breeding – Swine in Minnesota

Summary: The evaluation of an artificial intelligence system for estrus detection in sows

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 this week’s Science Page, researchers Steven Verhoeven, Ilias Chantziaras, Elise Bernaerdt , Michel Loicq , Ludo Verhoeven and Dominiek Maes share the results of a study done on the accuracy of estrus detectus using AI technology on three commercial Belgian farms.

Frequency and destination of live exports of breeding-stock pigs from the United States

This week, the MSHMP team in association with SHIC is a mirror of a previous report about the import of breeding stock and focuses on the export of these animals.

Frequency and origin of live imports of breeding-stock pigs to the United States

This week, we are sharing a report from the MSHMP team in collaboration with the Swine Health Information Center regarding the origin of the pigs that are imported for breeding purposes.

Key Points

International live pig transport is a possible route for disease entry into the U.S.
The first step in assessing this risk is to categorize and analyze breeding stock import data
Small numbers of imported breeding pigs have come from a variety of countries, but the majority come from Canada