Today we are sharing a recent publication from the MSHMP team in collaboration with the VanderWaal and Schroeder’s labs. The objective of the study was to assess the diversity of PRRS genomes within a cohort of naïve pigs undergoing a PRRS outbreak. The full paper is available online in open access.
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Infection dynamics and incidence of wild-type PRRS virus in growing pigs
This new publication from the Torremorell’s lab is focusing on growing pig herds in the Midwest and how wild-type PRRS virus can spread among them. The full publication is available on the journal’s website.
Highlights
- Wild-type PRRSV infections in growing pigs are common and more prevalent towards the middle to end of the growing phase.
- Site-level surveillance is useful to understand PRRSV infections in vaccinated pigs.
- Biosecurity practices in growing pig sites are key to prevent lateral infections.
Disentangling transport movement patterns of swine trucks
This is a recent publication from the MSHMP team regarding transport patterns within a Midwestern swine system. The full publication is available on the journal’s website.
Objectives
This project had the following objectives:
- characterizing vehicle network before and during the COVID-19 pandemic,
- Understanding vehicle movement: consistency of vehicle movements over time), and time spent at each site
Inter-Regional Spreading Patterns of Contemporary PRRSV-2 in the U.S.: A Molecular Epidemiological Perspective
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 brings us a new perspective on the spread of PRRS in this week’s Science Page, by Nakarin Pamornchainavakul, Igor Paploski, Dennis Makau, Mariana Kikuti, Albert Rovira, Samantha Lycett, Cesar Corzo, and Kim VanderWaal.
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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 Kaushi Kanankege, Isaac Traynor, and Andres Perez re-examine the findings of a 2018 study, adjusting for other factors that can interfere wtih interpretation of the data.
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