dr. pam zaabel - secure pork supply
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Secure Pork Supply Plan Pilot Project
A Continuity of Business Plan for the Pork Industry in the Face of a Foreign Animal Disease
Pam Zaabel, DVM
Center for Food Security and Public Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Today’s Discussion
Why a Secure Pork Supply (SPS) Plan is needed
What the SPS Plan is
Implementation of the SPS Plan Pilot Project on a Production Site
Global Prevalence of FMDvWorld Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has • 178 member countries:
– 96 countries are endemic (“have it”) and have neverbeen free of FMD
– 66 countries free of FMD– 11 countries have free
zones either with or without vaccination
– 5 countries were free and recently suffered from a re-emergence of FMD
Leon, E. A. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 59 (Suppl. 1) pages 1-14, 2012
The United States has had Nine Outbreaks of FMD
1870, 1880 and 1884: Due to importation of infected animals. Since the development of a Federal system of inspection and quarantine of imported livestock, no outbreak has been attributed to admission of live animals.
1902, 1908, 1914, 1924 (two separate outbreaks) and 1929
All outbreaks were controlled by stop movement and stamping out
North American Animal Agriculture Industry is Unique
Herd size:• >50,000 cattle
feedlots• >5,000 cow dairies• >70,000 calf ranches• >20,000 sows
United States Animal Agriculture Industry is Unique
Extensive mobility of animals, products, feed• ~1,000,000 swine in
transit daily• 400,000 to 500,000 to
slaughter
• ~400,000 cattle in transit per day• ~94,000 commercial
cattle slaughter per day
• Auction markets, fairs, exhibitions?
• Sheep, goats, others?
US Animal Agriculture is Highly Vulnerable to Foreign Animal Diseases (FADs)
• US production animals have no immunity to FADs
• Export markets will be lost and prices will drop dramatically
• Stop movement orders will be issued• Emergency FMD vaccine stocks are far below
what would be required to address a livestock dense state or multi-state outbreak
• The size, structure, efficiency, and extensive movement inherent in the U.S. livestock industries will present unprecedented challenges in the event of a FAD outbreak
Secure Pork Supply Plan (Funded by USDA APHIS VS and NPB)
Develop procedures to allow the safe movement of animals with no evidence of infection in a FAD control zone to a pork processing plant or to other sites to accommodate different stages of production.
Secure Pork Supply Plan Partners
• SPS Planning Committee– Federal and State officials– Representatives of all phases of the
swine industry– NPB, NPPC, AASV– Academia
• Iowa State University• University of Minnesota
• Funded by USDA APHIS and NPB
FADs included in SPS plan
• Foot and mouth disease– Swine, cattle, sheep, goats, deer
• Classical swine fever• African swine fever• Swine vesicular disease
PIADC
Foot and Mouth Disease : 7 days post infection
North American Animal Agriculture Industry is Unique
Strategies for the response to, and management of, a FAD outbreak will change as the outbreak progresses and will depend upon the magnitude, location and other characteristics of the outbreak.
Phases and Types of FMD Response
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/phases-and-types-of-an-fmd-outbreak
FMD Detection in the United States: Types of an FMD Outbreak
Type 1: Focal
Type 2: Moderate Regional
Type 3: Large Regional
Type 4: Widespread or National
Type 5: Catastrophic U.S.
Type 6: Catastrophic North American
Response Shifts from Emphasis on Stamping-Out to Emphasis on Alternate Strategies (duration of FMD response)
Size of FMD Outbreak (in terms of
animals, premises,
and jurisdictions
affected)
Six Types of FMD Outbreaks
15
Controlled Movement of Swine in an FMD Outbreak
– At the beginning of an outbreak• No new movements initiated from the FMD
control area• 1,000,000 pigs on the road each day
– Some will have come from the control area– ~400,000 to 500,000 hogs and sows slaughtered
daily
– Restarting movement• Depends on the type of outbreak
SPS Plan Pilot Project
Successfully implement the components of the SPS Plan with the pork production operation participating in this Pilot Project• Demonstrate three movements
– Farrowing to nursery– Nursery to finisher– Finisher to harvest facility
• Include all players– Employees, owners, site managers, herd veterinarians– Plant personnel (including FSIS)– State and federal animal health officials– IIAD, NPB
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectSite Selection
Select three sites to include in the Pilot-farrowing, nursery and grow-finish-Enter each site’s information into the spreadsheet
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Biosecurity• Implement BPS• Site-specific
biosecurity plan• Employee
Training• Third Party
Verification
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Written site-specific Biosecurity plan -explain how the site meets all the Biosecurity Performance Standards (BPS)
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Feedback• All BPS can be implemented onsite
with a couple revisions– Deliveries, especially propane– Manure handling– Carcass handling– Additional options for securing farm
entry
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Employee Training‘Do Not Bring Disease to the Site’
Each module includes a quiz.
SPS Plan Pilot Project
Biosecurity Training Feedback • Group training• Reduce passing score to 80%• Modify the most frequently missed
questions• Translate to Spanish
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Third Party Verifier reviews the site-specific biosecurity plan and performs an evaluation of the site to ensure all the BPS have been met.
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectBiosecurity
Feedback received• Verification that all BPS have been met is
one of the most important components• State animal health officials need to trust
the individuals performing the verifications
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectSurveillance
AOS• Herd Health
Monitor Training
• Begin recording observations 15 days prior to movement
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectSurveillance
Herd Health Monitor Training Feedback• Group training as with biosecurity• Cross reference those who
participated in training and those making the observations in the barns
• Translate to Spanish
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectSurveillance
Feedback• Add a comment box when entering so can
explain unusual death loss• Integrate with PQA forms
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectEpidemiology
Purpose of the Epi questionnaire• Help the Incident Management
Team evaluate animal disease risk factors when requests for animal movements are being considered
SPS Plan Pilot ProjectEpidemiology
Feedback
• Determine how long the completed questionnaire is good for
• Revise questions
SPS Movement Permit
Once animals are ready to be moved -enter all data on portal-complete a movement permit request
SPS Sample Collection and Testing
Surveillance-not performed for the Pilot Project-problem if samples tested false positive for CSF
SPS Evaluations
Employees, Students and Managers-Biosecurity and HHM Training-Implementing AOS on the site
Veterinarian-Implementing BPS on the site
Biosecurity Verifier-Guidance needed
Incident Command-Permitting Process-BPS, Training, AOS
For More Information
• For more information on the Secure Pork Supply, access the following website: www.securepork.org
For More Information
• The phases and types of an FMD outbreak document is available at: www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/phases-and-types-of-an-fmd-outbreak
• NAHEMS guidelines: Vaccination for contagious diseases; Appendix A: foot-and-mouth disease: www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/fad-prep-nahems-appendix-a-vaccination-for-foot-and-mouth-disease
• USDA APHIS FMD Response Plan: The Red Book: www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergency_management/