Comparative Survival of 5 Strains of PRRSV in Tap Water at 3 Different Temperatures

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.

Valeria Lugo, Cesar Corzo, and Sagar Goyal of the University of Minnesota compare PRRSV survival rates in water, in this week’s Science page.

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An exploratory study to characterize current oral fluid usage in pig production systems in the United States

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 researchers Xiaomei Yue, Mariana Kikuti, Marcello Melini, Sarah Vadnais, and Cesar A. Corzo share the results of their pilot study characterizing the current use of oral fluid sampling in US pig production systems.

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Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) 2023 Summary

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.

We hope you had a great holiday season. Dr. Corzo has summarized some of the MSHMP accomplishments throughout 2023 as well as interesting observations regarding our monitoring work.

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Chart 4 PRRS EWMA Review

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 dives into Chart 4, which shows Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus Exponential Weighted Moving Average.

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Introducing Sarah Vadnais to the MSHMP Group

We are excited to introduce our participants and recipients to Sarah Vadnais who will be working with the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project. Sarah is a second year Masters of Public Health student studying health data science and has previously worked in clinical research roles. 

Sarah received a BS in environmental science with minors in Public Health and Statistics at the University of Minnesota and is set to complete their MPH at the University of Minnesota in May 2024. Their graduate research focuses on predicting surgical outcomes using various machine learning models. Sarah has experience with creation and maintenance of research database and analytical skill with various programming software.

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