USDA’s “Beagle Brigade” Helping to Prevent African Swine Fever from Entering U.S.

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WASHINGTON, October 22, 2018 – When Hardy, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) trained detector dog, sniffed out a roasted pig head in traveler baggage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International airport early this month, it underscored the efforts USDA and its partners are undertaking to keep African Swine Fever (ASF),a swine disease that could devastate the U.S. pork producers, from entering the country.

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