Animal Well-being
Optimized Minimal Floor-space for Group-Pen System Using Feeding Stalls and Diet Strategy to Improve Well Being
October 8, 2015By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
Sow aggression is a common problem associated with group-housing systems especially during feeding and mixing of sows. Grouped-housed sows establish a social hierarchy upon mixing which often reduces...
Extent of contamination, quantification and survival of PEDV in fomites and effect of disinfectants on swine coronaviruses
October 5, 2015By Montse Torremorell
This study was designed to assess the survivability of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in fomites and determine the efficacy of four commonly used disinfectants against the three swine enteric...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Influence of the Method and Timing of the Land Application of Manure on the Fate and Transport of Manure Constituents in Runoff
October 1, 2015By Xu Li
The objective of this study was to determine how the method and timing of swine manure application may impact the movement of multiple manure constituents in agricultural runoff. The manure...
Evaluation of mucosal B cell response to PEDV in infected sows
September 29, 2015By Renukaradhya Gourapura
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has rapidly become one of the most economically devastating enteric diseases in the US swine industry. The virus is most severe in neonatal pigs with mortality...
Environment - Air
Effectiveness of vegetative environmental buffers to reduce swine facility emissions
September 28, 2015By Zifei Liu
In order to ensure compliance with the current and future air quality regulatory requirements, and to co-exist with increasing numbers of neighbors, practical and cost effective air mitigation...
National Swine Health Monitor project: incidence and factors associated with transmission and control of PED virus
September 27, 2015By Robert B. Morrison
The short term objective of this project was to yield better understanding of the epidemiology and field ecology of PEDv and the relative impact of specific management decisions on the risks of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of next generation sequencing methodology for full genome characterization of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) from oral fluids and nasal swabs
September 23, 2015By Ben Hause
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is one of the most significant swine diseases with near worldwide distribution. In the U.S., open reading frame 5 (ORF5) is commonly...
PEDV infection risk factor analysis
September 15, 2015By S Tousignant
In this study, we sought to identify factors that were associated with PEDv outbreaks on a sample of 190 sow farms from within the Swine Vet Center practice. Additionally, we investigated...
Pathogenesis of the S-INDEL PEDV in nursing piglets and cross-protection against the US original highly virulent PEDV strains
September 14, 2015By Qiuhong Wang
Although the original US porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been studied and known to cause mortality in suckling piglets, strains with a different genetic profile have not been studied. To...
Miscellaneous studies on PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) survival
September 3, 2015By Sagar M. Goyal
This study was undertaken to determine the effect of lime and pH on three porcine enteric coronaviruses;
