Tag: PRRSV

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.

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Surprising but true: PRRSV is one of the most sequenced viruses in the world

By Kim VanderWaal, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

For those outside the pig world, it comes as a surprise that a disease affecting pigs,  PRRSV-2, is one of the most sequenced viruses in the world. But those inside the pig world are unsurprised, because they know that the way sequence data is utilized in swine health management is unparalleled by human medicine. If you, as a human, get infected with the common cold, you are unlikely to even get a diagnosis, let alone will the doctor request a genetic sequence for your particular virus to make decisions about care or treatment.  However, that is exactly what happens when farms break PRRSV-2: the genetic sequence of the virus is often used by animal health professionals for disease monitoring and management.

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Updates on monitored PRRSV variants

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 the MSHMP team gives us an update on the 1H.18 PRRSV variant they’ve been monitoring.

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Global status of gene edited animals for agricultural applications

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 Alba Ledesma and Alison Van Eenennaam from the University of California, Davis take a look at how gene editing is being researched and regulated around the world!

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Duration and time between PRRSV epidemic periods

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 the MSHMP team shares the most recent EWMA chart of weekly PRRSV incidence and helps readers understand what it all means.

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