Swine Health - General Disease
Rational design of attenuated foot-and-mouth disease virus strains for development of improved disease countermeasures
June 14, 2012By Teresa De Los Santos
FMD is the one of the most feared viral disease that can affect livestock, including swine. Although this disease appeared to be eliminated...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of effective protocols for cleaning processing tools
June 7, 2012By Roberta Alvarez
Swine Health - General Disease
Haemophilus parasuis Proteomics for Vaccine Design
June 7, 2012By Louisa Tabatabai
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of the viral protein that mediates PRRSV attachment to the sialoadhesin receptor on primary macrophages, and determination of the minimal epitope on this protein needed for receptor interaction.
June 7, 2012By Peter Delputte
Protection of pigs towards PRRSV infection mainly depends on the presence of antibodies in the pig that block virus infection of macrophages. Those neutralizing antibodies are directed against the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of conserved T-cell epitopes contained in the non-structural genes of PRRSV which contribute to broad protective immunity
April 16, 2012By Fernando Osorio
Effective vaccine protection against infection by any of the multiple PRRSV strains that circulate in the field is of major...
Swine Health - PRRS
An evaluation of back-drafting of non-filtered air as a source of PRRSV infection to pigs housed in filtered facilities and whether selected intervention strategies can reduce this risk
April 9, 2012By Scott A. Dee
The objectives of this study were to demonstrate that the risk of PRRSV-contaminated aerosols entering a facility via retrograde air is a true risk though unfiltered points (i.e. idle fans); to...
Swine Health - PRRS
Understanding the effect of concurrent PCV2a or PCV2b infection on the evolution of the PRRSV during serial passage in pigs
April 3, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections are among the most important swine viruses facing the industry today. Although vaccines...
Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of early immune responses of pigs which are genetically PRRS resistant/tolerant using a swine-specific immune protein (cytokine) multiplex assay
March 27, 2012By Joan K. Lunney
PRRS causes major economic losses to the US pig industry, as reflected in debilitating respiratory syndromes, major reproductive losses and unthrifty piglets; economic losses were calculated to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Serological Approach for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Multiple Agents in Serum and Oral Fluid Samples
March 8, 2012By Raymond R. Rowland
Fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA), also known as “Luminex,” allows for the detection of antibodies to multiple antigens in a single, small volume of sample, and can be...
Swine Health - General Disease
Enhanced Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Brachyspira in Swine
March 6, 2012By Erin Strait
Brachyspira infection(s) appear to growing in importance in today’s swine industry. While largely disappearing from U.S. swine herds...
