monitoring – Swine in Minnesota

“Inside PRRSV: Close to Real-Time Variant Tracking” a podcast with Dr. Mariana Kikuti

Looking to learn something new this weekend? Check out this new podcast featuring the UMN Swine Group’s very own Dr. Mariana Kikuti!

Dr. Mariana Kikuti, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, explains how PRRSV variant classification is structured and how it supports more effective monitoring of disease outbreaks in swine herds. She shares how lineage and variant tracking improve virus identification and situational awareness. Discover how real-time data enables smarter decision-making in swine health.

Want to dive deeper? Learn more about VUMs (Variants Under Monitoring) on the MSHMP website!

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.

Insights gained through real-time monitoring of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and description of temporal trends based on laboratory data in Ontario, Canada

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.

This week’s Science Page showcases researchers Tatiana Petukhova, Maria Spinato, Tanya Rossi, Michele T. Guerin, Cathy A. Bauman, Pauline Nelson-Smikle, Davor Ojkic, and Zvonimir Poljak from the Unversity of Guelph’s real-time visualization of PRRS trends in Ontario from 2014 to 2023.

Surprising but true: PRRSV is one of the most sequenced viruses in the world

By Kim VanderWaal, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

For those outside the pig world, it comes as a surprise that a disease affecting pigs, PRRSV-2, is one of the most sequenced viruses in the world. But those inside the pig world are unsurprised, because they know that the way sequence data is utilized in swine health management is unparalleled by human medicine. If you, as a human, get infected with the common cold, you are unlikely to even get a diagnosis, let alone will the doctor request a genetic sequence for your particular virus to make decisions about care or treatment. However, that is exactly what happens when farms break PRRSV-2: the genetic sequence of the virus is often used by animal health professionals for disease monitoring and management.

Updates on monitored PRRSV variants

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 the MSHMP team gives us an update on the 1H.18 PRRSV variant they’ve been monitoring.