The emergence of african swine fever in the dominican republic triggered a response intended to support the control of the disease on the island and prevent its further spread in the region

This Cooperative Agreement award of $821,639.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports research and analysis on the risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) spreading to the United States from the Dominican Republic and other areas of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The key objectives are to: a) critically review the current understanding of ASF risk and spread in the region, b) classify the risk for different territories in terms of identifying, containing, and reporting ASF incursions, and c) map alternative mitigation measures to inform decision-making. The prime awardee is the Regents of the University of Minnesota, which has significant federal research capabilities. Two sub-awards were made under this agreement: one to Epix Analytics LLC to support work on ASF, and another to the University of California, Davis to prioritize mitigation measures against hypothetical ASF epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean. This project aims to enhance APHIS's preparedness and response capabilities to prevent the introduction of ASF into the United States.

With the objective of mitigating the risk of introduction into the united states, alternative measures have been proposed. The objectives of this study are to: a. Critically review the current body of knowledge in terms of the risk for spread and new incursions of ASF into the region; B. Classify targeted territories in terms of their risk for suffering, identifying, containing, and reporting an incursion, the importance of an incursion, and the risk of spreading into the US, and C. Map alternative mitigation measures to support the decision-making process for aphis