In episode 1 of ASFConversations, Dr. Jerry Torrison, director of the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and Dr. Stephanie Rossow, veterinary diagnostician in the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, discuss the processes in the diagnostics of African swine fever and the resources available at the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the University of Minnesota.

ASFConversations Episode - 1 Diagnostics

In episode 2 of ASFConversations, Dr. Montserrat Torremorell and Dr. Gustavo Lopez of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine discuss the experience of working in the 2014 African swine fever outbreak in Russia.

ASFConversations Episode 2 In the Field - Biosecurity

Episode 3 features Dr. Jose Manuel Sanchez Vizcaino, full professor at the Universidad Complutense Madrid and director of the OIE reference laboratory for African Swine Fever,  and Dr. Tom Molitor, chair of the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Sachez Vizcaino and Dr. Molitor discuss an overview of African swine fever virus including a brief history, distribution, characteristics, and transmission of the disease.

ASFConversations Episode 3 - African swine fever virus overview

Episode 4 features Dr. Paul Sundberg, executive director of the Swine Health Information Center, and Dr. John Deen, professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Sundberg and Dr. Dean discuss the potential impact of an African swine fever outbreak on the United States swine industry and the ways that organizations such as the Swine Health Information Center are working to mitigate such an event.

ASFConversations Episode 4 - African Swine Fever in the Swine Industry

Episode 5 features Dr. Marie Culhane, professor in the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Beth Thompson, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. They discuss the structures in place in Minnesota to prevent foreign animal diseases and how Minnesota would respond to a hypothetical African swine fever outbreak.

ASFConversations Episode 5 - What if ASF Came to Minnesota?

Episode 6 features Dr. Jose Manuel Sanchez Vizcaino, full professor at the Universidad Complutense Madrid and director of the OIE reference laboratory for African Swine Fever,  and Dr.Kaylee Myhre Errecaborde, instructor in the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. They discuss the global and local policy challenges in the control of African swine fever.

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