Swine Health - PRRS
PRRS Virology Literature Review
July 1, 2014By Dongwan Yoo
Pork producers face many different challenges to the health of their pigs, and PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) is one of such challenges. PRRS emerged in the US for the first...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a genus-specific virulence gene PCR panel for Brachyspira spp.
June 26, 2014By J. Glenn Songer
In the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, strongly beta-hemolytic Brachyspira spp. not identified as B. hyodysenteriae by published polymerase chain reaction assays were recovered with...
Swine Health - PRRS
Review of literature for epidemiology and control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) in North America: lessons learned and knowledge gaps
June 23, 2014By Robert B. Morrison
In 1989, a syndrome characterized by reproductive disorders in sow herds and respiratory disease in growing pigs was first reported in the southeastern United States (US) and disease reports...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of novel foot and mouth disease virus with multiple mutations for evaluation as live attenuated DIVA vaccine candidates
June 10, 2014By Teresa De Los Santos
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an extremely contagious viral disease of a variety of wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals, including pigs. The disease is distributed worldwide and has great...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a broadly protective PRRS vaccine candidate: Application of non-toxic enterotoxin and E. coli as the adjuvant-delivery system
May 27, 2014By Ying Fang
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) continues to be a threat to the swine industry. Currently, both modified live virus (MLV) and inactivated PRRS vaccines have been licensed for use...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of genetic diversity and dynamics of virus infection in a wean-to-finish pig population. Identification
May 2, 2014By Montse Torremorell
Influenza A virus (IAV) can persist in populations for prolonged periods of time. The objectives of this study were to estimate the diversity of IAV in an infected growing pig population, and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Strain Variation in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
April 14, 2014By F. Chris Minion
The main goal of this proposal is to develop a meaningful basis by which to measure field isolate variability in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae that can correlate to virulence and/or protection from...
Swine Health - General Disease
Detection and characterization of influenza A virus endemic circulation in neonatal and nursery pigs in a farm using routine influenza vaccination
April 8, 2014By Phil Gauger
Swine influenza virus is the cause of an acute respiratory disease affecting swine worldwide. Inactivated influenza vaccines used in breeding females provides passive immunity to neonatal...
Swine Health - General Disease
The Use of Probiotics as an Aid in the Control of Clostridium difficile Associated Disease in Neonatal Pigs
April 1, 2014By Alejandro Ramirez
In the last 10 years, Clostridium difficile has been implicated as a major cause of neonatal diarrhea in pigs. C. difficile infection (CDI) affects piglets ranging in age from 1-7 days. Clinical...
Swine Health - PRRS
Design and analysis of PRRSv surveillance: temporal and spatial sampling, mapping, monitoring and automated rapid detection of outbreak
March 6, 2014By Chong Wang
Innovation of cost effective methods for eliminating the PRRSv from individual herds has stimulated hope that the industry may someday eliminate the virus from the U.S. However, exploiting this...
