Contagious Swine Disease, Eradicated Decades Ago, Found in Iowa
Officials said routine testing traced the virus to five boars from Texas, and about 100 pigs were destroyed to prevent spread.
- On Thursday, April 30, the USDA confirmed pseudorabies in a small commercial swine facility in Iowa and a Texas herd, marking the first detection in commercial herds in 22 years.
- The Iowa facility received five boars from a Texas operation in recent months, where animals likely contracted the virus through contact with feral swine populations.
- Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said the incident is contained, with approximately 100 head depopulated to prevent spread; officials will monitor 20 to 30 nearby farms.
- Naig emphasized the virus poses no threat to human health or food safety, and expects any trade disruptions to be "minimal, if any" and short-term.
- State and federal officials will test swine operations within a five-mile radius of the affected facility, currently advising against vaccination to avoid complicating international trade.
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