Dr. Berenice Munguia-Ramirez: Diagnostic Tools to Strengthen Disease Preparedness | Ep. 225

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Berenice Munguia-Ramirez from Iowa State University explains how active participatory surveillance can improve foreign animal disease preparedness. She discusses producer participation, sampling frequency, testing costs, and laboratory capacity for detecting ASF or CSF at low prevalence. Listen now on all major platforms! Active Participatory Surveillance for Early Detection of Notifiable Pathogens: A Case Study of the U.S. Swine Industry https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18/4/478 Pilot Assessment of RNA Stabilization Methods for Influenza A Virus in Swine Oral Fluids https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/15/4/439 "Frequent sampling and producer participation can make active participatory surveillance sensitive enough to detect disease at very low prevalence." Meet the guest: Dr. Berenice Munguia-Ramirez https://www.linkedin.com/in/berenice-mungu%C3%ADa-ram%C3%ADrez-370b92213/ earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Sonora Institute of Technology in México and a Master of Science in Veterinary Preventive Medicine from Iowa State University. Doctoral studies at Iowa State University focused on improving swine disease diagnostics using oral fluids and swine epidemiology. Learn more from Dr. Berenice Munguia-Ramirez on The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms. Liked this one? Don’t stop now — Here’s what we think you’ll love! https://www.wisenetix.com/blog?tag=the+swine+health+blackbelt What you will learn: (00:00) Highlight (00:37) Introduction (01:22) Surveillance history (03:50) Participatory surveillance (06:14) Detection drivers (08:15) Surveillance costs (11:02) Laboratory capacity (14:14) Closing thoughts The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast is trusted and supported by innovative companies like: * Boehringer Ingelheim (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/) - Gilt (https://getgilt.com/) 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Website: https://swinehealthblackbelt.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80692493 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swinecampus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwineCampus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@swinecampus_