Could This Model Stop the Next Swine Pandemic? New Research Reveals What It Really Takes to Eliminate African Swine Fever in the U.S.

As African swine fever (ASF) continues to devastate pig populations across Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean, the threat of the virus reaching the United States is more a matter of when than if. A new study has taken a sobering look at what it would actually take to eliminate ASF from the southeastern U.S. within a year—and the results are eye-opening.