April 2025 – Swine in Minnesota

UMN guest appearances on all your favorite swine podcasts

Are you enjoying listening to podcasts while on the road? Catch up on what the University of Minnesota is up with these new podcasts featuring UMN swine experts!

What is the probability of detecting a new incursion of PRRS into a PRRS-free region of Denmark within the first month?

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.

Mira Willkan, Lorraine Chapot, Angus Cameron, Søren Kjærgaard Boldsen, and Mette Fertner share the results of their study assessing how sensitive the current PRRS regional surveillance system in Denmark is and explore alternative surveillance systems. Could they detect a new PRRS introduction in less than a month?

The Leman Swine Conference seeks DVM Students to apply for the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize this Summer

2024 MSIP Winner Savannah Thomson presents the Pig-O-Meter at the 2024 Leman Swine Conference
Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy presents Savannah Thomson with the 2024 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize
Valeria Lugo gives her presentation at the 2023 Leman Swine Conference
Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy introduces the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize during the 2017 Leman Conference
Dr. Cesar Corzo announces Carly Bates as the winner of the 2023 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize

Veterinary students: Are you shadowing a swine practitioner this summer or have you been involved in an interesting clinical case investigation? Did you work on your veterinary skills by designing a differential diagnosis list or working on a treatment plan? Did you investigate a problem by analyzing production records? Share your work at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference to win the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize!

Summary: New insights into the testicular tropism of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

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.

It today’s Science Page Kassandra Durazo-Martínez, Fernando A. Osorio, Gustavo Delhon, Jesús Hernández, and Hiep L. X. Vu share the results of their study looking at testicular tissue cell types and their susceptibility to PRRSV infection.

This made me consider the swine industry

“This made me consider the swine industry”: How Pork Prospect, an experiential learning initiative for undergraduate students developed by The Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota, is inspiring the next generation of swine professionals.

By Pork Prospect team, The Ohio State University and University of Minnesota

In the world of agriculture education, few moments are more powerful than when a student sees a pig – really sees it – for the first time. Not just as an animal or as a future product; rather, as a symbol of an entire industry, a living link to a professional future they had never considered, until that moment.