Animal Virus Infections StudiesAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAnimal Genetics and Reproduction

Effect of cross-fostering piglets on within-litter transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus under field conditions

Elisa De Conti, Kristen Cleaver, Onyekachukwu Osemeke, C. Lefèvre, Ching-Yang Wang, Mariamawit Mohammed, Laura Solis Avila, John Waddell, Marcelo José de Almeida, Giovani Trevisan, Gustavo Silva, Daniel Linhares

2026.1.27JOURNAL OF SWINE HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

DOI: 10.54846/jshap/1435

Abstract

Objective: This field study aimed to evaluate the effect of cross-fostering on the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) transmission within litters.

Citation format

CONTI, Elisa De, et al. Effect of cross-fostering piglets on within-litter transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus under field conditions. JOURNAL OF SWINE HEALTH AND PRODUCTION, 2026, 34(2): 83–91.