Swine Health - General Disease
International collaboration to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae PCR assays
July 31, 2009By Eileen Thacker
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (MHYO) remains a significant source of economic loss for today’s swine industry. Reliable diagnosis of this organism continues to be a challenge as demonstrated by the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Understanding the role of the regulatory immune response in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus persistence
July 30, 2009By Tanya LeRoith
This study addressed an important question in the mechanism of persistence and immune suppression by PRRSV. PRRSV persistence currently is a major problem in the field. However, the mechanism by...
Swine Health - General Disease
Is humoral immunity defective in PCV-2 infected piglets?
July 29, 2009By John Butler
Porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) emerged in the mid and late 1990s in herds infected with porcine circovirus type-2 (PCV-2). A growing database of field observations and experimental...
Swine Health - General Disease
Transmission of PCV2: Comparison of shedding patterns between PCV2a and PCV2b, evaluation of routes of transmission (fecal, oral, nasal, mechanical) and understanding the roles of spray-dried plasma and transport vehicles
July 22, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
Temporal evidence correlated the emergence of PCV2b in the U.S. in 2005 with more frequent and severe porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) cases. Information on the quantity and duration of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Role of Cachectic Cytokines in PMWS
July 17, 2009By Carlos Pijoan|Thomas W. Molitor
An opportunity was presented whereas sequential samples were collected in the midst of a natural outbreak of PMWS. This provided the basis to evaluate immunological and virological events in the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae diagnostic tests using samples from naturally and experimentally infected pigs
July 6, 2009By Simone Oliveira
The objective of this study was to compare the performance of different diagnostic tests for the detection of pigs subclinically infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. To address this...
Swine Health - PRRS
Elimination of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) from semen: “On Farm” Mechanical and Antiviral Methods
June 12, 2009By Jane Christopher-Hennings
The long-term objective of this research is to provide a “PRRSV-free semen supply for artificial insemination (AI)”. Therefore, a 2-pronged approach to “on farm” methods that...
Swine Health - General Disease
Etiology of severe form of PMWS
June 1, 2009By Kelly Lager
The objectives of the project “Etiology of severe form of PMWS” were 1) Investigate the etiology of an apparent emerging disease complex known as “severe form of Post-weaning...
Swine Health - PRRS
Rational Design of a New Generation of PRRSV Differential (Marker) Vaccines (Renewal, 2007)
May 13, 2009By Fernando Osorio
Both industry and scientific experts alike agree in that an effective, broadly protective vaccine against PRRS is a very important tool to help in the control of this disease. Our laboratory pursues...
Swine Health - PRRS
Predictors of response and genetic resistance/susceptibility in pigs to infection with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus
May 4, 2009By Donald G. Levis PhD
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has caused devastating losses to swine herds on a worldwide basis. It has been estimated that PRRSV costs the United States pork industry...
