“For the first time, it’s systematic and reported widely. “The SDRS provides that foundational data to educate the industry about pathogen activity in swine populations,” he said.
The goal was to compile and analyze testing data from veterinary diagnostic labs to detect disease trends as they emerged, providing producers with an early warning system to prompt preventative responses such as increasing monitoring and heightening biosecurity measures. Daniel Linhares, associate professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine and Roy A. With a grant from the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), the Swine Disease Reporting System (SDRS) was founded six years ago by Dr. Larger image.ĪMES, Iowa – After pioneering a system to improve swine health by collecting and publicizing pathogen testing results from large public veterinary laboratories across the Midwest, a team led by faculty from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is planning to bore even deeper to glean more insight from the vast data set. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. The Swine Disease Reporting System is managed by ISU faculty and graduate students in veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, including from left, associate professor Daniel Linhares, graduate student Guilherme Cezar and research assistant professor Giovani Trevisan, in a lab inside the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.
