![Figure 1. Litter sampling (only piglets exposed to a cotton rope) and family sampling (both sow and piglets are exposed to a cotton rope).](https://www.pig333.com/3tres3_common/art/pig333/12334/home.jpg?w=650&h=366&ho=1&ts=1699912745)
PRRSV surveillance on the breeding herd - is oral fluids from suckling piglets an alternative?
Oral fluids are practical, fast, easy, cost-effective and reliable methods for sampling pig populations, but it has not been easy or practical to obtain such samples from suckling piglets...