The Swine Disease Eradication Center is proud to present another episode of “Processing the Litter-ature”: a podcast in which peer-reviewed papers are docked, clipped and supplemented with a field perspective.
Drs. Mariana Kikuti and Megan Nickel discuss “Less Invasive Sampling Methods for PRRSV Detection in Swine: Dry Blood Spots, Oral Swabs, and Tonsil Oral Scrubbing in Intentionally Exposed Gilts” with guest host Mark Schwartz.
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.
Xiaomei Yue, Mariana Kikuti, Marcello Melini, Carlos Lora, Robert Langenhorst, Scott Dee, and Cesar Corzo take a look at the impact of air filtration on PRRS occurrence in today’s Science Page.
Continue reading “Sixteen-year field evidence of air filtration reducing PRRS occurrence in U.S. sow herds”This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.
Want more? Find previous presentations in our Best of Leman archives.
This presentation was given by Igor Paploski of the University of Minnesota and Mark Wagner of Fairmont Veterinary Clinic during the 2025 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference.
Continue reading “Best of Leman: Igor Paploski and Mark Wagner – Impacts of boosting immunity pre-farrowing on antibodies and PRRS dynamics in nursery pigs”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.
In today’s Science Page researchers L. V. Alarcón, M. Machuca, F. Evangelista, P. M. Negrelli, P. Cipriotti, M. Mayr, V. Regalado, M. C. Villat, L. Benito, E. Ortega, R. Ravone, M. Dibarbora, S. M. Serena, H. R. Sanguinetti, M. G. Echeverría, C. J. Perfumo, and E. Mateu share their results of their study looking at Aujeszky’s disease in Argentina.
Continue reading “Epidemiological Shift of Aujeszky’s Disease in Argentina: from backyard persistence to endemic threats in large-scale integrated pig farm systems”
This article was written by Montse Torremorell of the University of Minnesota for the National Hog Farmer.
At the 2026 meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) I was given the task to present on biosecurity and what we need to do as an industry to “move the needle”. More specifically the ask was about presenting on biosecurity practices that we do, should do or should stop doing to control endemic diseases in pigs. This was not an easy task since the interplay between biosecurity and disease occurrence is complex.
Here are a few messages I shared.
Continue reading “How do we move the needle on biosecurity?”