Use of oral fluids for efficient monitoring of influenza viruses in swine herds in Colombia

• Published in: Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 141 - 152
• Main Authors: Ciuoderis, Karl A, Perez, Laura S, Cardona, Andrés, Hernandez-Ortíz, Juan Pablo, Osorio, Jorge E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medellín Universidad de Antioquía 01.07.2022; Universidad de Antioquia
• Subjects: amostragem; Animal health; Cell culture; detección de enfermedades; detecção de doenças; Diagnostic techniques; Disease detection; disease surveillance; epidemiological surveillance; Farm buildings; Farms; fazenda de porcos; fluidos orais; fluidos orales; granja porcina; Hogs; infección; infection; Infections; infecção; Influenza; Influenza A; Influenza A virus; molecular; monitoreo de enfermedades; monitoreo de enfermidades; muestreo; Oral fluids; Outbreaks; PCR; pig farm; porcino; Respiratory diseases; rt-pcr; sampling; Sampling methods; sampling techniques; Strategy; Surveillance; suíno; Swine; técnica de diagnóstico; técnica diagnóstica; técnicas de amostragem; vigilancia epidemiológica; vigilância epidemiológica; virus de la Influenza A; Viruses; vírus Influenza A; Colombia

Background: Influenza A virus (IAV) surveillance in swine is critical not only due to the direct impact of the disease in the pork industry but also because IAV are prone to interspecies transmission (from human to pigs and vice versa); therefore, its monitoring is fundamental from a public and anim...