Today we are sharing a recent publication from the VanderWaal lab looking at PRRSV sequences from Canada. The full publication is available in open access on the journal Pathogens’ website.
Continue reading “Phylogenetic Lineages of Canadian PRRSV-2 Reveal Transboundary Spread and Two Novel Sub-Lineages”Celebrating the 100th SHIC Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report in April!
The first Global Disease Monitoring Report (GDMR) was published in November 2017 to provide US pork producers with a clear overview of the global situation of transboundary swine diseases and support informed decision-making.
At the time, access to reliable and timely information was a major challenge as many outbreak reports were scattered across local-language sources, difficult to locate, time-consuming to verify, and often delayed or limited in detail in official reporting systems such as WOAH.
Continue reading “Celebrating the 100th SHIC Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report in April!”Best of Leman: Mark Schwartz – Airborne biosecurity: Comparison of air filtration and an electrostatic precipitator technology
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 Mark Schwartz of the University of Minnesota and Schwartz Farms during the 2025 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference.
Continue reading “Best of Leman: Mark Schwartz – Airborne biosecurity: Comparison of air filtration and an electrostatic precipitator technology”Assessment of PEDV Trailer Contamination at the Harvest Facility
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.
Researchers Lucas Ferreira, Mark Schwartz, Marie Culhane, and Cesar A Corzo from the University of Minnesota bring us today’s Science Page, looking at PEDv contamination of trailers at the slaughter house.
Continue reading “Assessment of PEDV Trailer Contamination at the Harvest Facility”Stopping the next outbreak: Identifying airborne swine viruses
A single particle of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a strand of hair. It’s easy for the microscopic germs to move undetected through vast amounts of air, meaning costly viruses that infect swine are exceedingly difficult to detect.
PRRSV alone costs United States producers around $1.2 billion every year. Several swine diseases—including the influenza virus—can also transmit to humans.
Continue reading “Stopping the next outbreak: Identifying airborne swine viruses”