Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Animal welfare implications resulting from movement restriction for foreign animal disease outbreak management in the pork industry
May 31, 2016By Hsin-Yi Weng
Trends in the U.S. swine industry show that over the years, there has been an increase in improved producer efficacy and the appearance of fewer but larger pig farms. These changes are reflected...
Swine Health - PRRS
Evaluation of immunodominant B- and T-cell epitopes as inducers of protective immunity against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
May 2, 2016By Diego Diel
Since its emergence in domestic pigs in the late 1980’s, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has caused significant economic losses to swine producers worldwide. A...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the virulence of an emerging porcine parvovirus (PPV2) and its possible interaction with PCV2 in PCVAD
April 26, 2016By Tanja Opriessnig
The objective of this study was to characterize a novel PPV previously designated as PPV2 in pigs and to determine the interaction of PPV2 and PCV2. Colostrum-deprived pigs experimentally infected...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of an accelerated hydrogen peroxide disinfectant and a chlorine dioxide disinfectant to inactivate porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine packing plant dock and unloading areas
March 11, 2016By Derald Holtkamp
Contaminated swine transport vehicles played a role in the rapid spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) across the United States in 2013. One potential source of contamination for...
Swine Health - PRRS
The effect of PRRSv infection on the thymus – a source of immune dysregulation?
March 7, 2016By Crystal Loving
PRRSv infection has been shown to cause an acute lymphopenia (loss of cells in the blood), lymphadenopathy (increased size of lymph nodes due to increased cell numbers) and thymic atrophy (decreased...
Swine Health - General Disease
Understanding and searching for immune protection against group C rotavirus in piglets
March 2, 2016By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Rotavirus is not a new disease within the swine industry; however, there is an evidence of re-emergence and importance in neonates and early weaned piglets. Group C rotaviruses often cause...
Swine Health - PRRS
Use of interferon alpha as an immunomodulator and metaphylactic therapeutic during PRRSV outbreaks
January 14, 2016By Susan L. Brockmeier
The host response to virus infection begins almost immediately with recognition of virus by host cells leading to the production of antiviral substances such as interferons. One interferon,...
Swine Health - General Disease
Linking veterinary diagnostic laboratory submissions and corresponding PEDV test results to spatiotemporal mapping tools: the future of disease management, control and elimination
January 6, 2016By Rodger Main
Streamlined systems that link diagnostic submissions and corresponding test results to spatiotemporal disease management tools are needed to enhance US pork producers’ ability to proficiently...
Swine Health - PRRS
Determine the mechanisms of cross-protection against infection with a divergent porcine reproductive and respiratory virus strain
December 11, 2015By Hiep Vu
PRRS modified live virus (MLV) vaccines have been licensed for clinical administration for over 20 years. The vaccines confer solid protection against homologous PRRSV strains. However, the extent...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of next generation sequencing methodology for full genome characterization of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) from oral fluids and nasal swabs
September 23, 2015By Ben Hause
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is one of the most significant swine diseases with near worldwide distribution. In the U.S., open reading frame 5 (ORF5) is commonly...
