Researchers at the University of Minnesota are using gene sequencing to rapidly detect emerging swine diseases.

Dr. Cheryl Dvorak is a molecular biologist in the veterinary and biomedical sciences department.

She tells Brownfield it’s easy to diagnose infections that have been seen before.

“But what about something that we haven’t seen before, or we think we know what it is but then when you try to diagnose it in a lab, it turns out to be negative?

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