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Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of the Fetal Immune Response to PRRS
PRRSV causes abnormal development of immune function. This is believed to allow the virus to persist in carrier animals that remain relatively healthy. Such disregulation of the immune is a common...
Swine Health - General Disease
Studies on PRRSV vaccination: interleukin-12 to enhance the immune response to killed vaccinte and combination vaccine with MLV and killed vaccines
PRRSV vaccine efficacy remains controversial. The currently available PRRSV vaccines, either modified live (MLV) or killed virus (KV) vaccines, often appear to provide insufficient protective...
Swine Health - General Disease
Prevalence of Mycoplasma hyponeumoniae in different parity sows as a preliminary tool for eradication
Swine Health - General Disease
Survey of the Molecular Epidemiology of Haemophilus parasuis
The characterization of Haemophilus parasuis strains is very important for the study of the epidemiology of this agent within and between herds. In the present study, the characterization of H....
Swine Health - General Disease
Immunity against PRRS virus-what is the role of ‘auto-anti-idiotypic’ antibody?
PRRS is the most costly disease U.S. swine producers confront and little progress has been made in recent years to improve the situation. Prevention and control of PRRS has been difficult, in part...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of the Role of Mosquitoes as Biological Vectors of PRRSV
This information is important because it would help swine practitioners to understand the potential role of mosquitoes in transmission of PRRSV. It has been documented that mosquitoes can travel for...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Prevalence in Midwest Market Swine
This study demonstrates the continued reduction in Toxoplasma antibodies in the Midwestern commercial market swine herd from earlier surveys. The prevalence of 0.75% is consistent with the National...
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