Disease Surveillance Practices and Veterinary Care Use in Small-Scale Swine 

In this scoping review recently published in the journal Animals, Dr. Schambow and colleagues from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota review veterinary use and access as well as disease surveillance practices in small swine herds across the United States.

Five black pigs in a pasture
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Describing and Estimating Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) in Alternative Pig Farms (APFs)

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.

Miranda B. Medrano, Marie C. Culhane, and Cesar A. Corzo of the University of Minnesota take a look at herd seroprevalence of PRRSV in alternative pig farms in Minnesota.

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