survivability – Swine in Minnesota

Fomite Persistency of PRRSV is affected by Relative Humidity and Storage Temperature

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’s Science Page examines the persistence of PRRSV thanks to researchers Janak Dhakal, Vanessa Whitmore, Jayeshbhai Chaudhari, Hiep Vu, and Byron D. Chaves.

Drs. Schroeder and Shurson discuss their paper on Processing the Litter-ature

The Swine Disease Eradication Center is proud to present another episode of “Processing the Litter-ature”: a podcast in which peer-reviewed papers are docked, clipped and supplemented with a field perspective.

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Survival of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) in the Environment

In this review paper published in Veterinary Sciences, Valeria Lugo, a student working with Drs. Corzo and Goyal at the University of Minnesota, discusses the current knowledge of PRRS survivability based on temperature and other environmental conditions. The publication is available in open access on the journal’s website.

Implications of early-life indicators for survival rate, subsequent growth performance, and carcass characteristics of commercial pigs

This week, we are presenting a summary of an article published by faculty in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural resources Sciences regarding the impact of early-life indicators such as birth-weights on the life of a market pig.

Key Points

As litter size increases with the industry’s drive to increase pig production, the number of pigs with low birthweights increase too
Preweaning growth rate is a critical indicator of a low birthweight pig’s likelihood to reach desired market weight on time
High birthweight is associated with faster growth at all life stages, earlier marketing, and better carcass quality