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November Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report Now Available

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

This month’s Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report highlights several key points: PRRSV activity continues to rise, with 43.67% positivity in wean-to-market sites, while sow farm positivity remains relatively low at 17.03%. The lineage L1C.5 is surging, with 3,653 detections in 2025 already surpassing last year’s total and has become the predominant lineage over other lineages, such as L1A and L1H. IAV positivity reached 35.44% in wean-to-market, accompanied by a surprising decrease in sow farm positivity to 15.16%. Following the expected pattern for this time of the year, M. hyopneumoniae reached its highest overall positivity. A bonus page features highlights from the SDRS Advisory Group on current pathogen activity, presented during the October 2025 Winter Preparedness Call. 

In the podcast, Dr. Brooke Kitting, Senior Veterinarian at Seaboard Foods, discusses strategies for tackling PRRSV outbreaks and pig flow biosecurity, managing PEDV and M. hyopneumoniae outbreaks, and preparing for winter through vaccination and immunity-boosting protocols.

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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate at Iowa State University, explains how soybean meal net energy is evaluated using growth assays and calorimetry. He discusses caloric efficiency, validation under commercial conditions, and differences between controlled and real-world environments. Gustavo also highlights practical implications for diet formulation and ingredient valuation. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Indirect calorimetry provides a precise estimation of ingredient energy, yet validation under production conditions remains essential for accurate application in real systems.”

Meet the guest: Gustavo Lima / gustavo-lima-a9867127 is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, specializing in swine nutrition, ingredient evaluation, and energy metabolism. With over 15 years of experience across Latin America, his work focuses on soybean meal utilization, caloric efficiency, and applied research for commercial production systems.