
The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast - Dr. Xiaomei Yue: Faster PEDV Elimination | Ep. 168
Jul 30, 2025In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Xiaomei Yue from the University of Minnesota discusses PEDV eradication strategies and metrics used to track disease control effectiveness on sow farms. She shares new data comparing time to stability across epidemic and endemic periods, and explains how farm size and outbreak frequency impact recovery. Listen now on all major platforms!
What will you learn:
- Pedv monitoring systems
- Time to stability
- Farm-level outbreak data
- Epidemic vs. endemic differences
- Risk factors analysis
Meet the guest:
Dr. Xiaomei Yue earned her Ph.D. in Animal Health Economics from Wageningen University and is currently a postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine. As part of the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project, her research focuses on the production and economic impacts of disease surveillance systems, particularly on PEDV control in U.S. swine herds.
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