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DARO helped Pipestone stop a PRRS-positive gilt movement before it put other farms at risk.

After oral fluid testing returned a negative result, DARO detected PRRSV at the herd level. Pipestone stopped the scheduled movement and confirmed the infection before the gilts were shipped.

DARO’s environmental surveillance method accurately detected ASFV under real-world field conditions.

Results matched the confirmed ASFV status of all six barns, achieving 100% concordance. ASFV also remained detectable at simulated pooling ratios as large as 1:800, supporting further research into scalable surveillance approaches.

Explore DARO's analytical and field performance data, including sensitivity, specificity and extreme pooling capabilities.

The data slides report 151/151 correct for both analytical sensitivity and specificity; field-diagnostic results of 70/70 positive barns and 213/213 negative barns; and 90% observed detection at 1:1,000 pooling with 94.9% probit-predicted performance.

DARO detected PRRSV 1 day before serum and 2 days before oral fluids.

A controlled study compared DARO, serum and oral fluids during the early spread of PRRSV. DARO was the first method to detect the virus, providing an earlier window for disease mitigation planning.

PRRSV detected an average of 3.91 days earlier than oral fluids.

Across two high-risk commercial nurseries, DARO consistently identified PRRSV earlier than oral fluid surveillance. The study also found a statistically significant difference in time to detection across the combined datasets.