Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Control of Salmonella by segregated early weaning, topical disinfection and administration of sodium chlorate
December 15, 2005By Peter Bahnson
The results of this study document that sodium chlorate / nitrate / lactate, used alone or combination with early weaning and/or topical disinfection can be effective in reducing Salmonella...
Swine Health - PRRS
Assesment Of Vertical Transmission From Parity One Sows Infected With A Low Dose And Mild Pathogenic Prrsv Isolate
December 1, 2005By Robert Morrison
In order to generate a protocol to sample lactating piglets to evaluate PRRSV chronically infected herds twelve PRRSV naïve pregnant sows were individually housed and assigned to three different...
On-farm Evaluation of the Good Neighbor System for Manure Treatment for Reducing Emissions from Swine Facilities
November 1, 2005
This study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercially-available program, the Good Neighbor System (GNS), at reducing gaseous emissions from swine facilities. In addition, the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Attempt to transmit swine hepatitis E virus (HEV) by consumption of fresh and frozen pork loin or liver
November 1, 2005By Patrick Halbur
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infects pigs but does not cause clinical disease in pigs. There is concern that hepatitis E virus from pigs may infect people and that pigs may be an important reservoir for...
Animal Well-being
Effect of stocking density on the welfare and performance of grow-finish pigs
October 23, 2005By John Deen
There was significant difference in ADG among pigs in various space allowance treatment groups, with lower ADG at SA0.64 compared to that at SA0.81 and SA0.88. Barring the initial period of growth...
Swine Health - PRRS
Rational Design of a New Generation of PRRSV Differential (Marker) Vaccines
October 21, 2005By Fernando Osorio
We started this project with the conviction that the use of vaccines will always be a cost-efficient method and the preferred approach to control PRRSV infections , provided the efficacy and safety...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Validation of a serological assay using an 18kd oocyst-specific protein from Toxoplasma gondii for differentiation of oocyst versus tissue cyst induced human infection
October 18, 2005By Dolores Hill
The ELISA assay developed in this study is both sensitive and specific for the detection of human antibody to Toxoplasma gondii infection initiated by consumption of infectious oocysts. The assay...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of live vaccine strains of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
October 7, 2005By Susan West
Even though improved husbandry has reduced the level of porcine pleuropneumonia caused by Apl, this disease is still a significant problem for the swine industry. Current vaccines do not adequately...
Animal Well-being
Floor Space Requirements for Grow/Finish Pigs in Large Groups
October 6, 2005By Harold Gonyou
The effects of group size and floor space allowance on productivity, health and welfare were tested on 1728 grow-finish pigs (barrows) of PIC genetics. Group sizes were 18 (small) and 108 (large)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Peptide ELISA for serodiagnosis of PRRSV
September 30, 2005By Peter Plagemann
I have developed a new type ELISA using synthetic peptides as antigen for the detection of antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). This...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of Serological Assays in Diagnosing Differing Serotypes of Swine Influenza Virus
August 29, 2005By Eileen Thacker
Respiratory disease caused by swine influenza virus (SIV) has become a serious health and economic problem to the U.S. swine industry. Prior to 1998, SIV in the U.S. swine population consisted of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a Vaccine for F18+ Enterotoxigenic E. coli in Weaned Pigs
August 22, 2005By David Francis
In this investigation we attempted to establish that a topical vaccine delivery strategy pioneered in mice could be applied to intestinal tract infections of pigs, such as enterotoxigenic E. coli. ...
