Swine pathogen surveillance

Find disease first.
Act before it spreads.

DARO gives swine health teams an earlier view of disease with herd-level, non-invasive molecular pathogen surveillance, so you can identify threats sooner and act faster.

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Swine pathogen surveillance

Are you finding disease as early as you possibly can?

Disease can spread silently through a herd before it's detected. The earlier you have a comprehensive view of pathogen activity across the herd, the sooner your team can respond.

The challenge: Finding disease early with a surveillance approach that is comprehensive, unbiased and practical to deploy across the herd.

The DARO method

See what’s happening across the herd.

DARO replaces spot sampling with a standardized, whole-herd approach that combines simple, non-invasive sample collection with a proprietary molecular laboratory workflow for a more comprehensive view of what's happening across the herd.

Herd-Level

Comprehensive sample collection

Non-Invasive

No bleeding or individual animal handling

Highly Sensitive

Proprietary molecular detection

Actionable

Same-day reporting

Earlier detection

More time to make the decisions that matter.

Earlier detection gives veterinary and production teams more time to contain disease and limit spread, putting critical decisions back in their hands.

3.91 DAYS

Earlier than oral fluids, on average

11/11 ROOMS

DARO detected PRRSV first

1 DAY

Earlier than serum in a PRRS challenge trial

SAME DAY

Results reported

The DARO method

Simple to collect. Powerful in the lab.

01 Collect

Barn staff collect environmental areas using DARO's sampling method.

02 Ship

Send the sample to DARO's BSL-2 laboratory.

03 Detect

DARO processes samples using proprietary molecular assays.

04 Act

Results are delivered electronically, giving your team the information to determine next steps.

Validation

Built for confidence at scale.

Early detection matters. So does confidence in the result. DARO's molecular workflow has been tested for sensitivity and specificity and validated across multiple swine pathogens.

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*Validation details, confidence intervals and pooling performance data available in Resources.

100%

Analytical specificity in known negative samples*

100%

Analytical sensitivity in known positive samples*

1:1,000

Pooling tolerance demonstrated at baseline Ct 24.6*

1,000+

Customer tests completed

5 Targets

Pathogen targets validated by the DARO method

Where DARO fits

Surveillance where and when you need it.

From routine surveillance to outbreak investigations, DARO can strengthen disease monitoring at critical points throughout production.

Weekly Herd Surveillance
Gilt Quarantine
Sow Closures
Pre-Shipment Testing
Outbreak Investigations
Environmental Surveillance

The DARO Team

The people behind the science.

DARO brings together expertise in animal health, pathogen surveillance, genomics, and biotechnology to help veterinary and production teams protect herd health through actionable disease intelligence.