About this episode

Maria Hakimi discusses swine dysentery, Brachyspira species identification, and antimicrobial resistance in modern swine systems.

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Maria Hakimi, PhD student at Iowa State University, explains the history of swine dysentery, the complexity of identifying Brachyspira species, and current insights into antimicrobial resistance and genomics. She highlights diagnostic advances and research gaps affecting disease understanding and control in modern swine systems. Listen now on all major platforms! Click here to read the full research articles: Genomic insights into the population structure, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae from diverse geographical regions - https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.03386-24 Antimicrobial susceptibility of U.S. porcine Brachyspira isolates and genetic diversity of B. hyodysenteriae by multilocus sequence typing - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10406387231212189 "Limited Brachyspira research creates concern because misdiagnosis can hide resistance patterns before clear field trends appear." Meet the guest: Maria Hakimi https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-hakimi-7b9b7721a/ is a PhD student at Iowa State University specializing in molecular microbiology and…

People in this episode

Host: Wisenetix

Guest: Maria Hakimi

Topics covered

• swine dysentery
• Brachyspira species
• antimicrobial resistance
• genomics
• diagnostic advances
• research gaps

Keywords

• swine health
• Brachyspira
• antimicrobial resistance
• genomics
• diagnostics
• research gaps
• Iowa State University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iowa State University

Books & works: The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Genomic insights into the population structure, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae from diverse geographical regions, Antimicrobial susceptibility of U.S. porcine Brachyspira isolates and genetic diversity of B. hyodysenteriae by multilocus sequence typing

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