Tag: TOSc

Practical implications of PRRSV testing in pre-farrow and post-farrow sows using TOSC samples and their respective litters

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.

In today’s Science Page we bring you a summary of research on tonsil oral scrubbing done by Peng Li, Isadora Machado, Thomas Petznick, Emily Pratt, Jinnan Xiao, Chris Sievers, Paul Yeske, Swami Jayaraman, Daniel C. A. Moraes, Guilherme Cezar, Mafalda Mil-Homens, Hao Tong, Kelly Will, Darwin Reicks, Jason Kelly, Onyekachukwu H. Osemeke, Gustavo S. Silva and Daniel C. L. Linhares.

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Summary: Comparison of a novel rapid sampling method to serum and tonsil scraping to detect PRRSV in acutely infected sows

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.

In this week’s Science Page Peng Li, Ana Paula Poeta Silva, Daniel Moraes, Paul Yeske, Henry Osemeke, Edison Magalhaes, Gustavo Silva, and Daniel Linhares share a summary of their study comparing different PRRSV sampling methods.

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