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Drs. Paploski and Rovira 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.

In this episode, Dr. Igor Paploski and Dr. Albert Rovira discuss the paper “Phylogenetic Structure and Sequential Dominance of Sub-Lineages of PRRSV Type-2 Lineage 1 in the United States.”

Listen to the podcast ~23 minutes

PRRS prevalence comparison among different MSHMP cohorts

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.

MSHMP Researchers Mariana Kikuti, Xiaomei Yue, Marcello Melini, Emily Geary, and Cesar Corzo break down PRRS prevalence among two cohorts of participating farms in this week’s Science Page.

Infection dynamics and incidence of wild-type PRRS virus in growing pigs

This new publication from the Torremorell’s lab is focusing on growing pig herds in the Midwest and how wild-type PRRS virus can spread among them. The full publication is available on the journal’s website.

Highlights

Wild-type PRRSV infections in growing pigs are common and more prevalent towards the middle to end of the growing phase.
Site-level surveillance is useful to understand PRRSV infections in vaccinated pigs.
Biosecurity practices in growing pig sites are key to prevent lateral infections.

Characterization of dead animal removal facilities, structures, and practices on sow herds; invitation to participate

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.

University of Minnesota researchers Igor Paploski, Brenna Werner, and Kimberly VanderWaal invite veterinarians and producers overseeing sow farms to enroll in a project looking at disease outbreaks among sow herd.

Disentangling transport movement patterns of swine trucks

This is a recent publication from the MSHMP team regarding transport patterns within a Midwestern swine system. The full publication is available on the journal’s website.

Objectives

This project had the following objectives:

characterizing vehicle network before and during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Understanding vehicle movement: consistency of vehicle movements over time), and time spent at each site