Berenice Munguía-Ramírez: Active Participatory Surveillance | Ep. 178

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Berenice Munguía-Ramírez, a PhD candidate at Iowa State University, explores the role of active participatory surveillance in early disease detection and control within the swine industry. She explains its potential to identify both emerging and endemic pathogens before widespread outbreaks occur. Learn how producer participation and surveillance frequency can influence disease detection. Listen now on all major platforms! "Active participatory surveillance combines proactive data collection and producer involvement to detect pathogens early, instead of waiting for clinical signs to appear." Meet the guest: Berenice Munguía-Ramírez https://www.linkedin.com/in/berenice-mungu%C3%ADa-ram%C3%ADrez-370b92213/ holds a DVM from the Institute of Technology of Sonora, an M.S. in Veterinary Preventive Medicine from Iowa State University, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Iowa State. Her research focuses on improving diagnostics for swine diseases using oral fluids and swine epidemiology. 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 (00:55) Introduction (02:06) Active surveillance concept (05:12) Surveillance pathogen scope (06:16) Simulation case study (07:45) Scaling up the model (10:49) Sampling frequency effects (14:52) Closing thoughts The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast is trusted and supported by innovative companies like: * Boehringer Ingelheim (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/) - Elanco (https://www.elanco.com/us) 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Website: https://swinehealthblackbelt.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swinecampus/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80692493