Public Health - MRSA
MRSA resistance to thermal processes commonly used with pork and pork products
April 1, 2012By James S. Dickson
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been linked to livestock production (referred to as Livestock Associated or LA-MRSA). The bacterium has been found in some swine herds as well...
Public Health - Influenza
Development of an epitope-based vaccine against swine influenza A virus using a non-toxic enterotoxin as the carrier-adjuvant
March 29, 2012By Ying Fang
Influenza A virus causes a highly contagious respiratory disease in a variety of avian and...
Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of early immune responses of pigs which are genetically PRRS resistant/tolerant using a swine-specific immune protein (cytokine) multiplex assay
March 27, 2012By Joan K. Lunney
PRRS causes major economic losses to the US pig industry, as reflected in debilitating respiratory syndromes, major reproductive losses and unthrifty piglets; economic losses were calculated to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Serological Approach for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Multiple Agents in Serum and Oral Fluid Samples
March 8, 2012By Raymond R. Rowland
Fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA), also known as “Luminex,” allows for the detection of antibodies to multiple antigens in a single, small volume of sample, and can be...
Swine Health - General Disease
Enhanced Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Brachyspira in Swine
March 6, 2012By Erin Strait
Brachyspira infection(s) appear to growing in importance in today’s swine industry. While largely disappearing from U.S. swine herds...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of rate of administration of various gas mixtures using the Smart Box euthanasia device as a humane and effective method of piglet euthanasia
February 3, 2012By Chad Hagen
The objectives of this project were to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of gas euthanasia applied to suckling and nursery piglets at...
Swine Health - General Disease
Culture-independent analysis of microbial communities in tonsils of healthy, carrier, and diseased pigs
January 31, 2012By Martha Mulks
Many bacterial pathogens of pigs can be found in the tonsils, and the tonsils can act as a reservoir for these pathogens, allowing them to persist in a herd. The goal of this study was to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of age, dose and antibiotic therapy on the development of neonatal Clostridium difficile disease
January 28, 2012By Darin Madson
Neonatal piglet diarrhea is associated with increased pre-weaning mortality, poor growth rates, and variation in piglet weight at...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluating the contribution of ion pumps and protein turnover towards feed efficiency in finisher pigs selected for low and high residual feed intake
January 26, 2012By Nicholas Gabler
Feed costs are on the rise and are a major variable cost in swine production. As such, the overall objective of this proposal was to...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRSV Modulation of the Porcine Antibody Repertoire
January 19, 2012By Michael P. Murtaugh
Antibody responses play a crucial role in defense against many viral diseases, and knowledge of critical functions can be used to monitor and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of PCV2 vaccination on chronic PCV2 infection and determination of infectivity of PCV2 present in chronically infected pigs
January 13, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
The objectives were to determine transmissibility of PCV2 to naïve contact pigs 140 days after infection of resident pigs and the...
Swine Health - General Disease
The prevalence of PCV2 viremia in conventional piglets born to PCV2- vaccinated and non-vaccinated sows and effect of PCV2 viremia on pig performance
January 13, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
The objectives of this study were to further confirm vertical transmission of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and determine the effect of dam vaccination on PCV2 viremia in newborn piglets. Seventy...
