Global Swine Health and
Issues Identification

Global Swine Health
and Issues Identification

Through domestic and international disease monitoring, the Center will manage the Swine Disease Matrix and heighten awareness and actions about emerging diseases. The result will be improvement of the U.S. pork industry preparedness and information to enhance the biosecurity and biocontainment ability to protect the U.S. swine herd.

2

Targeted Research
Investments

Targeted Research
Investments

Through domestic and international disease monitoring, the Center will manage the Swine Disease Matrix and heighten awareness and actions about emerging diseases. The result will be improvement of the U.S. pork industry preparedness and information to enhance the biosecurity and biocontainment ability to protect the U.S. swine herd.

3

Swine Health Data Analysis
and Monitoring for Trends

Swine Health Data Analysis
and Monitoring for Trends

Enhancing producer communications through programs like the Swine Health Monitoring Project is a priority of the Center. The Center will also help producers to get information about emerging and endemic disease trends. It will review and provide support to improve active disease introduction risk assessments, which will help producers better design their farms’ biosecurity.

Scope of Work Structure

The goal of the structure of the Swine Health Information Center is to offer pork producer oversight and decision making supplemented and informed by subject matter expertise. To complete the SHIC Scope of Work, two working groups are formed.

1

Monitoring and Analysis Working Group

Monitoring and Analysis Working Group

This group is charged with assessing domestic and foreign production disease risk using information from a variety of sources. The outcome of this assessment is the on-going prioritization of the Swine Disease Matrix.

It is also responsible for monitoring and advising the Swine Health Monitoring Project and the use of information technologies to reach the Swine Health Monitoring Project goals. In addition, it is responsible for development and advice for on-going projects to monitor domestic diseases affecting swine health and the data analysis projects that will support on-farm, prospective producer decision making.

2

Preparedness and Response Working Group

Preparedness and Response Working Group

This group is charged with oversight of the Swine Disease Matrix and other preparedness or response research. It reviews the analysis of the Matrix capabilities and is responsible for funding research to fulfill the Matrix objectives.

It is also responsible for advising and oversight of SHIC’s role in the emerging swine diseases response plan. That includes the roles and responsibilities of Rapid Response Team deployment in response to an emerging swine health disease and for the information and analysis necessary to support the appropriate pork producer and pork industry response to emerging swine diseases.

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National Pork Board

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American Association of Swine Veterinarians

Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Program

The Center for Food Security and Public Health

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