Swine Health - PRRS
Application of FTA based technology for the collection and transport of clinical samples to detect PRRSV by RT-PCR
February 1, 2011By Montse Torremorell
The ability for producers to succeed depends in part, on their ability to rapidly respond to emerging and existing disease challenges. Submission of fresh samples to diagnostic laboratories in a...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of tempertature and relative humidity on UV254 inactivation of airborne viral pathogens.
January 8, 2011By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The proposed study was Part Two of a 2-year project to test whether ultraviolet light could serve as a practical and cost-effective method to inactivate aerosolized pathogens in commercial swine...
Swine Health - General Disease
Dissemination of PCV2 viral particles from sow to piglets
December 16, 2010By Cheryl Dvorak
PCVAD is a disease of finishing pigs that is controlled by vaccination. It is effective in prevention...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a second generation live chimeric PCV1-2 vaccine in the PCV2-PRRSV coinfection model
November 29, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
The efficacy of a live chimeric porcine circovirus (PCV) type 1-2 vaccine based on subtype PCV2a was evaluated in a PCV2b and porcine...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and validation of molecular-based tools to differentiate attenuated Salmonella choleraesuis vaccine strains from field isolates
November 9, 2010By Simone Oliveira
The objective of this research was to develop molecular diagnostic methods for differentiating live, attenuated Salmonella Choleraesuis vaccines from virulent Salmonella-like bacteria.Samples...
Swine Health - General Disease
The influence of maternal PCV2 immune response on piglet infection rates at weaning and the effect of PCV2 infection at weaning on lifetime performance and vaccine efficacy
November 5, 2010By James Lowe
With the recent development of porcine circovirus vaccines, porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) has become less of a challenge for swine producers. However, much is unknown about the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Influence of PRRSV viremia on PCV2-vaccine efficacy in conventional growing pigs with maternally derived anti-PCV2-antibodies
October 1, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
Several porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines are now commercially available and have been shown to be effective at decreasing the occurrence of porcine circovirus associated disease...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of new risk assessments and enhancements to the web application for the Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program
September 30, 2010By Derald Holtkamp
The American Association of Swine Veterinarian’s (AASV) Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program (PADRAP) is an epidemiologically-based initiative to help producers and veterinarians...
Swine Health - PRRS
Mechanisms of Failed Protection Against PRRS in Sow Herds
September 21, 2010By Michael Murtaugh
Serum inoculation of gilts with on-farm isolates is used to protect endemically infected sow herds against reproductive PRRS. However, outbreaks still occur in which the offending virus is...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a modified live vaccine against PRRSV with optimal DIVA marker potential
August 2, 2010By Fernando Osorio
Work in our laboratories is exclusively oriented towards the development of a new generation of PRRSV vaccines that would confer broad protection. We work, through different basic and applied...
