The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) September Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available.
This month’s Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report includes educational material about the new PRRSV ORF5 sequence page, providing stakeholders with an explanation of how to interpret the four new charts. Also, SDRS reports increased PRRSV activity in Iowa, Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. PEDV and PDCoV positivity remains relatively low with overall 3.25% and 0.7% positive submissions, respectively. For the second consecutive month, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae percentage of positive submissions from wean-to-finish sites increased and lungs represented 35% of samples testing positive, which may indicate increased clinical issues in the field. There was increased positivity of PCV2 and PCV3, with a drop in the average Ct values for oral fluids and processing fluids.
The podcast features a talk with Dr. Hemant Naikare, University of Minnesota, about collaborative projects for the swine industry, strategies to recruit folks from rural communities to work on food animal health, how to engage students in the laboratory/diagnostic career, and the importance of veterinary diagnostic laboratories for public health.
View the full report dashboards and listen to podcasts in the online portal. No login required.
The Swine Health Information Center, launched in 2015 with Pork Checkoff funding, protects and enhances the health of the US swine herd by minimizing the impact of emerging disease threats through preparedness, coordinated communications, global disease monitoring, analysis of swine health data, and targeted research investments. As a conduit of information and research, SHIC encourages sharing of its publications and research. Forward, reprint, and quote SHIC material freely. For more information, visit http://www.swinehealth.org or contact Dr. Megan Niederwerder at mniederwerder@swinehealth.org or Dr. Lisa Becton at lbecton@swinehealth.org.