False detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in a gilt developer unit

Four pigs laying on a slatted floor

In today’s Science Page, Drs. Laurie Pfleiderer and Robert Desrosiers from Quebec share the findings of their case report looking at false positive results during Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae testing.

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Best of Leman 2022: Mike Roof – USDA Vaccine licensing requirements and field impacts of off-label use

This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.

Want more? Find previous presentations in our Best of Leman archives.

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Experimental in-vitro evaluation of PRRSv modified-live vaccine and wild-type virus sequence detection in co-infections

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 UMN Veterinary Population Medicine researchers Joaquin Alvarez-Norambuena, Mariana Kikuti, Albert Rovira and Cesar Corzo investigate the detection of wild-type or modified-live vaccine sequences in in-vitro samples.

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Evaluating the economic impact of an autogenous influenza vaccine in the finishing phase with a pre-post analysis utilizing closeout 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.

In today’s Science Page Kaci Way, Jessica Higgins, Todd Wolff, Derald Holtkamp and Lynette Holeman share the results of a study evaluating the benefit of influenza vaccines in finishing pigs.

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Effect of Killed PRRSV Vaccine on Gut Microbiota Diversity in Pigs

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 Fangfeng Yuan, Jaishree Sharma, Som G. Nanjappa, Christopher A. Gaulke, and Ying Fang from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign present information on the impact of killed PRRSV vaccine on the gut microbiome in today’s Science Page.

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