• Travelers: Help Stop the Spread of African Swine Fever (Spanish)

    La PPA aún no ha llegado a EE. UU., y queremos que siga siendo así.

  • African swine fever: WOAH warns Veterinary Authorities and pig industry of risk from use of sub-standard vaccines 

    The risks of using poor quality or non-compliant vaccines  

  • FAO offers online course on African swine fever (ASF) in the Caribbean.

    The training is aimed at veterinarians and technicians involved in the diagnosis, investigation and response to ASF outbreaks.

  • History Highlight: APHIS Establishes National Program to Combat Destructive Feral Swine.

    Wild pigs adapt to almost any habitat, have few natural enemies, and reproduce at a high rate. They cause tremendous damage—up to $2.5 billion annually—to crops, forestry, livestock, and pastures.

  • USDA Launches ‘Protect Our Pigs’ Campaign to Support the Pork Industry, Pig Owners, Veterinarians in the Fight Against African Swine Fever

    The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced new efforts to help prevent the introduction and spread of African swine fever

  • International organizations provide support to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to prevent and combat African swine fever (ASF).

    After 40 years of the eradication of the disease in the region of the Americas, on July 29, the Dominican Republic reported a case of ASF.

    The main international agencies dedicated to an

  • Agriculture Ministers of the Americas commit coordinated action to combat African swine fever

    African Swine Fever is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease that affects domestic and wild pigs, causing serious economic and productive losses.

  • The countries of the Americas should be alert to the recent detection of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic

    The FAO alerted countries to take preventive measures in light of the recent detection of the first case of African swine fever in the Americas, discovered in domestic pigs in the Dominican Republi