New research by the feed safety team at Kansas State University demonstrates that Seneca Virus A (SVA), which is also a surrogate for foot and mouth disease, is present in U.S. swine feed mills and validates standardized dust swabbing techniques as means of SVA detection.
According to a report at Farm Journal's Pork, a number of individuals with multiple farm contacts comingle at a feed mill, creating a risk for biosecurity breaches to occur, including potential SVA transmission through feed, feed transportation, or individual’s shoes.
The research showed that the virus is not widespread in mills, as only 5 of the 375 samples were positive for the virus. Positive samples were mostly found in load-out augers, floor dust, a fat intake inlet, and a worker shoe.
Read the full report here.
