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New Tool Warns U.S. Pork Producers of Diseases Present in Their Regions

A new tool that uses swine disease data submitted voluntarily by participants in the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring project is helping warn U.S. pork producers of diseases that are present in their regions.
The Early Regional Occurrence Warning project, launched in September 2022, has resulted in the creation of a regional early disease warning tool.
Swine Health Information Center Executive Director Dr. Paul Sundberg explains the University of Minnesota's Morrison Swine Health Monitoring project is the foundational example of producers sharing site status information among themselves and the Early Regional Occurrence Warning or TEROW project was born out of that willingness to share information.

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