Swine Health - PRRS
The Comparative T-cell Repertoire Response in PRRSV, SIV and PCV2 Infected Piglets
October 13, 2008By John Butler
Viral infection exposes the host immune system to epitopes that are normally recognized by T cells and which leads to both cytotoxic responses against virus-infected cells and to B cells that make...
Animal Well-being
Development of improved trailer designs and transport management practices that create the optimum environment for market weight pigs during transport and minimize transport losses
October 9, 2008By Michael Ellis
The micro-environment experienced by pigs on the trailer during transport is critical for animal well-being and, potentially, impacts transport losses and, ultimately, pork quality. Environmental...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a simple on-site diagnostic test to detect PRRSV acute infection in boar studs
October 8, 2008By Claudia Munoz-Zanai
Because PRRSV can be transmitted through artificial insemination with semen from infected animals, boar studs are constantly being monitored for the presence of PRRSV. Current monitoring protocols...
Swine Health - General Disease
Enhanced virulence and treatment of multiple antibiotic resistant Salmonella choleraesuis in swine
October 3, 2008By Dr. Steve Carlson|Michael Kimber
Previous studies revealed that protozoa (amoebae) can augment the virulence (ability to cause disease) of certain Salmonella strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. This phenomenon has...
Environment - Air
Alternative feedstuffs for reducing ammonia and odor emissions in pork production systems and improving the pig’s gut health
October 1, 2008By Pascal Leterme
Nutrition can help reduce the impact of pork production on the environment and improve pig gut health. The formulation of diets based on highly-digestible feedstuffs and which meet the exact...
Animal Well-being
Long distance transport of breeding stock
September 30, 2008By John McGlone
Breeding stock are frequently shipped considerable distance from isolated high-level biosecurity facilities to farms across North America. Little scientific data exists on the reproductive or...
Animal Science
North American Swine Energy System, 2nd Year
September 30, 2008By James Pettigrew
Energy is the most expensive dietary essential in pig diets, but it receives much less attention in North America than is deserved by its importance. The digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable...
Swine Health - PRRS
B Cell Repertoire Diversification and Class Switch in PRRS
September 26, 2008By John Butler
Successful PRRSV vaccines and vaccination strategies are best employed when the host’s immune response to the pathogen is understood. Since it was generally known that PRRSV caused non-virus...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effects of high and low virulent PCV2 on activated PBMC populations
August 26, 2008By Dr. Eileen Thacker
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated diseases (PCVAD) have been an important cause of mortality and economic loss to the swine industry. The importance of virulence between different virus...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identifying genes associated with Salmonella shedding to increase pork safety through improved genetic resistance
August 1, 2008By Christopher Tuggle
The long-term goals of this project are to use genomics tools to identify genetic variants associated with decreased Salmonella shedding on farms; and to use these variants to select for animals that...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Employing phage therapy to reduce lairage associated increases in Salmonella infections and shedding
July 23, 2008By Paul Ebner
Contamination of meat and meat products with foodborne pathogens is usually the result of the carcass coming in contact with the feces of an infected animal during processing. In the case of...
Animal Well-being
Effectiveness of a non-penetrating captive bolt for on-farm euthanasia of low viability piglets
July 18, 2008By Tina Widowski
Swine producers must inevitably deal with on-farm euthanasia of low viability and compromised piglets. Compromised piglets are of low economic value and may be underweight, weak, malformed, emaciated...
