Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Inactivation of African Swine Fever Virus on Stainless Steel and Concrete with Commercial Disinfectants and Organic Acids
May 20, 2022By Lindsay Gabbert
The primary purpose of this research study was to determine if liquid microbicides commonly used in swine production facilities demonstrated virucidal efficacy against African swine fever virus...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Evaluation of African Swine Fever Virus Nucleic Acid Detection Dynamics in Swine in Oral Fluid Samples Collected After the Detection of the Presence of the ASF Virus in Pigs from Commercial Establishments
May 20, 2022By Andrei D. Mihalca
Acquiring ASF positive samples from an endemic country to test at FADDL will help to determine how these samples types and diagnostic tests can be utilized during an ASF response in the US. Samples...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Small-Scale, In-Barn Carcass Management Exploration
May 20, 2022By Brett Ramirez
A foreign animal disease outbreak or other catastrophic event impacting the swine industry may require the need to depopulate facilities, resulting in mass mortalities. If these mass mortalities are...
Swine Health
Development of a CSFV Erns IgG AlphaLISA® assay capable of differentiating infected from CSFV-vaccinated animals (DIVA)
February 25, 2022By Yaowalak Panyasing
Study aimed to develop a CSFV Erns IgG AlphaLISA® for serum and oral fluids that would complement currently available CSFV E2 DIVA vaccines.
Swine Health
Modeling Indoor Environment and Supplemental Heat Requirements During Ventilation Shutdown and Heat Inactivation of Viruses
December 21, 2021By Brett Ramirez
This project describes a flexible model developed to simulate VSD+ using supplemental heat in swine facilities.
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of ASFV-specific monoclonal antibodies and mAb-based blocking ELISA
November 24, 2021By Ying Fang
Historically, the greatest threats to the US swine production are from foreign animal diseases, such as African swine fever (ASF). ASF virus (ASFV) infection can have a deleterious effect on swine...
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
Evaluating the prevalence and distribution of African swine fever virus during feed manufacture, as well as feed mill decontamination measures
November 24, 2021By Dr. Cassandra Jones
The feed supply chain can be a significant risk of pathogen transfer. While historically, farms have evolved to have biosecurity limiting farm-to-farm interaction, there continues to be gaps in swine...
Swine Health
Oral fluid sample size for FAD detection at low prevalence in large commercial pigs
March 1, 2021By J Zimmerman
This project addressed a NPB call for research on surveillance sampling methods for optimizing the detection of trade limiting foreign animal diseases within pens, barns and sites.
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of Porcine Cytomegalovirus as a Conventional and Disseminating Vaccine for Classical Swine Fever – A Pilot Study
February 26, 2021By Dr. Michael Jarvis
