Vaccines developed with pig models hold the key to tackling the global threat of flu

As the world continues to grapple with evolving infectious diseases, scientists are increasingly turning to pigs in the fight against influenza. 

A team of international researchers, including experts from the University of Minnesota, believes treatments and vaccines that prove effective in pigs are more likely to succeed in humans compared to those developed using traditional small-animal models.

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Hygiene procedures of trucks transporting live pigs: multi-assessment validation of a standardized C&D protocol

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.

The Science Page this week is brought to you by researchers Alice Perrucci, Alice Magri, Vanessa Cardana, Simona Zoppi, Claudia Cossettini, and Annalisa Scollo.

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Determining farm surface porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) contamination through viability RT-qPCR

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 this week’s Science Page we take a look at a study by Claudio Marcello Melini, Amanda Palowski, Declan C. Schroeder, and Cesar A. Corzo evaluating PRRSV viability on various surfaces found in growing sites.

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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”

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.