RT-qPCR – Swine in Minnesota

Alternative Samples for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Surveillance in an Endemic PRRSV-1-Infected Breeding Herd: A Descriptive Study

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 Arnaud Lebret, Valérie Normand, Pauline Berton, Théo Nicolazo, Charlotte Teixeira Costa, Céline Chevance, Mathieu Brissonnier and Gwenaël Boulbria share a descriptive study comparing alternative sample types for PRRS type 1 surveillance.

Isolation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus from feed ingredients and complete feed, with subsequent RT-qPCR analysis

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.

Kansas State University researcher Allison K. Blomme, Tate L. Ackerman, Cassandra K. Jones, Jordan T. Gebhardt, Jason C. Woodworth, Chad B. Paulk, and Roman M. Pogranichniy share findings about how long PRRSV can be harbored in different feed products.

Should we be concerned about the effect of sample handling on PRRSV detection by RT-qPCR?

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, Iowa State researchers Page Berenice Munguía-Ramírez, Betsy Armenta-Leyva, Alexandra Henao-Díaz, Ting-Yu Cheng, Jianqiang Zhang, Gaurav Rawal, Fangshu Ye, Luis Giménez-Lirola and Jeffrey J. Zimmerman summarize three studies looking at the effect of temperature and time on the detection of PRRSV by PCR in serum, oral fluids and fecal samples.