Evaluating cardiac puncture blood collection as a reliable and biosecure postmortem diagnostic tool in swine

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 Claudio Marcello Melini, Mariana Kikuti, Xiaomei Yue, and Cesar A. Corzo take a look at cardiac puncture, an alternative tool for blood collection during outbreak investigations.

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How does vehicle Cleaning and Disinfection (C&D) help protect swine farms?

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.

Natalia Martinez, Cesar A. Corzo, Gustavo Machado, Abel B. Ekiri, Inaki Deza-Cruz, and Joaquin M. Prada share a study showing how vehicle cleaning can combat disease spread in this week’s Science Page.

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