Uncovering biosecurity gaps: risk factors for PRRSV seropositivity in Costa Rican pig farms identified through machine learning

Ronald Meléndez-Arce; Emily Jiménez-Loaiza; Berta Leiva-Bonilla; Juan Carlos Venegas-Soto; Milania Rocha-Palma; Arie Van Nes; Arjan Stegeman; Hans Vernooij; Juan José Romero-Zúñiga

doi:10.1186/s40813-026-00495-4

Uncovering biosecurity gaps: risk factors for PRRSV seropositivity in Costa Rican pig farms identified through machine learning

Ronald Meléndez-Arce
, Emily Jiménez-Loaiza
, Berta Leiva-Bonilla
, Juan Carlos Venegas-Soto
, Milania Rocha-Palma
, Arie Van Nes^*
, Arjan Stegeman
, Hans Vernooij
, Juan José Romero-Zúñiga

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Journal	Porcine Health Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-026-00495-4
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Feb 2026

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Meléndez-Arce, R., Jiménez-Loaiza, E., Leiva-Bonilla, B., Venegas-Soto, J. C., Rocha-Palma, M., Van Nes, A., Stegeman, A., Vernooij, H., & Romero-Zúñiga, J. J. (2026). Uncovering biosecurity gaps: risk factors for PRRSV seropositivity in Costa Rican pig farms identified through machine learning. Porcine Health Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-026-00495-4

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