post-mortem – Swine in Minnesota

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.

On the cutting edge of swine health

For 26 years, hands-on swine necropsy training at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has taught vital sample gathering techniques and aligned veterinary expertise with industry needs.

Veterinary pathologist Stephanie Rossow (center) conducts a necropsy demonstration on a dead pig.

In a matter of seconds, veterinary pathologist Stephanie Rossow’s knife slices through the skin of a deceased pig laid out on an examination table in the necropsy lab of the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.