Swine Health - PRRS
PRRSV infection of pig macrophages
February 19, 2008By William Cafruny
A. Objectives. The objective of this small grant were to was to investigate the regulation of PRRSV infection in cultured pig macrophages. The purpose of the work was to learn more about how PRRSV...
Swine Health - PRRS
Analysis of prevalent environmental conditions in cases of suspected PRRSV lateral transmission between pig farms
January 4, 2008By Robert Morrison
It is not uncommon for swine herds to become infected with PRRS virus with no obvious source of the infection. In such cases, the producer and veterinarian having explored all possible routes of...
Swine Health - General Disease
The “Kansas Cluster” of severe PMWS cases: characterization of a novel PCV2 as the possible etiological agent.
October 31, 2007By Raymond R. Rowland
The proposal was submitted in response to a request for proposals to investigate PCV2 associated disease. The three objectives were (1) analyze PCV2 genetic sequences from herds experiencing an...
Swine Health - PRRS
Implementation of a PRRSV Strain Database (Renewal)
October 30, 2007By Kay S. Faaberg
The PRRSV strain database (http://prrsv.ahc.umn.edu) has been supported by the National Pork Board for three years. The database (PRRSVdb; 7,627 unique sequences) is freely available for web-based...
Swine Health - PRRS
Enhancement of efficacy of PRRSV vaccines by altering the glycosylation pattern of viral glycoproteins
October 15, 2007By Asit Pattnaik
In previous studies, we have demonstrated that virus-neutralizing antibodies are important for protective immunity against PRRSV. These neutralizing antibodies constitute a significant correlate for...
Swine Health - PRRS
Elimination of PRRS virus from two regions in Minnesota
August 31, 2007By Robert Morrison
This project is an attempt to eliminate PRRS virus from all sites having pigs within two defined regions in Minnesota; eastern Rice county and Stevens County. We have completed our fourth year and...
Swine Health - PRRS
A study on the feasibility of using a porcine alveolar macrophage cell line to produce a PRRS modified live virus vaccine
August 14, 2007By Federico A. Zuckermann
The goals of this project was: 1) to determine the feasibility of using an innovative porcine alveolar macrophage cell line, designated ZMAC-1, for the production of a PRRS modified live virus (MLV)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Pathogenicity of the ORF3 gene-silence mutant of type 2 porcine circovirus in pigs: a study towards the development of a marker vaccine
August 13, 2007By Ph.D.|Xiang-Jin Meng M.D.
Swine Health - PRRS
Prevention of PRRS by antibody administration
July 24, 2007By D.L. Hank Harris
The objectives were to determine if a practical method of producing antibodies to PRRSV could be found which would neutralize all strains of the virus. The naturally occurring ambient strains of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Rational Design of a New Generation of PRRSV Differential (Marker) Vaccines
July 13, 2007By Fernando Osorio
This project is based on two main premises: 1) the conviction that the use of vaccines will always be a cost-efficient method and the preferred approach to control PRRSV infections, and 2) the notion...
