Swine Health - PRRS
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Swine Health - PRRS
Targeted development of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against PRRSV minor glycoproteins
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of Porcine Cytomegalovirus as a Conventional and Disseminating Vaccine for Classical Swine Fever – A Pilot Study
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Negative cohort study plan for the estimation of diagnostic specificity of Two PCR assays for the detection of Classical Swine Fever, African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth disease viruses in oral fluid samples
Swine Health - General Disease
Mucosal Delivery of HA-Stalk Focused Vaccine Using Lactobacillus to Induce Broadly Cross Protection Against Swine Influenza Infections
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of a bELISA for serological diagnostics and surveillance of SVA infection.
Senecavirus A (SVA) is a member of the Picornaviridae family and is associated with vesicular disease and neonatal mortality in swine. The primary concern of SVA associated disease is the development...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a live-attenuated PRRSV vaccine capable of eliciting a broad spectrum of heterologous protection
PRRS modified live virus (MLV) vaccines have been licensed for clinical administration for over 20 years. The vaccines confer solid protection against homologous PRRSV strains. However, the extent...
Swine Health - General Disease
Does prevalence of influenza A virus at weaning influence disease transmission rates, clinical manifestation of disease, and production performance?
Influenza is a major respiratory disease of pigs. Influenza causes reduction in pig’s performance and is a public health concern given that strains with pandemic potential can emerge in pigs. The...
Swine Health - General Disease
Prospective investigation of Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and healthy pen-matched controls in outbreaks of Streptococcus-associated neurologic disease using metagenomics, serotyping and sequencing.
Swine Health - PRRS
