Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the Noyes lab investigating a very popular sampling technique, pooling and the impact it has on resulting microbiome profiles. The article is available in open access on Microbiology Ecology’s website.
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Frequency of PCV‑2 viremia in nursery piglets from a Spanish swine integration system in 2020 and 2022 considering PRRSV infection status
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 this week’s Science Page researchers Mònica Sagrera, Laura Garza-Moreno, Marina Sibila, Salvador Oliver-Ferrando, Sonia Cárceles, Carlos Casanovas, Patricia Prieto, Alberto García-Flores, David Espigares, and Joaquim Segalés share the results of their study assessing PCV2 viremia in Spanish nursery piglets based on the farm PRRS status.
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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 this week’s science page researchers Mariana Kikuti, Carles Vilalta, Juan Sanhueza, Nakarin Pamornchainavakul, Jessica Kevill, My Yang, Igor A. D. Paploski, Tatiana Lenskaia, Nkechi M. Odogwu, Ross Kiehne, Kimberly VanderWaal, Declan Schroeder and Cesar A. Corzo share results of further analysis a 2020 study using whole genome sequencing to assess PRRSv diversity within and across litters.
Continue reading “PRRSV2 Viral Diversity within a Farrow-to-Wean Farm Cohort Study”Can you estimate PRRSV piglet prevalence using family oral fluids? Yes, you can.
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.
Today’s Science Page brings together researchers from three continents! Onyekachukwu Osemeke, Eduardo Costa, Vinicius Weide, Swaminathan Jayaraman, Gustavo Silva, and Daniel Linhares share how to estimate PRRS prevalence at the piglet level in a farrowing room based on the results of family oral fluid testing.
Continue reading “Can you estimate PRRSV piglet prevalence using family oral fluids? Yes, you can.”Farm management practices associated with influenza contamination of people working in swine farms
We hope all our US readers had a great Memorial Day weekend. Today, we are talking about farm practices and flu in farm workers. This recent publication from the Torremorell lab is available in open access on the Porcine Health Management journal website.
Take-away points
- Naïve piglets becoming infected with influenza before weaning participates in the endemic status of sow farms.
- Numerous interactions between piglets and farm workers happen pre-weaning (e.g. processing, vaccinations)
- Between 16% and 94% of the samples taken post-activity from farm workers’ hands and clothing were PCR positive for influenza.
- Activities during the peri-weaning period had almost 6 times higher risk of flu detection.