Swine Health - General Disease
Development and validation of molecular-based tools to differentiate attenuated Salmonella choleraesuis vaccine strains from field isolates
November 9, 2010By Simone Oliveira
The objective of this research was to develop molecular diagnostic methods for differentiating live, attenuated Salmonella Choleraesuis vaccines from virulent Salmonella-like bacteria.Samples...
Swine Health - General Disease
The influence of maternal PCV2 immune response on piglet infection rates at weaning and the effect of PCV2 infection at weaning on lifetime performance and vaccine efficacy
November 5, 2010By James Lowe
With the recent development of porcine circovirus vaccines, porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) has become less of a challenge for swine producers. However, much is unknown about the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Influence of PRRSV viremia on PCV2-vaccine efficacy in conventional growing pigs with maternally derived anti-PCV2-antibodies
October 1, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
Several porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines are now commercially available and have been shown to be effective at decreasing the occurrence of porcine circovirus associated disease...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of new risk assessments and enhancements to the web application for the Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program
September 30, 2010By Derald Holtkamp
The American Association of Swine Veterinarian’s (AASV) Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program (PADRAP) is an epidemiologically-based initiative to help producers and veterinarians...
Swine Health - General Disease
The Impact of Weaning Age on Pig Gut Mucosal Defense and Susceptibility to Post-weaning E. coli Disease
June 22, 2010By Adam Moeser
Post weaning enteric disorders continue to be a major source of mortality, morbidity, and production inefficiency in U.S. swine production. F 18 E. coli is one of the most important enteric pathogens...
Swine Health - General Disease
Expanding the immune toolkit for assessing pig health and improving swine disease and vaccine studies NPB project
June 21, 2010By Joan K. Lunney
Keeping pigs healthy and productive is a major goal for producers and researchers. Preventing disease, using biosecurity and planned vaccinations, are hallmarks of well-managed swine facilities....
Swine Health - General Disease
Identification of host factors interacting with classical swine fever virus proteins: development of novel anti-viral therapeutics
June 16, 2010By Manuel Borca
During the infection of a cell, a virus gets in contact with many host proteins. These interactions between virus and host factors enable the virus the successful production of progeny and progress...
Swine Health - General Disease
Use of a production region model to evaluate biosecurity protocol efficacy for reducing the risk of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae spread between farms
June 16, 2010By Scott Dee
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo) are economically significant pathogens of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-specific ELISA
June 15, 2010By F. Chris Minion
Serology due to its low cost and ease of sample collection is the most common tool used to monitor the status of M. hyopneumoniae infection...
Swine Health - General Disease
Epidemiology of porcine pestivirus and Torque teno virus in wean-to-finish pigs
May 10, 2010By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Oral fluids are inexpensive to collect. Each pen sample requires a length of cotton rope, a plastic bag, and a snap-cap plastic tube. Labor costs include the time required to place...
