May 2024 – Swine in Minnesota

Join Us in Leipzig: UMN Showcases Top Swine Health Studies at IPVS 2024

For those attending the 27th International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Leipzig, Germany on June 4-7. 2024, we are excited to invite you to support the University of Minnesota! Join us as we present groundbreaking scientific works in collaboration with swine veterinarians, producers and experts from various institutions.

We will also have a booth in the exhibition area; make sure to stop by and say hello!

Yes, science should inform policy, but how?

By Kaitlyn St. Charles, Carol Cardona, Timothy Goldsmith, Cesar Corzo and Marie Culhane, University of Minnesota

Stop movement orders are a big deal for all production phases, particularly for live pigs, but also for semen movements from boar studs to breeding farms.

In the United States, animal agriculture is having to make tough decisions about the quickly spreading and far-reaching diseases caused by H5 2.3.4.4b influenza A virus (USDA 2024). There have been substantial organized efforts to control H5 2.3.4.4b IAV in domestic poultry, because it is the cause of highly pathogenic avian influenza with severe illness and high death loss in infected flocks. So, it should be no surprise that efforts need to be made to control virus spread in other species, including humans.

Call for Abstracts: Submit your research for the 50th Leman Swine Conference

The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 21-24, 2024, offers a great opportunity to showcase your work and help improve the world’s pig industry. For 50 years the conference has brought science-driven solutions to the complex challenges facing the industry. It starts with you! Bring your findings to the 2024 Leman Conference and be part of the discussion.

Abstracts for posters and oral presentations can be submitted online through Friday, July 12, 2024.

Monitoring the detection of PRRSV variant 1H.18

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 shows how MSHMP is keeping an eye on the PRRS variant 1H.18, as well as some clarification explaining new variant nomenclature.

Credit: Mariana Kikuti, Igor Paploski, Nakarin Pamornchainavakul, Marcello Melini, Xiaomei Yue, Sarah Vadnais, Julia Baker, Joao Herrera da Silva, Mark Wagner, Jeff Kurt, Mark Schwartz, Stephanie Rossow, Cesar Corzo, and Kimberly VanderWaal

Best of Leman: Cathy Carlson – What do you need to know about OCD to better manage this disease?

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.

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

This presentation was originally given by Cathy Carlson of the University of Minnesota during the 2023 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 16, 2023.