Swine Health - PRRS
An Interferon-inducible Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Isolate
October 14, 2013By Yan-Jin Zhang
The objective of this project was to determine the full length sequences of an interferon-inducible PRRSV strain A2MC2 and determine whether it can induce neutralizing antibodies. Type I interferons...
Swine Health - General Disease
Quality control assessment of blended source vitamin D supplied to feed manufacturers for use in swine diets
October 8, 2013By Darin Madson
Clinical cases of metabolic bone disease in swine, such as rickets and osteomalacia, have been linked to hypovitaminosis D. Since...
Swine Health - General Disease
Fluorescent in situ hybridization for the detection of novel pathogenic Brachyspira spp. in porcine colonic tissues
July 12, 2013By Eric Burrough
Swine dysentery (SD) has historically been associated with the presence of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, a strongly beta-hemolytic spirochete; however, beginning in the latter part of 2008 and early...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Identification of genetic signatures for African swine fever virus serologic group specificity
July 1, 2013By Daniel Rock
African swine fever (ASF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease in domestic swine with mortality rates approaching 100%. Devastating ASF disease outbreaks and the continuing disease epidemic in...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of novel reassortant swine influenza viruses
July 1, 2013By Wenjun Ma
Since the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus (pH1N1) was found to transmit to pigs worldwide including in the USA, subsequent reassortment events between pH1N1 and endemic swine influenza viruses (SIVs)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Exploiting the potential of leader proteinase coding sequence of foot-and-mouth disease virus to derive attenuated strains suitable for pathogenesis studies and development of improved countermeasures
June 2, 2013By Teresa De Los Santos
FMD is the one of the most feared viral diseases that can affect swine. Although this disease appeared to be eliminated from most developed nations by the end of last century, recent outbreaks...
Swine Health - General Disease
Reverse Vaccinology and Genomics Towards Controlling Post-Weaning Diarrhea
May 1, 2013By Timothy Johnson
Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) in pigs is a continuing problem for the swine industry. The goal of this study was to utilize a concept known as reverse vaccinology towards the identification of novel...
Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of porcine high fever disease isolates of PRRSV to US isolates for their ability to cause secondary bacterial infection in swine
April 18, 2013By Susan Brockmeier
The appearance of highly-pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) isolates in Asia necessitates...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of envelope proteins for rapid induction of protective immune response against classical swine fever
April 16, 2013By Manuel Borca
The main objective of this research project was to determine if native and/or modified forms of Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV) proteins present in the surface of the virion were able to...
Swine Health - PRRS
Preweaning surveillance: Finger on the pulse of PRRSV epidemiology, transmission and spread
April 16, 2013By Jeffrey Zimmerman
We believe that achieving control of PRRSV will require the industry to develop the capacity to easily, efficiently, and continuously surveil herds for PRRSV. The objective of the research was...
