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Location
Saratoga Springs, NY
Start Date
4-5-2009 12:00 AM
Description
Diseases such as classical swine fever (CSF) and foot-and-mouth disease have been eradicated in the United States, but possible reintroductions merit the development of an enhanced surveillance system. Important foreign animal or transboundary diseases like these pose a significant risk to the health of wildlife and livestock in the United States. Wildlife Services (WS) performs surveillance in targeted feral swine (Sus scrofa) populations as part of a comprehensive United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service effort to demonstrate disease-free status in our nation's livestock and wildlife. Surveillance is based on risk assessments which identify high risk states and the vicinity of feral swine to transitional or commercial swine production facilities. During 2007 and 2008, WS sampled and tested (n = 3661) feral swine. CSF was not detected in feral swine in the United States through this surveillance effort.
Recommended Citation
Swafford, S. R., Schmit, B. S., Pedersen, K., Lutman, M. W., & DeLiberto, T. J. (2009) Classical swine fever surveillance in feral swine. In Boulanger, J. (Ed.), The Thirteenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference (35-39). Saratoga Springs, NY: Thirteenth WDM Conference.
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Classical Swine Fever Surveillance in Feral Swine
Saratoga Springs, NY
Diseases such as classical swine fever (CSF) and foot-and-mouth disease have been eradicated in the United States, but possible reintroductions merit the development of an enhanced surveillance system. Important foreign animal or transboundary diseases like these pose a significant risk to the health of wildlife and livestock in the United States. Wildlife Services (WS) performs surveillance in targeted feral swine (Sus scrofa) populations as part of a comprehensive United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service effort to demonstrate disease-free status in our nation's livestock and wildlife. Surveillance is based on risk assessments which identify high risk states and the vicinity of feral swine to transitional or commercial swine production facilities. During 2007 and 2008, WS sampled and tested (n = 3661) feral swine. CSF was not detected in feral swine in the United States through this surveillance effort.