Swine Health - General Disease
Genetic assessment of VDL SIV isolate pool for evidence of the swine flu strain reported to be infecting people and development of a high-throughput differential test for the novel strain
August 6, 2011By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
A novel H1N1 influenza virus (initially named “Swine Flu” and now referred to as “2009 pandemic H1N1”) emerged and caused widespread clinical disease in US and other...
Swine Health - General Disease
Improvement of vaccine protection against swine influenza: Proof-of-concept
August 6, 2011By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Swine influenza is a growing problem in the U.S. swine industry although the disease and etiology have been known for a long time. Historically, swine influenza in the U.S. had been only due to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Contribution of prior SIV infection in enhancing secondary Haemophilus parasuis disease
July 25, 2011By Crystal Loving
Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is a multifactorial disease process with a variety of infectious agents contributing to disease. The complex cannot be simply explained as infection with...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of PCV2 vaccine efficacy in 5 and 21 day old piglets
July 19, 2011By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines have become widely used since approved in 2006. It is not uncommon for producers to use PCV2 vaccines in pigs younger than what is approved or recommended by...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of Mycoplasma hyorhinis transmission and spread within endemically infected populations
July 7, 2011By Simone Oliveira
Bacterial diseases create a significant economic impact in today’s swine industry by causing an increase in mortality rates and a reduction in feed efficiency and growth. Polyserositis is one...
Swine Health - General Disease
A modified-live prototype vaccine for PCV-2 in swine
July 1, 2011By Steven Krakowka
1. The overall goal of this project is to test the hypothesis that, “The critical virulence determinant of swine-virulent PCV2 resides in a linear 3-4 amino acid region in the center of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccine efficacy in a PCV2 positive production environment with concurrent porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) circulation
March 9, 2011By Darryl Ragland DVM|PhD
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of tempertature and relative humidity on UV254 inactivation of airborne viral pathogens.
January 8, 2011By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The proposed study was Part Two of a 2-year project to test whether ultraviolet light could serve as a practical and cost-effective method to inactivate aerosolized pathogens in commercial swine...
Swine Health - General Disease
Dissemination of PCV2 viral particles from sow to piglets
December 16, 2010By Cheryl Dvorak
PCVAD is a disease of finishing pigs that is controlled by vaccination. It is effective in prevention...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a second generation live chimeric PCV1-2 vaccine in the PCV2-PRRSV coinfection model
November 29, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
The efficacy of a live chimeric porcine circovirus (PCV) type 1-2 vaccine based on subtype PCV2a was evaluated in a PCV2b and porcine...
