The Swine Health Information Center aims to protect and enhance the health of the US swine herd through coordinated global disease monitoring, targeted research investments, and analysis of swine health data. It focuses on securing the pork supply and monitoring health threats. The Center coordinates research on pathogens like Seneca Valley virus through projects assessing needs, funding research, and answering problems to develop diagnostics, understand virus characteristics, and inform management practices. It communicates regularly with stakeholders on disease investigations and research updates.

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Dr. Paul Sundberg, Executive Director
Swine Health Information Center
psundberg@swinehealth.org
www.swinehealth.org
Controlling Emerging
Swine Health Challenges
Iowa Pork Congress 2016

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Starting Up!

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Swine Health Information Center
Mission
Protect and enhance the health of the US swine herd through
•coordinated global disease monitoring,
•targeted research investments that minimize the impact of
future disease threats and
•analysis of swine health data

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Swine Health Information Center
Trade Support
Secure Pork Supply
Database
Swine Health
Monitoring Project
(SHMP)
Risk Analyses

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• Board of Directors
– NPB Mark Greenwood Brett Kaysen
– NPPC Howard Hill Bill Luckey
– AASV Matt Anderson Daryl Olsen
– At Large Mark Schwartz Mike Terrill Matthew Turner
• Lifespan and funding
– 5 year lifetime
– One time Checkoff investment of supplemental funds
Swine Health Information Center

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SHIC Outreach
• Twenty-eight separate meetings
– Producers, veterinarians, colleges of veterinary
medicine, VDL academics, USDA and other
stakeholders
• Preparation + Response
• Written, radio, TV and web-based
communications (www.swinehealth.org)

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Looking Over the Hill

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Swine Pathogen Matrix Project
Criteria
•Production Impact
•Market and Trade
Impact
•Likelihood
Research
Coordination
•VDLs
•USDA-NVSL
•USDA-CVB
•USDA-FADDL
•USDA-NAHLN
•USDA-Organisms
and Vectors
Representative virus affecting swine Average
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) 8.42
Classical Swine Fever (CSF) 8.26
Aftrican Swine Fever (ASF) 7.83
Influenza A Virus 6.17
Pseudorabies Virus - Pathogenic Chinese Strain 6.08
PRRS 5.95
Nipah Virus 5.87
PRRS - Chinese High Pathogenic 5.51
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PED) 5.31
Swine Vesicular Disease Virus 5.07
Japanese Enchephalitis 4.83
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus 4.50
Porcine Teschovirus (Teschen/PTV1 are exotic) 4.27
Ebola Virus - Restin 4.20
PorcineCircovirus 4.11
Vesicular Exanthema of Swine Virus 3.96
Circovirus 3 3.95
Porcine Rubulavirus (Blue Eye) 3.89
Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) 3.88
Seneca Valley Virus 3.88
Lassa Fever 3.87
Menangle Virus 3.86
Porcine Deltacoronavirus 3.79
Porcine Rotavirus 3.60

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Global swine health and issues identification
• Swine pathogen fact sheets
– Swine Influenza C&D, Japanese Encephalitis virus,
Encephalomyocarditis virus, Getah virus, Menangle virus,
Seneca Valley virus, Nipah virus, Kobuvirus, Porcine
rubalavirus, Porcine torovirus, Porcine teschovirus, Sapovirus,
Porcine sapelovirus, Sendai virus, Swine papillomavirus,
Porcine astrovirus, Swinepox virus and Vesicular exanthema of
swine virus, Filovirus, Pseudorabies, Hepatitis E, Porcine
adenovirus, Porcine cytomegalovirus, Vesicular Stomatitis
• Rapid Response Team organization

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Swine health data analysis and monitoring for trends
• Coordinating a work plan and a resources needed
proposal for veterinary diagnostic labs to
standardize swine health test results
– UMN, SDSU, ISU, KSU
• Looking to identify input risks to U.S. pork
production
– Identify specific risks for specific viruses
– Test mitigation protocols and industry innovation

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Seneca Valley Virus

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SHIC Seneca Valley Virus Research
Assess the needs, Fund the projects, Answer the problems
•Early-July Georgia, SE U.S.
•Mid-July Show pigs and state fairs
•~July 28 SD finisher outbreak
•August 1 Begin conference calls
•August 13 Research coordinating call
•August 23 Call for research proposals
•September 21 Proposals received
•October 2 SHIC Preparedness Working Group selects
•October 9 – Contracts final
November 2

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SHIC Seneca Valley Virus Research
Swine Health Information Center
•Screen oral fluid samples Distribution
•Duration of shedding in finishing pigs
•Duration of shedding on sow farms
•Sequencing and characterization of the virus What’s different?
•Diagnostics
– ELISA for serology
•Efficacy of disinfectants Cleaning up
USDA
•Epi surveys on affected farms Risk factors
•Koch’s Postulates
– Historical US Missing something?
– Contemporary US
– Brazilian
Manage Movements
Tools

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Seneca Valley Virus
Communication and coordination
•Focus on FAD investigations and prevent complacency
•Periodic conference calls started August 7 with variety of
SMEs and stakeholders – PED model
•Coordinating research call with VDLs, USDA-NVSL, USDA-
FADDL, USDA-RIU, USDA-ARS
•SAHO National Assembly updates
•USDA-APHIS; USDA-FSIS
•NPPC’s Packer Processor Industry Council
•AASV’s Swine Health Committee

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Seneca Valley Virus
Source: 10/23 SHMP

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www.swinehealth.org

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