Swine Health - General Disease
PCV-2 viral DNA(s) are Infectious for Gnotobiotic Swine
January 23, 2004By Steven Krakowka
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) infection is now recognized to be a common subclinical infection of swine of all ages. Disease expression as postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of Sow Dietary Glutamine Intake on Subsequent Nursery Pig Growth After an Intestinal Disease Challenge
November 17, 2003By Philip S. Miller
The data from this experiment suggest that increased sow consumption of glutamine does not improve the immune response of endotoxin-treated progeny following weaning. However, it appears that...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of a Chlorate Treatment on Post-Weaning Diarrhea Caused by E. Coli in Weaned Pigs
September 15, 2003By Tom S. Edrington PhD
In a series of five experiments, we evaluated the effect of chlorate on reducing gut populations of the E. coli capable of causing post-weaning diarrhea. In three of the experiments, we had a model...
Swine Health - General Disease
Investigation of the occurrence of suspected false PRRSV positive animals
July 28, 2003By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of the Fetal Immune Response to PRRS
July 1, 2003By John Butler
PRRSV causes abnormal development of immune function. This is believed to allow the virus to persist in carrier animals that remain relatively healthy. Such disregulation of the immune is a common...
Swine Health - General Disease
Studies on PRRSV vaccination: interleukin-12 to enhance the immune response to killed vaccinte and combination vaccine with MLV and killed vaccines
June 2, 2003By Dr. Brad Thacker|Dr. Dachrit Nilubol|Dr. Eileen Thacker
PRRSV vaccine efficacy remains controversial. The currently available PRRSV vaccines, either modified live (MLV) or killed virus (KV) vaccines, often appear to provide insufficient protective...
Swine Health - General Disease
Prevalence of Mycoplasma hyponeumoniae in different parity sows as a preliminary tool for eradication
May 27, 2003By Carlos Pijoan
Swine Health - General Disease
Survey of the Molecular Epidemiology of Haemophilus parasuis
May 14, 2003By Carlos Pijoan
The characterization of Haemophilus parasuis strains is very important for the study of the epidemiology of this agent within and between herds. In the present study, the characterization of H....
Swine Health - General Disease
Immunity against PRRS virus-what is the role of ‘auto-anti-idiotypic’ antibody?
May 13, 2003By En-Min Zhou
PRRS is the most costly disease U.S. swine producers confront and little progress has been made in recent years to improve the situation. Prevention and control of PRRS has been difficult, in part...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of the Role of Mosquitoes as Biological Vectors of PRRSV
May 8, 2003By Scott Dee
This information is important because it would help swine practitioners to understand the potential role of mosquitoes in transmission of PRRSV. It has been documented that mosquitoes can travel for...
