The U.S. swine industry is keeping tabs on African Swine Fever movement across the globe. University of Minnesota Professor Jerry Shurson says an ASF outbreak would be devastating to the supply chain. “The economic consequences caused by ASF have already been devastating to pork supplies, global trade, and prevented infected countries from exporting pork.” Shurson says ASF could be brought into the U.S. through feedstuffs with a lot of attention given to feed supply chains like animal protein byproducts and soybean meal.
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