March Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report Now Available

March 5, 2024 — 

The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC) March Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available.

This month's Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report includes the new SDRS Blast for PRRSV ORF5 sequence tool. The newly implemented tool aids veterinarians and producers in identifying their own PRRSV ORF5 sequences' similarity with previous PRRSV sequences in the SDRS database. Also, the report brings information about the first PRRSV L1C.5 detection in South Carolina. The detection was in a sample identified as having been collected from a finishing site, with 100% nucleotide identity with another PRRSV ORF5 sequence recovered in another state and identified as L1C.5 RFLP 1-4-3. For enteric coronaviruses, PEDV positivity had a substantial increase during February in the wean-to-market category. PDCoV positivity remains high in the wean-to-market category, similar to the increased positivity of January 2024. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae substantially increased positivity for the adult/sow farm category. However, according to the SDRS advisory board, this activity is due to few farms and does not represent abnormal activity in sow farms.

In the podcast, the SDRS hosts talk with Dr. Lauren Glowzenski (JBS) about solutions for decreasing PEDV activity in farms and PRRSV ORF5 sequence regional diversity.

View the full report dashboards and listen to podcasts in the online portal. No login required.

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