tongue sampling – Swine in Minnesota

Optimizing PRRSV detection

By Igor A.D. Paploski, Mariana Kikuti, Xiaomei Yue, Marcello Melini, Albert Canturri, Stephanie Rossow and Cesar A. Corzo, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus causes significant economic losses in the U.S. — approximately $1.2 billion annually — due to reproductive failure, abortion and high pre-weaning mortality among piglets. Thirty percent of the U.S. breeding herd experiences annual PRRSV outbreaks. A farm’s positive stable status is confirmed by sampling serum from piglets or using processing fluids.

Tongue tip fluid (TTF): A welfare friendly directed population-based monitoring technique

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.

This week’s science page looks at the collect of tongue tip fluid as a monitoring technique for PRRSv, thanks to researchers Jordi Baliellas, Elena Novell, Enric Vicens Tarancón, Lorenzo Fraile and Carles Vilalta.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Surveillance in Breeding Herds and Nurseries Using Tongue Tips from Dead Animals

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.

This week the Grup de Sanejament Porci shares the findings of a study conducted on a new sample type: using tongues to test for PRRS.