Tag: air

Mark Schwartz and Dr. Brad Leuwerke discuss “Detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus type 2 in air emissions from grow-finish barns”

The Swine Disease Eradication Center is proud to present another episode of “Processing the Litter-ature”: a podcast in which peer-reviewed papers are docked, clipped and supplemented with a field perspective.

Mark Schwartz and Dr. Brad Leuwerke discuss “Detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus type 2 in air emissions from grow-finish barns”

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.

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Illegal importation of pork products from China into Japan

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 we are sharing a summary of a publication of Lei et al. regarding the illegal importation of pork products coming from China into Japan, especially in the context of African Swine Fever.

Key Points

  • Importation of infected pork and contaminated pork products is a known source of disease introduction into naive countries.
  • A study was conducted to assess the risk of disease introduction through illegal pork imports and to identify factors affecting perception and behavior regarding illegal imports.
  • A significant association between perception of difficulty of importing a pork product in their luggage, knowledge of illegality, and actual illegal importation was found.
  • Compared to an earlier survey, the results from this suggest that government education and enforcement measures have made a measurable impact
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