"Feedstuffs can carry it, and one of our concerns is we bring in vitamins and trace minerals for our pork industry from manufacturers in China," says Steve Meyer of Kerns & Associates in Iowa.
For example, Meyer said the so-called organic soybean meal — known for its high protein content — is shipped from China and typically fed to organic livestock, including to hogs. So far, the U.S. and Canada haven't banned imports of plant-based food from China, but some experts have recommended a quarantine on imported feed of at least 20 before using it.
"Animal feed ingredients and fomites have the potential to be pathways associated with a moderate likelihood of [African swine fever virus] entry, but there is high uncertainty because of the lack of data on transmission from these sources," afrom the the U.S. Department of Agriculture assessing the likelihood of swine fever entry to the U.S.
The U.S. currently exports just under 30% of its pork, which could be at risk if the swine fever reached the domestic market, Pyburn said. He said the disease only affects pigs and not people. The U.S. government recently announced increased measures to prevent the disease from entering the domestic livestock supply, including a renewed focus on
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