Characterization of the pathogenesis of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in neonates and weaned pigs and generation of reference diagnostic specimens
November 19, 2014By Darin Madson
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus unexpectedly entered the North American swine population in 2013 resulting in widespread and devastating disease. Understanding this virus and its infection...
Animal Well-being
Comparing Heat Lamp vs. Heat Mat for Farrowing Crate Heating
September 1, 2014By Hongwei Xin
From 2007 to 2012, the average number of piglets born and piglets born alive for the US swine operation increased by 1.1 and 1.2 piglets...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of emerging porcine parvovirus types in the U.S. pig population
July 21, 2014By Tanja Opriessnig
A new porcine parvovirus (PPV), provisionally designated asPPV5, was identified in U.S. pigs. PPV5 is most closely related to PPV4 with overall genomic...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The effects of disease challenge (PRRS) on pig growth and metabolic pathways
June 10, 2014By Nicholas Gabler
While significant advances have been made through research efforts to enhance the health, productivity, and well-being of swine, the detrimental effects associated with disease outbreaks remains a...
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Production Scale Midwestern Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing Facility
May 6, 2014By Hongwei Xin
Gaseous emissions from livestock production continue to receive increasing attention due to concerns over their environmental and health impacts. Local concerns over gaseous emissions are...
Swine Health - General Disease
Strain Variation in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
April 14, 2014By F. Chris Minion
The main goal of this proposal is to develop a meaningful basis by which to measure field isolate variability in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae that can correlate to virulence and/or protection from...
Swine Health - General Disease
Detection and characterization of influenza A virus endemic circulation in neonatal and nursery pigs in a farm using routine influenza vaccination
April 8, 2014By Phil Gauger
Swine influenza virus is the cause of an acute respiratory disease affecting swine worldwide. Inactivated influenza vaccines used in breeding females provides passive immunity to neonatal...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of porcine astrovirus infection in the U.S. pig population
February 16, 2014By Tanja Opriessnig
Many astrovirus (AstV) species are associated with enteric disease. In this study, the prevalence rates of porcine AstV types 1–5 (PAstV1–PAstV5) in the U.S. pig population were...
Animal Science
Investigating Biological Reasons for Seasonal Infertility
November 1, 2013By Aileen Keating
The US swine industry suffers major economic losses to heat stress during the summer months. Reasons for this fiscal hardship include seasonal infertility and poor sow performance during and...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Evaluating Nutrient (nitrogen and ortho-phosphate) Export with Subsurface Drainage Water from Spring Applied Swine Manure to Soybean Planted Micro-watersheds
October 23, 2013By Kapil Arora
The objective of this project is to evaluate the impact of spring applied swine manure for soybean crop on sub-surface drainage water quality from non-replicated micro-watersheds. To evaluate this...
