U.S. SHIP Enrollment

TheKansas Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division is planning to be the official contact for the US Swine Health Improvement Plan (SHIP). They are working to provide information to any farm that wishes to participate. States have started enrolling pork producers in US SHIP with 169 Kansas production sites enrolled. On a national level, as of May 3 over 3,000 production sites have enrolled in US SHIP

The next step for US SHIP is the second US SHIP House of Delegates meeting where pork industry representatives, state veterinarians, and USDA officials will meet this September in suburban Minneapolis. Among the scheduled events, the agenda includes sessions for state agencies to talk about logistics of the program, education on the results of recent studies and other developments that could influence industry practices, and a business meeting to consider adopting proposed standards and resolutions. More information on the House of Delegates meeting this September can be found at https:// usswinehealthimprovementplan.com/hod-meeting/.

What is the US Swine Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)?

The US SHIP is a collaborative effort involving industry, state, and federal partners providing standards for certifying the health status of swine across participating farm sites, supply chains, states, and regions. The US SHIP is a disease status certification program for pork producers and packers for African Swine Fever and Classical Swine Fever. The US SHIP ASF-CSF Monitored certification aims to mitigate risks of disease introduction and provide a practical means for demonstrating evidence of freedom of disease (outside of foreign animal disease control areas) in support of ongoing interstate commerce and a pathway towards the resumption of international trade over the course of a trade impacting disease response and recovery period.

US SHIP establishes a national playbook of technical standards and associated certification recognized across participating states that centers on disease prevention and demonstration of freedom of disease outside of control areas in support of animal health, commerce, and trade. More Information about US SHIP can be found at: https://usswinehealthimprovementplan.com/

Learn How to Enroll Here:

US SHIP is designed to be applicable across the full-spectrum of US pork industry participants from small/ show pig farmers to large commercial producers and slaughter facilities.

To participate, participants must enroll, be certified, and maintain certification.

For more information, please contact Sara McReynolds DVM MPH PhD, Assistant Animal Health Commissioner, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health at (785) 564-6792.