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Rearing pigs with play opportunities: The effects on disease resilience in pigs experimentally inoculated with PRRSV

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 today’s Science Page Karolína Steinerová, John Harding, Sarah Parker, Heather Wilson, Arthur Nery Finatto and Yolande Seddon take a look at the connection between rearing pigs with play opportunities and infection resilience.

Oropharyngeal swab sampling for PRRSV detection in large-scale pig farms: A convenient and reliable method for mass sampling

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.

The Science Page today is from researchers Mingyu Fan, Yang Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Lujie Bian, Weisheng Wu, Wei Liu, Lili Wu and Xiaowen Li, who take a look at oropharyngeal swab sampling for PRRSV detection in experimental and field conditions.

Recent Research Highlights from MSHMP

Our research group continues to drive innovation in swine health by focusing on critical challenges faced by the industry. Through collaborative efforts, our recent publications explore diverse aspects of swine disease detection, management, and epidemiology, contributing to the broader understanding of swine health and welfare. Below are three of our latest research contributions:

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.