This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.
Today’s Science Page examines the persistence of PRRSV thanks to researchers Janak Dhakal, Vanessa Whitmore, Jayeshbhai Chaudhari, Hiep Vu, and Byron D. Chaves.
Continue reading “Fomite Persistency of PRRSV is affected by Relative Humidity and Storage Temperature”The organizing committee for the 2028 International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) is postponing the organization of the event in Minneapolis. While Minneapolis was originally selected as the host city, the committee determined that shifting the U.S. hosting opportunity to 2030 would better accommodate the needs of all attendees.
The IPVS Board is working on securing a new host country for the 2028 event and will announce its selection at the upcoming 2026 Congress, set for June 16–19 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Continue reading “2028 IPVS Congress location changing; Minneapolis will now host in 2030”
For her contributions to science advancing swine health and production, Minnesota veterinarian Laura Bruner has earned the 2026 Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award, which will be presented at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in September.
The annual award recognizes swine practitioners who use science to solve critical health and production problems for pork producers.
Continue reading “Laura Bruner named 2026 Science in Practice Award winner by University of Minnesota Swine Group”This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.
North Carolina State University researchers Jason A. Galvis, Aniruddha Deka and Gustavo Machado share their findings about the use of different sampling methods for early detection of ASFV in today’s Science Page.
Continue reading “Evaluating on-farm sampling strategies for early detection of African swine fever”
By the University of Minnesota Swine Group
The reporting on April 30, 2026 of pigs positive to pseudorabies in Iowa and Texas is a good reminder that we cannot be complacent when it comes to infectious diseases.
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) causes a devastating clinical picture resembling rabies in young pigs, thus the name. This disease, also known as Aujeszky’s disease, is most severe in piglets, causing high mortality as well as tremors, seizures, paralysis, incoordination and “dog-sitting” signs. As they get older, infected pigs experience respiratory disease with fever, coughing, and pneumonia. In sows, PRV causes abortions and stillbirths and in boars the virus can be shed in semen. PRV transmits primarily by direct contact with secretions of infected pigs but other routes such as exposure to contaminated fomites or aerosols can lead to infection.
Continue reading “What you need to know about pseudorabies”