Streptococcus suis – Swine in Minnesota

Virulence associated factors, antimicrobial resistance, and in silico serotyping of Streptococcus suis

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.

Researchers from the University of Guelph and the University of Montreal describe the distribution of serotypes of Streptococcus suis in this week’s science page. Thank you to researchers Aradanas, Poljak, Fittipaldi, Ricker, Farzan who worked on this study.

Best of Leman 2021: Drs. Roggow and Sturos – Tracking an outbreak strain of Streptococcus suis within a production system

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.

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

This month, we are sharing a joined presentation on Streptococcus suis from Dr. Brian Roggow (Fairmont Veterinary Clinic) and Dr. Matt Sturos (University of Minnesota).

Best of the 2020 Leman conference: Streptococcus suis

You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.

One of the most well liked sessions from the 2020 Allen D. Leman swine conference focused on Streptococcus suis. Three great presenters shared their expertise with this common but challenging swine pathogen:

Saying hello to our little friend: Streptococcus suis diagnostics, Matt Sturos
Streptococcus suis control and recent field experiences, Matt Allerson
Managing S.suis one gene at a time, Maria Jose Clavijo

Streptococcus suis: predicting pathogenicity with virulence-associated genes?

A recent publication in Porcine Health Management by April Estrada, from the Gebhart lab at the University of Minnesota, proposes new virulence-associated genes to predict the pathogenicity of US Streptococcus suis. This project continues her previous work on the classification of US S. suis strains based on pathotypes.

The re-emergence of Streptococcus suis: a podcast episode

Podcasts are a perfect way to get caught up with new swine information! We are presenting you the latest episode from “At The Meeting… Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison” in collaboration with SwineCast.

In this new episode, our hosts invited Dr. Maria Clavijo from Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Dr. Adam Schelkopf from Pipestone Services to discuss the various new diagnostic techniques to identify differences in Streptococcus suis strains.