Swine Health - PRRS
Enhancement of in vitro replication efficiency of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) in MARC-145 cell line
June 4, 2008By Frederick Leung
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) affects porcine industry globally and brings a significant economic loss in the agricultural sector. It is reported that both European and North...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a surveillance system to monitor the genetic variability and molecular epidemiology of swine bacterial pathogens
June 4, 2008By Simone Oliveira
The objective of this project was to develop a surveillance system to monitor the genetic variability and molecular epidemiology of swine bacterial pathogens. The specific aims of this projects were:...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of protein based ELISA for the rapid strain specific identification of PRRSV and responding to novel emerging variants.
May 30, 2008By Julian Hiscox
The aim of this project was to develop and evaluate diagnostic reagents, tools and methodologies to identify both generic and specific strains of PRRSV as well as future proofing this technology for...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of a peptide sequence in nsp2 that can function as a deletion marker for the differentiation of vaccinated from naturally infected pigs
May 27, 2008By Raymond R. Rowland
The implementation of an effective control plan for PRRS will require safe and effective vaccines. Future modified live virus (MLV) vaccines will require a mechanism that can be used to 1) identify...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of stable cell lines permissive for PRRSV replication and production
May 23, 2008By Dongwan Yoo
PRRS virus (PRRSV) infects only a specific line of simian cells in culture for productive infection. The use of these cells for vaccine development is patent-protected, which severely hampers the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterizing level of PCV type 2 virus in serum and expression of PMWS in different populations of pigs
May 19, 2008By Rodger Johnson
Selection for resistance to PCV2 virus is possible. It can be accomplished by serially scoring pigs for symptoms of PCVAD from 60 to 125 d of age, weighing pigs at these ages, and measuring serum...
Swine Health - PRRS
In vivo evaluation of genetic markers in the nsp2 region of PRRSV: Implications for future recombinant marker vaccine development
May 15, 2008By Ying Fang
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus (PRRSV) continues to be a major problem to the pork industry worldwide. The limitations offered by current PRRSV vaccines require the...
Swine Health - PRRS
An Industry Education Program for Understanding the Risk Factors Associated with PRRSv Breaks in Negative or Naïve Breeding Herds
May 5, 2008By Derald Holtkamp
Swine Health - PRRS
Global Gene Expression Profiling of PRRSV-infected Alveolar Macrophages
April 30, 2008By John Neill
This study examined the effect of porcine reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV) on how genes are expressed in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs). PAMs were chosen for this study because they...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of a new etiological agent of PMWS/PDNS in conventional pigs
March 25, 2008By Gregory W. Stevenson
Porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) is considered a multifactorial disease since a variety of cofactors, including infectious agents, seem to be necessary for full expression of clinical...