When the farm is exposed to a critical level of PRRSv in air, the probability of having an outbreak is four times higher for non-filtered farms: A retrospective analysis using wind data

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.

Researchers Kaushi Kanankege, Seunghyun Lim, and Andres Perez at the University of Minnesota examine wind data and find that farms exposed to a critical level of PRRSv in the air are four times more likely to have an outbreak if they do not have air filtration.

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Evidence of influenza A infection and risk of transmission between pigs and farmworkers

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, University of Minnesota researchers Gustavo Lopez-Moreno, Peter Davies, My Yang, Marie Culhane, Cesar A. Corzo, Chong Li, Aaron Rendahl and Montserrat Torremorell present research on interspecies transmission of influenza A between pigs and farmworkers.

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Evidence of influenza A infection and risk of transmission between pigs and farmworkers

Today, we share a recent study by the Torremorell’s lab published in open access, in the Zoonoses and Public Health journal this past month. Led by Dr. Gustavo Lopez, this work focuses on the interface between the pigs and farmworkers when considering influenza A infection.

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Modelling PRRSV dissemination dynamics to quantify the contribution of multiple modes of transmission

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, Dr Machado’s team from North Carolina State University shares the results of their latest modelling PRRS transmission project.

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Ability of different matrices to transmit African swine fever virus

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 MSHMP team summarized a report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) regarding African Swine Fever transmission through fomites.

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