umn – Swine in Minnesota

Explorating Routes of ASFv Entry into and Spread from Two Pork Harvest Facilities in the US

Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the Secure Food Systems team at the University of Minnesota, in which they are performing a proactive analysis regarding transmission pathways that African Swine Fever could potentially take in pork harvest facilities.

Vaccines developed with pig models hold the key to tackling the global threat of flu

As the world continues to grapple with evolving infectious diseases, scientists are increasingly turning to pigs in the fight against influenza.

A team of international researchers, including experts from the University of Minnesota, believes treatments and vaccines that prove effective in pigs are more likely to succeed in humans compared to those developed using traditional small-animal models.

Hygiene procedures of trucks transporting live pigs: multi-assessment validation of a standardized C&D protocol

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 this week is brought to you by researchers Alice Perrucci, Alice Magri, Vanessa Cardana, Simona Zoppi, Claudia Cossettini, and Annalisa Scollo.

Meet the 2026 Leman Swine Conference Keynote Speakers

You won’t want to miss this year’s keynote speakers, who will kick off each day of the Leman Swine Conference!

Determining farm surface porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) contamination through viability RT-qPCR

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 we take a look at a study by Claudio Marcello Melini, Amanda Palowski, Declan C. Schroeder, and Cesar A. Corzo evaluating PRRSV viability on various surfaces found in growing sites.