January 2025 – Page 2 – Swine in Minnesota

Best of Leman 2024: Henry Osemeke – Updates on the economic impact of PRRSV to U.S. pork producers

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 Henry Osemeke of Iowa State University during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 23, 2024.

Assessment of real-time PCR test in oral fluid samples for screening the serotypes of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae circulating in swine herds

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 José Luis Arnal, Ana Belén Fernández, Sonia Lacotoure, Alfredo Ángel Benito, Sofía Lázaro, and Marcelo Gottschalk share their study evaluating oral fluids combined with qPCR for detecting and serotyping A. pleuropneumoniae in swine herds.

Quantifying the impact of vaccination on transmission and diversity of influenza A variants in pigs

Today we are sharing a recent publication from the Torremorell lab regarding the impact of vaccination on the diversity of influenza variants in pigs.

The full article is available on the Veterinary Microbiology website.

Summary: Comparison of a novel rapid sampling method to serum and tonsil scraping to detect PRRSV in acutely infected sows

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 Peng Li, Ana Paula Poeta Silva, Daniel Moraes, Paul Yeske, Henry Osemeke, Edison Magalhaes, Gustavo Silva, and Daniel Linhares share a summary of their study comparing different PRRSV sampling methods.