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.
University of Minnesota researchers Lucas Ferreira, Mark Schwartz, Marie Culhane, and Cesar A Corzo share the results of their study on Seneca virus detection on market hog trailers.
Continue reading “Assessment of SVA Trailer Contamination at the Harvest Facility”A recently published study conducted by Mark Schwartz and collaborators evaluated the feasibility of using air sampled from right outside the exhaust fans on finishing barns to detect PRRSV. The full article is available in open access on the journal’s website.
Continue reading “Detection of PRRSV-2 in air emissions from grow-finish barns”In 2024, the board of directors of the Minnesota Pork Board adopted five foundational strategic pillars, one of which is the enhancement of animal well-being. Intrinsic to animal well-being are animal health, disease prevention and ultimately, disease elimination from pig populations.
With the leadership and directive of Minnesota Pork, a working group was tasked with providing direction and guidance with the goal of arriving at an action plan consistent with the goals under the foundational pillar of animal well-being. The recommendation from this group was for Minnesota pork producers to lead the nation in the elimination of the endemic disease, and to pursue the goal of the elimination of Mycoplasma hyopneumiae at the state level. From this beginning, the Minnesota Animal Health Task Force was created and has provided the leadership and direction, including the submission of a resolution to the US Swine Health Improvement Plan with subsequent approval by the House of Delegates, for the creation of a working group to explore the potential for certifying Mhp within the program.
Continue reading “Minnesota Pork health initiative: Eliminating Mhp”Today, we are sharing a recently published review article by the Torremorell lab, available in Frontiers in Veterinary Science. This review article opens with a summary and historical perspective of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 cases in avian species as well as in dairy cows. It makes the case that considering the high mutation rate of IAV and the potential for spillovers in swine, a One Health approach including human, animal and environmental health needs to be taken. Information regarding experimental infections and field observations of HPAI H5N1 in pigs as well as strategies for diagnostic and surveillance, implications for biosecurity and management practices to control the virus are included. Lastly, authors explain the associated concerns for public health.
Continue reading “Emerging threats of HPAI in swine: knowledge gaps and the imperative for a One Health approach”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 researchers Alexander Grahofer, Heiko Nathues, and Jens Becker from the University of Bern share a case study on the use of carbetocin in farrowing sows.
Continue reading “High incidence of stillbirths in a free farrowing system linked to uterotonic misuse: A case report”