Educational materials on the best practices for collecting cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and meningeal swabs in field conditions were created by the collaboration of the Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC), Dr. Maria Clavijo, DVM, PhD, and Dr. Rachel Derscheid, DVM, PhD, DACVP.
These materials include a two-minute video and associated printable handout outlining the sample collection in a step-by-step process for veterinarians and producers to obtain clinically relevant isolates for Streptococcus suis and Glaesserella parasuis cases.
Educational materials are available on the AASV website: https://aasv.org/aasv%20website/Resources/Diseases/SwineDiseases.php.