May 2025 – Swine in Minnesota

University of Minnesota Swine Group in the Press

The Swine Group here at the University has been featured in a number of publications this and last month! Here are a few in case you missed them!

Evaluation of an electrostatic precipitator in mitigating the transmission of airborne viruses in experimentally infected pigs

Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the Torremorell lab exploring a new technology aiming at preventing the transmission of airborne viruses. The full publication is available in open access on the Veterinary Research journal.

Epidemiological insights on the PRRS-Loom Variant webtool: https://stemma.shinyapps.io/PRRSLoom-variants/

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 today’s Science Page Kim VanderWaal, Nakarin Pamornchainavakul, and Mariana Kikuti explore a new UMN VDL tool which allows people to upload their sequence and get their genetic variant classification but also know which PRRS variants are on the rise.

Best of Leman 2024: Mike Rahe – Porcine astrovirus 4 as a cause of tracheitis and bronchitis in young pigs

Watch Mike Rahe’s Best of Leman 2024 presentation: Porcine astrovirus 4 as a cause of tracheitis and bronchitis in young pigs

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 given by Mike Rahe of North Carolina State University during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September Monday, September 23.

Evaluating the Inactivation of a Surrogate ASFV-like Algal Virus in a Pilot Solvent Extraction Soybean Processing 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.

Amanda Palowski, Cecilia Balestreri, Pedro E. Urriola, Jennifer L. G. van de Ligt, Richard Ozer, Gerald C. Shurson, and Declan C. Schroeder share the results of their recent research examining virus inactivation during feed processing systems.