Dr. Lisa Becton: Keeping ASF Away | Ep. 131

The United States has done a great job at keeping ASF out of its borders. However, more countries are now becoming affected by the virus and these countries keep getting closer to the US border. Today Dr. Lisa Becton identifies key points of risk of infection and discusses ways everyone can help prevent foreign animal disease spread. "𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘚𝘍 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 1. What is the new platform EpiX from National Pork Board 2. Assessing the risks of ASF introduction 3. Identifying key points of risk 4. Next steps after identifying ASF risks 5. How do we help the producer be more proactive 6. The ASF transmission routes 7. What we learned after the PED 8. Foreign animal disease checklist for producers 9. Key points 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Lisa Becton has worked as the Director of Swine Health Information and Research at the National Pork Board since 2008. Lisa received her DVM in 1994 from North Carolina State University and then later received her Master of Science in Food Safety from Michigan State University in 2010. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. The Swine it Podcast Show is trusted and supported by innovative companies like: - EveryPig (http://www.everypig.com/swineit/)- Zinpro (https://zinpro.com/)- Gestal (http://jygatech.com/)- AB Vista (https://www.abvista.com/)- Adisseo (http://www.adisseo.com/)- Genesus (https://www.genesus.com/)- Evonik (https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/species/swine/)