Evaluating on-farm sampling strategies for early detection of African swine fever

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.

North Carolina State University researchers Jason A. Galvis, Aniruddha Deka and Gustavo Machado share their findings about the use of different sampling methods for early detection of ASFV in today’s Science Page.

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Evaluating cardiac puncture blood collection as a reliable and biosecure postmortem diagnostic tool in swine

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.

MSHMP researchers Claudio Marcello Melini, Mariana Kikuti, Xiaomei Yue, and Cesar A. Corzo take a look at cardiac puncture, an alternative tool for blood collection during outbreak investigations.

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Assessment of ASF/CSF Sick Pig Surveillance at UMN and ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories

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.

Researchers Rachel A. Schambow, Michelle L. Schultze, Leticia C. M. Linhares, Bret Crim, Albert Rovira, Hemant K. Naikare, Catherine Lorenz, Cole Vanicek, Rodger G. Main, and Andres M. Perez from the University of Minnesota, Iowa State University and the USDA bring us today’s science page.

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Disease Surveillance Practices and Veterinary Care Use in Small-Scale Swine 

In this scoping review recently published in the journal Animals, Dr. Schambow and colleagues from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota review veterinary use and access as well as disease surveillance practices in small swine herds across the United States.

Five black pigs in a pasture
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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.

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