Tag: sensitivity

Best of Leman 2024: Jay Johnson – Heat stress in sows: Impacts and strategies for improving production and welfare

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

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This presentation was given by Jay Johnson of University of Missouri during the 2024 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, recorded September 24, 2024.

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What is the probability of detecting a new incursion of PRRS into a PRRS-free region of Denmark within the first month?

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.

Mira Willkan, Lorraine Chapot, Angus Cameron, Søren Kjærgaard Boldsen, and Mette Fertner share the results of their study assessing how sensitive the current PRRS regional surveillance system in Denmark is and explore alternative surveillance systems. Could they detect a new PRRS introduction in less than a month?

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