Detection of PRRSV-1 in tongue fluids under experimental and field conditions and comparison of different sampling material for PRRSV sow herd monitoring.
Sophie DürlingerHeinrich KreutzmannChristine UnterwegerVera MartinFlora HamarChristian KnechtAngelika AuerKatharina DimmelTill RümenapfAlfred GriesslerThomas VoglmayrRoland MaurerAlexander OppenederAndrea LadinigPublished in: Porcine health management (2024)
It can be concluded that the viral load in individual foetuses is higher in serum or thymus compared to tongue fluid samples. However, litter-wise pooled tongue fluid samples are well-suited for detecting vertical transmission within the herd, even when the suspected prevalence of vertical transmission events is low.