Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
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Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a vector platform to control swine enteric coronavirus disease
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first detected in the US in 2013. After its introduction, PEDV rapidly spread throughout the country, causing the deaths of over 7 million piglets and...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Use of animal movement data and epidemiological modeling to identify premises at high risk of infection in the event of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most contagious and economically relevant diseases affecting livestock and is rapidly transmitted between hosts. Fortunately, the US swine industry has...
Swine Health - General Disease
Generation of specimens of precisely known coronavirus infection status for the development and validation of highly-specific porcine coronavirus antibody assays.
• In the field, pigs are exposed to different coronaviruses that are known to share genetic and antigenic traits that may contribute to false-positive results. Recent evidence suggesting...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the importance of porcine parvovirus type 2 (PPV2) in porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) outbreaks by elimination of PPV2 through vaccination at weaning
Despite widespread porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination in the growing pig population, occurrence of porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) can be observed particularly in larger...
Swine Health - General Disease
A candidate swine influenza virus vaccine: in vivo evaluation of novel chimeric hemagglutinins expressed by parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) vector
The goal of this project was to evaluate candidate influenza vaccines that induce broad immunity against multiple influenza viruses in pigs. These vaccines have been designed to induce immune...
Swine Health - General Disease
Factors that influence mechanical transmission of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus at the time of Unloading Animals into Slaughter Plant Lairage
PEDV continues to be spread between herds in the US. Livestock transport to harvest plants has been identified as a likely route of PEDV movement between herds. In this study we assessed which...
Swine Health - General Disease
Pilot study to develop ante-mortem synovial fluid and synovium sample collection techniques in growing swine and to refine a Mycoplasma hyosynoviae (MHS) arthritis case definition (453-23-79)
Infectious lameness in growing pigs is an emerging problem in the United States. Lameness is an animal welfare concern and increases production costs. Mycoplasma hyosynoviae is considered to be the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Characterization of high passages of an interferon-inducing PRRSV strain
As stated in the contract, we require an industry summary of the project, suitable for immediate public release by the Board. The purpose of the industry summary is to provide producers...
Swine Health - PRRS
Determination of the PRRSV minor glycoproteins contribution to antigenicity and protection
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has been the most significant disease affecting swine in the U.S. for decades. Contemporary epidemiological methods rely on sequencing of...
