Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of diagnostic performance characteristics of commercially-available CSFV tests
August 15, 2015By Yaowalak Panyasing
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is endemic and circulates in many regions of the world; therefore, the potential re-emergence of CSFV is a continual risk. It is in the pork producers' best...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of two novel live attenuated swine influenza vaccines against newly emerging H3N2 virus infection and transmission
July 7, 2015By Yan Zhou
After the 2009 pandemic, variant H3N2 swine influenza viruses (H3N2v SIV) carrying genes from pandemic H1N1 emerged in pig farms. The objective of this study is to investigate whether the two live...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) oral fluid antibody ELISA based on the detection of antibodies to APP ApxIV toxin in oral fluid specimens
May 14, 2015By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a significant respiratory pathogen of swine, causing acute death in finishing pigs and adding significant treatment costs to the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Defining PEDV maternal humoral immunity and correlates of neonatal protection
April 29, 2015By Luis Gimenez-Lirola
Through the proposed approach we tried to the answers PEDV serology questions from the field regarding the association between maternal anti-PEDV antibody and protection of neonates against PEDV. It...
Swine Health - General Disease
Age related changes in the intestinal microbiome protect neonatal piglets from Clostridium difficile infection
April 22, 2015By Nancy Cornick
Clostridium difficile has been recognized as a significant cause of illness in neonatal pigs, but is not encountered in piglets older than 1 week of age. We hypothesized that this age related...
Swine Health - General Disease
Live-animal assay for identifying correlates of protection/cross-protection for intranasal swine influenza virus vaccines
April 14, 2015By Crystal Loving
The majority of vaccines currently available for the prevention of influenza A virus (IAV) in swine are formulated as whole-inactivated...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
A Cell-free Synthesis Approach for the Rapid and Cost-Effective Production of Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccines
March 31, 2015By Bradley Bundy
1. Objectives:The objective of this work was to assess a technology’s potential to produce the components of a Foot and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Environmental stability of PDCoV (porcine delta coronavirus)
March 31, 2015By Sagar M. Goyal
Swine Health - General Disease
Genogroup A, B and C porcine rotaviruses: Prevalence and implications for effective vaccines
February 16, 2015By Linda J. Saif
Our study provides critical information on high genetic and antigenic diversity of porcine RVs (PRVs) confirming that the existing PRV...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Disinfection of foreign animal disease viruses on surfaces relevant to the Pork Packing Industry
February 10, 2015By Luis Rodriguez
The overall purpose of this research was to test the efficacy of commercial chemical disinfectants against foreign animal disease (FAD) viruses dried in swine products and on surfaces relevant...
