Producer Experience from the African Swine Fever Functional Exercise - Dr. Pam Zaabel, Iowa State University, from the 2020 Iowa Pork Congress, held January 22 - 23, 2020, Des Moines, IA, USA.

1. Swine Fever Exercise for Agriculture
Response (SFEAR) Exercise
(a.k.a. ASF Functional Exercise)
Pam Zaabel, DVM

2. USDA SFEAR Exercise
• September 23-26, 2019
• 14 states
• Combination of functional
exercises and drills
• Participation from federal,
state, and local agencies
as well as industry

3. SFEAR Exercise
Engage
-all participants at the industry, laboratory, state, and
federal levels
Target
-key areas of the ASF response and mitigation

4. SFEAR Exercise
Day 1: Foreign Animal Disease Investigation (FADI)
and Diagnostic Testing
Day 2: Movement Standstill
Day 3: Depopulation and Disposal
Day 4: Permitted Movements

5. Day 1: FAD Investigation (FADI) and
Diagnostic Testing
• Swine producers in each state contacted their State Animal
Health Official (SAHO) to report an unusual sickness in their
animals
• Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) traveled to site
to investigate
• Conducted a Foreign Animal Disease Investigation (FADI)
• Collected samples and delivered to the NAHLN lab
• Lab practiced sample accession and communication of results

6. Day 2: Movement Standstill
• Announcement of ASF in
the U.S.
• Initiated a movement standstill-
first by state followed by
national movement standstill
• Implementation +/- Grace Period
• Release

7. Day 3: Depopulation and Disposal
• States sent personnel to each production site
• Planning and logistics coordination between personnel
in the field and the Incident Management Team (IMT)
• Implement depopulation- indemnity discussion
• Implement disposal

8. Day 4: Permitted Movements
• Producers
• Submitted movement permit requests
• States of origin or destination
• Reviewed permits applications
• Approved or denied

9. Summary
• Exercise participants were able to perform the activities
they would be expected to conduct during a real
outbreak.
• Actual face-to-face interactions occurred when making
the tough decisions.
• Participants determined strengths and weaknesses.