Swine Health - PRRS
Emerging European-like PRRSV in the U.S.: Implications for diagnostic and control strategies
March 1, 2006By Eric A. Nelson
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus exists as two major genotypes, designated as Type 1 (European-like) and Type 2 (North American-like). The role and significance of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Use of tonsilar crypt exudate from live pigs to evaluate PRRSv shedding and transmission following a MLV PRRSv vaccine or a live PRRS virus inoculation
February 28, 2006By Dipl. ABVP-SHM|MS|Thomas Fangman DVM
Swine Health - General Disease
Prevention of Edema Disease Using a Probiotic Expressing Shiga Toxin 2e Receptor Mimic
February 13, 2006By Nancy Cornick
Edema disease is a naturally occurring infection of weaned piglets caused by E. coli bacteria that produce Shiga toxin. This toxin is absorbed from the gut into the blood stream and causes the...
Pork Quality
National Pork Quality Survey
February 10, 2006By Eric Berg
Swine Health - PRRS
Interaction of PRRSV and Porcine Dendritic Cells: Potential Role in Viral Persistence
February 10, 2006By Randy Sacco
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) may persist in tissues of pigs for months. How the virus persists in certain pigs remains to be determined. It is possible that a subset of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Macrophage cell-lines for in vitro propagation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
February 9, 2006By Subramaniam Srikumaran
Vaccination of pigs against PRRSV is the most prudent and logical way of controlling this economically important disease. Production of vaccines requires large scale propagation of PRRSV in the...
Public Health - Other
Fate of Estrogens in Pig Waste
February 9, 2006By Dr. Ashok K Singh
As discussed earlier, about 2.3 x 108 kg of manure is generated each day in the US by the pig industry. Manure is land applied because its value in supplying nutrients to crops as well as of...
Animal Well-being
Effect of Feeding System Failures on Grow-Finish Performance and Welfare
February 8, 2006By Michael Brumm
Results of these 2 experiments document the impact of repeated out-of-feed events on grower-finisher pig performance. Repeated out-of-feed events that are 20 hours long results in a decrease in daily...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a Killed Subunit PRRS Vaccine
February 7, 2006By D.L. Hank Harris
The focus of our research funded by the National Pork Board was to develop second generation killed PRRS vaccines. The portion of the PRRS virus responsible for stimulating the neutralizing immune...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical review on botanical extracts as alternatives production enhancers in swine production system
February 3, 2006By Sam Baidoo
Environment - Air
Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol
January 23, 2006By Steven Hoff PhD
H2S concentrations measured at the perimeter of nine swine operations across the state indicated that for the sizes of operations investigated with this study, the dominating influence on perimeter...
Animal Well-being
Influence of animal handling and transportation factors on the welfare of slaughter pigs during transport and incidences of deads and downers
January 20, 2006By Michael Ellis
This research evaluated three factors (namely feed withdrawal prior to transportation, mixing of pigs from different groups on the trailer, and floor space on the trailer) potentially associated with...
