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Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015
Dispatch

Influenza Virus Surveillance in Coordinated Swine Production Systems, United States

Bryan Kaplan, Jennifer DeBeauchamp, Evelyn Stigger-Rosser, John Franks, Jeri Carol Crumpton, Jasmine Turner, Daniel Darnell, Trushar Jeevan, Myoung-don Oh, Abbey Harding, Richard Webby, and James F. LoweComments to Author 
Author affiliations: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (B.S. Kaplan, J. DeBeauchamp, E. Stigger-Rosser, J. Franks, J.C. Crumpton, J. Turner, D. Darnell, T. Jeevan, G. Kayali, R.J. Webby); Lowe Consulting Ltd., Albers, Illinois, USA (A. Harding, J.F. Lowe); University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA (J.F. Lowe).

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Table 1

Epidemiologic data for influenza A virus among swine in coordinated swine production systems, United States, September 2012–September 2013*

Variable No. samples No. (%) positive samples p value
State*
Georgia 2,520 73 (2.9)
Illinois 4,490 408 (9.1) <0.001
Nebraska 3,894 126 (3.2)
Oklahoma
 4,050
 134 (3.3)
Age group
Gilt 8,028 375 (4.7) 0.85
Piglet
 6,926
 366 (5.3)
Farm type
MF, gilts† 1,526 67 (4.4)
MF, piglets 1,559 72 (4.6)
GDU 1,455 115 (7.9) <0.001
BTW
 10,414
 487 (4.7)
System
1 3,673 142 (3.9)
2 3,337 339 (10.2) <0.001
3 4,050 134 (3.3)
4 3,894 126 (3.2)

*Piglets were sampled before weaning; gilts were sampled at entry to MFs and before moving from GDUs to BTWs. MF, multiplier farm; GDU, gilt development unit; BTW, breed-to-wean.

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