swab – Swine in Minnesota

Oropharyngeal swab sampling for PRRSV detection in large-scale pig farms: A convenient and reliable method for mass sampling

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.

The Science Page today is from researchers Mingyu Fan, Yang Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Lujie Bian, Weisheng Wu, Wei Liu, Lili Wu and Xiaowen Li, who take a look at oropharyngeal swab sampling for PRRSV detection in experimental and field conditions.

A diagnostic approach to confirm Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae “Day zero” for pathogen eradication

A recent study led by MycoLab researchers takes new steps to eliminating Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae), a bacterium that causes respiratory illness in pigs. M. hyopneumoniae is one of the most significant bacterial swine pathogens worldwide, impacting animal welfare and causing significant economic losses for the swine industry. The findings from this study demonstrate a diagnostic strategy aimed at helping to eliminate the pathogen from individual herds—and eventually, to eradicate it altogether.