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...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of African swine fever diagnostic assays for oral fluids
February 4, 2015By Jeffrey Zimmerman
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is of concern to pork producers because of its high mortality rate, its severe economic impact, and its rapid geographic expansion in recent years. Prevention and...
Swine Health - General Disease
A study to assess the correlation between plasma, oral fluid and urine concentrations of flunixin meglumine with the tissue residue depletion profile in finishing age swine
February 1, 2015By Hans Coetzee
The United States is the world’s leading exporter of pork. In recent years, several of these pork export destination countries have implemented more stringent monitoring protocols...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Evaluating Immunogenicity of a Novel Live-vectored Prototype ASFV Vaccine
January 30, 2015By Waithaka Mwangi
The African Swine Fever Virus is a high-consequence pathogen that causes hemorrhagic fever in pigs and some isolates are capable of killing nearly all infected pigs. The pathogen poses a high...
Swine Health - PRRS
The contribution of adaptive immunity to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus infection
January 5, 2015By Melinda Wilkerson
Objectives: The purpose of our studies was to understand how adaptive immunity contributes to the susceptibility of nursery-age piglets to...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Identification of Protective Antigens of African Swine Fever Virus
January 2, 2015By Daniel Rock
African swine fever (ASF) is arguably the most significant emerging disease threat for the swine industry worldwide. Devastating ASF...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of PRRS virus-like-particles containing nanoparticle vaccine and its evaluation in pigs
December 1, 2014By Renukaradhya Gourapura
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is a chronic and economically important viral disease of pigs. Currently used PRRS virus (PRRSV) vaccines have failed to completely protect...
