Swine industry faced several disease threats in 2022

The pork industry faced several disease threats in 2022.

Dr. Paul Sundberg with the Swine Health Information Center says some were at home and others abroad.

“Both on the domestic (side) with tracking PRRS and tracking PEDv and making sure that people know where things are going and what’s happening, as well as on the international side and the monitoring of the Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak in Australia.”

He tells Brownfield African swine fever continued to spread during the past year.