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Swine Health - PRRS
The role of downtime in pathogen contamination of swine facilities
The effectiveness of decontamination procedures and downtimes in reducing PRRSV and bacterial contamination of wean-finish and nursery rooms of a commercial swine farm was tested. The herd was...
Swine Health - PRRS
Modeling PRRS virus aerosol transmission within and between farms
The objective of this research was to try to understand two major stages of aerosol transmission: 1) how much PRRSV is aerosolized by pigs and 2) how long does airborne PRRSV remain infectious. How...
Swine Health - PRRS
Evaluation of sampling and testing strategies for monitoring of PRRS virus infection in boar studs
Monitoring of boar studs for PRRS is critical to minimize the risk of transmission to sows via contaminated semen. However, current protocols for monitoring PRRSV in boar studs are diverse, sometimes...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of Edible Vaccines against PRRSV: A Proof of Concept Study
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the most devastating swine disease. This project strives to develop new and safer vaccine for the elimination of PRRSV from swine herds....
Swine Health - PRRS
PCR-on-a-Chip for the Identification and Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
We have been working on the development of a micro-fluidic DNA assay with the goal to quickly identify the introduction of PRRSv in pig herds in order to eliminate the transmission and spread of the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Implementation of a PRRSV Strain Database
A PRRSV ORF5 database, accessible worldwide, was created for swine producers, practitioners and researchers (http://prrsv.ahc.umn.edu/). This database was established to fulfill one objective of the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a Broadly Protective PRRS Vaccine
This project is designed to study a completely new approach to developing a new vaccine against PRRS for the pork industry. It is based on a new understanding of how the AIDS virus causes disease in...
Swine Health - PRRS
Analysis of prevalent winds in areas with suspicious cases of PRRSV lateral transmission between farms
This report summarizes the analysis of prevalent winds in 16 pairs of neighboring PRRS virus-infected and PRRS virus-negative pig sites. Eight pairs were selected because airborne transmission was...
Swine Health - PRRS
A novel herpes virus vector – based approach for PRRSV vaccines
The goal of the study was to examine the potential application of a novel herpes simplex virus-1-based vector system for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine development. The...
Swine Health - PRRS
Serum Markers of PRRSV Infection
Early detection of infectious disease is crucial for preventing the spread of the infectious agent. In PRRS, current diagnostic methods mainly use the antibody response of individual pigs or herd,...
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