Today we bring you 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.
University of Minnesota researchers Lucas Ferreira, Mark Schwartz, Marie Culhane, and Cesar A. Corzo share preliminary results from their ongoing study examining trailer contamination at the harvest facility during unloading.
Continue reading “Assessment of PEDV Trailer Contamination at the Harvest Facility”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 we bring you a summary of research on tonsil oral scrubbing done by Peng Li, Isadora Machado, Thomas Petznick, Emily Pratt, Jinnan Xiao, Chris Sievers, Paul Yeske, Swami Jayaraman, Daniel C. A. Moraes, Guilherme Cezar, Mafalda Mil-Homens, Hao Tong, Kelly Will, Darwin Reicks, Jason Kelly, Onyekachukwu H. Osemeke, Gustavo S. Silva and Daniel C. L. Linhares.
Continue reading “Practical implications of PRRSV testing in pre-farrow and post-farrow sows using TOSC samples and their respective litters”In this new scientific publication from Dr. Jorge Garrido, PhD candidate from the Torremorell lab, numerous sampling strategies to monitor influenza were compared. the following individual, litter, and environmental samples were included in the study:
In lieu of the Science Page today, we are bringing you our most popular articles on the blog this past year: a publication by Dr. Maria Pieters, head of the MycoLab called Sample and diagnostic types for early detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the causative agent enzootic pneumonia, an economically significant disease in pigs. In this study published by Drs. Pieters and Rovira from the University of Minnesota, pigs experimentally inoculated with M.hyopneumoniae were sampled 0, 2, 5, 9, 14, 21, and 28 post-inoculation.
Different sample types were compared:
Using different diagnostic tests:
Laryngeal swab samples tested by PCR were highly sensitive for detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in live pigs. Various commercial ELISA kits for detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae antibodies showed similar sensitivity. Oral fluids showed a low sensitivity for detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in experimentally infected pigs.
