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Science-Based Biosecurity Sustainably Prevents PRRSv Infection and Improves Productivity in Swine Breeding Herds

On this first Tuesday of December, we are featuring a new paper from the MSHMP team in collaboration with Pipestone research, published in the journal Animals and available in open-access. This article, a follow-up from a previous publication, compares key performance indicators between farms implementing Next Generation Biosecurity (NGB) or not. Refer back to the first publication for a description of NGB which encompasses measures to control four routes of disease transmission (direct, mechanical, feed, and aerosol) and a retrospective analysis of PRRSv incidence rates for 2 years.

Assessment of Antibiotic Use in Grow-Finish Pigs After PRRSV Introduction in a PRRSV-Naïve Breeding Herd

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.

For today’s Science Page we bring you a study by Iowa State University researchers Isadora Machado, Thomas Petznick, Ana Paula Silva, Chong Wang, Locke Karriker, Daniel Linhares, and Gustavo Silva taking a look at the association between PRRSV-positive status and increased antibiotic usage in the growing pig population.

AI brings 30 years of data to the real world

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus impacts as much as half of all swine breeding farms in the United States. It’s one of the most costly issues the swine industry faces. The virus now costs the U.S. pork industry $1.2 billion per year in lost production, an 80-percent increase in the last decade.

Importance of sequential infection order of porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus to divergent clinical outcomes

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.

This week we take a look at research done by Sehyeong Ham, Jeongmin Suh, Hyejean Cho, and Chanhee Chae into sequential infection order of porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

Postmortem Sampling in Piglet Populations for PRRS Detection

Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the MSHMP team comparing different piglet postmortem samples to detect PRRS. The article is available in open access on the Journal’s website.