April 2025 – Page 2 – Swine in Minnesota

Insights gained through real-time monitoring of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and description of temporal trends based on laboratory data in Ontario, Canada

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.

This week’s Science Page showcases researchers Tatiana Petukhova, Maria Spinato, Tanya Rossi, Michele T. Guerin, Cathy A. Bauman, Pauline Nelson-Smikle, Davor Ojkic, and Zvonimir Poljak from the Unversity of Guelph’s real-time visualization of PRRS trends in Ontario from 2014 to 2023.

Best of Leman 2024: Edison Magalhaes – Life at the bottom of the biosecurity pyramid: The economics of market haul sanitation

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 Edison Magalhaes of Iowa State University during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September Sunday, September 22.

H5 Influenza Q&A with Drs. Marie Culhane and Carol Cardona

H5 Influenza is in the news and many swine professionals have questions and concerns around recent outbreaks in dairy cattle and the potential for cross-species spread. We have answers to many of your questions, addressed by Dr. Marie Culhane, one of the UMN Swine Group’s Influenza experts and Dr. Carol Cardona, avian influenza expert and the UMN CVM Pomeroy chair in Avian Health.