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NWDP: Feral Swine Disease

Surveillance

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NWDP collaborates with the National Feral Swine Damage Management Program on

disease management, research, pathogen surveillance, emergency response,

education and outreach regarding diseases of feral swine.

These non-native mammals can damage natural resources, agriculture, property,

and human health and safety across the country and are considered invasive. They

can be reservoirs of disease and may act as a host to a number of parasites, leaving

the United States domestic swine industry vulnerable to disease.
Feral Swine Disease Monitoring

Surveillance for feral swine diseases is conducted by the National Feral Swine

Damage Management Program. Efforts primarily focus on early detection of diseases

that are not currently in the United States, including classical swine fever, African

swine fever, and foot-and-mouth disease. Samples are also tested for pseudorabies

virus and swine brucellosis. More than 6,000 feral swine samples per year are

collected and screened for these pathogens through this surveillance program,

providing important information that helps protect domestic animals, wildlife and

humans from a major zoonotic disease outbreak.

African Swine Fever Monitoring Effort

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of wild

and domestic pigs, capable of killing entire herds and resulting in substantial

economic and production losses globally. Outbreaks of this disease have occurred in

sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and parts of Europe and Asia. Historically, ASF

has been detected in several Caribbean Islands, including the Dominican Republic

(DR), Haiti, and Cuba, but it has never been discovered in any U.S. state or territory.

However, in response to recent ASF detections in the Caribbean, APHIS officials

began an agency-wide effort to assist the DR and Haiti with their responses, as well

as take action to prevent ASF from spreading to the mainland United States, Puerto

Rico (PR) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). 

Select Pathogens of Concern

Classical swine fever

African swine fever

Foot-and-mouth disease

Pseudorabies virus

Swine brucellosis

Influenza

Bovine tuberculosis

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

Anthrax
E. coli

More Information

National Feral Swine Disease Management Program

Disease Risks Associated With Increasing Feral Swine Population (995.43 KB)

Feral Swine Numbers and Distribution in the United States

Feral Swine Publications (search 'feral swine')

Feral Swine: Managing an Invasive Species

Contact Us

National Wildlife Disease Program

The National Wildlife Disease Program works with partners nationwide to conduct

disease monitoring and surveillance in wild animals and is the primary emergency

response contact point within APHIS Wildlife Services. Our program coordinator is

available for questions about wildlife disease monitoring and surveillance, the status

of disease outbreaks and emerging disease events, and wildlife emergency response

activities in natural disasters (floods, hurricanes, wildfires) or oil spills.

Julianna Lenoch

National Wildlife Disease Program Coordinator

Email: julianna.b.lenoch@usda.gov

Phone: 970-266-6350

Sarah Bevins

Assistant National Wildlife Disease Program Coordinator

Email: sarah.n.bevins@usda.gov

All Contacts