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.
The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project take a look at whether PRRSv cases associated with the linage 1C, RFLP 1-4-4 variant can be detected in the outside areas of farms undergoing an outbreak.
Key Points
- There is little understanding of contributing factors aiding the 1-4-4 L1C PRRSv rapid transmission and biosecurity breaches
- Environmental detection in recently infected farms was possible although detection was low
- Most positive samples originated from exhausting fans, showing the virus may exit a positive barn via that route