Swine Health - PRRS
Mitigation of PRRS Transmission with UV Light Treatment of Barn Inlet Air: Proof-of-Concept
May 20, 2022By Jacek A. Koziel
‘Drive sustainable Production’ is one of the NBP’s key goals for 2015-2020 and the Swine Health Committee. This research helped address one key target, i.e., deployment of tools for...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
African swine fever surveillance using oral fluids for rapid detection and disease control
November 24, 2021By Aruna Ambagala
The main objective of this project was to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing swine oral fluids as a reliable aggregate sample type for early detection of African swine fever (ASF). At present, the...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development and Evaluation of a Standardized Protocol for Utilization of Swine Oral fluids for PCR detection of High Consequence Pathogens: FMD, CSF, and ASF
February 14, 2018By Dr. Jesse Trujillo
The primary objective of this project was to develop a standard operating procedure for the use of swine oral fluids (SOF) as a diagnostic specimen for detection of endemic viral diseases such as...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Impact of vaccination on transmission of Lawsonia intracellularis in pigs
July 17, 2017By Dr. Fabio Augusto Vannucci Ph.D.
Studies determining transmission rates and probability of infection in naïve and vaccinated animals proven to have great value in driving important decisions to control important swine diseases,...
Swine Health - General Disease
Ex-vivo bioassay method to assess viral infectivity in feeds and non-traditional sample matrices
June 27, 2016By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), caused by a coronavirus (PEDV), is a newly emerged enteric disease of swine, which was confirmed in the United States for the first time in April 2013. Since then,...
Swine Health - PRRS
Use of interferon alpha as an immunomodulator and metaphylactic therapeutic during PRRSV outbreaks
January 14, 2016By Susan L. Brockmeier
The host response to virus infection begins almost immediately with recognition of virus by host cells leading to the production of antiviral substances such as interferons. One interferon,...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) oral fluid antibody ELISA based on the detection of antibodies to APP ApxIV toxin in oral fluid specimens
May 14, 2015By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a significant respiratory pathogen of swine, causing acute death in finishing pigs and adding significant treatment costs to the...
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An evaluation of the suitability of porcine lung tissue for human
April 29, 2015By Dale Woerner
The objective of this study was to provide evidence of the safety of pork lungs for human consumption via determining the prevalence of potentially pathogenic bacteria and infectious agents known to...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Evaluation of the electrostatic particle ionization technology to decrease the risk of zoonotic infections.
July 1, 2014By Montse Torremorell
Influenza A virus (IAV) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are important swine pathogens able to transmit via aerosol and with potential to affect human health. The electrostatic particle...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of modified live attenuated virus vaccine expressing porcine IL-18
July 1, 2014By Wenjun Ma
This proposal evaluated a live attenuated virus vaccine expressing porcine cytokine IL-18 in pigs that is expected to provide enhanced protection against different swine influenza virus (SIV)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of genetic diversity and dynamics of virus infection in a wean-to-finish pig population. Identification
May 2, 2014By Montse Torremorell
Influenza A virus (IAV) can persist in populations for prolonged periods of time. The objectives of this study were to estimate the diversity of IAV in an infected growing pig population, and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Novel multiplex diagnostic assays development for diagnosis of porcine respiratory disease complex
March 6, 2013By Ying Fang
Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC) is a significant economic problem for swine producers. PRDC outbreaks can cause elevated mortality, decreased feed efficiency, higher cull rates, increased...
