The head of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Dr. Jack Shere, says the U.S. is in a strong position to prevent ASF in U.S. swine.
“While we’re keenly aware of the risks that ASF poses to us because of the recent detections in the Dominican Republic, we’re also confident in our safeguards and what we’ve been doing these many years to keep it out of the United States.”
Shere says the ongoing surveillance of African Swine Fever is not new – the USDA was monitoring ASF before it spread in Africa to Italy where it was endemic back in 2006.
