Response

If a farm tests positive for a foreign animal disease in the U.S., state/federal officials will call a national movement standstill for a minimum of 72 hours. The goal of this standstill will be to find where the disease is and prevent any further spreading. This standstill will include live animal movements and could also include: semen, rendering, manure, feed, supply deliveries. The standstill will be called for a minimum of 72 hours, but it can be extended if animal health officials are not confident they have found all links and possible contacts to the infected premises.

• What would you do if you could not move pigs, manure, supplies, etc on or off your farm for at least 72 hours? Producers can be thinking ahead and creating contingency plans to prepare for these scenarios.

United States Departement of Agriculture (USDA) has a Disease Response Strategy for African Swine Fever. Preparing for an outbreak of a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) is complex. The response may not exactly follow the plans outlined in this Response Strategy, but a lot of work has already been put into preparing. Currently, work is ongoing in order to revise and improve these plans. It is still a great place to start as we seek to understand what will happen in an outbreak and how we can prepare on our farms.

• The Disease Response Strategy for African Swine Fever
• Other FAD PReP Materials for Foot and Mouth Disease and Classical Swine Fever