mitigation – Swine in Minnesota

Best of Leman 2022: Mike Eisenmenger – Lateral infections and mitigations

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

This presentation was originally given by Mike Eisenmenger of Swine Vet Center during the 2022 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 18, 2022.

U of M researchers lead major African swine fever breakthrough

University of Minnesota researchers recently led successful efforts to work on African swine fever virus (ASFV), developing and validating a surrogate virus for ASFV that will help develop effective mitigation strategies to control ASFV and keep it from entering North America. The disease has devastated pig populations and pork production in countries around the world.