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;
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of a microbially-converted soybean meal as a substitute for fishmeal and a dietary acidifier in nursery pig diets and its effect on post-weaning diarrhea
September 3, 2015By Crystal Levesque
There is concern that current demands for fish, and its resultant by product fishmeal (FM), are at unsustainable levels, as such, efforts are being placed on finding alternatives sources of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving nutrient utilization and biological and financial performance through the use of super-dosing of phytase in grow-finish diets
September 1, 2015By John Patience
The objective of this research was to determine the impact of feeding grow-finish pigs super-dosed levels of phytase on the digestibility of nutrients, and pig growth performance. The enzyme...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Systematic Review of Antibiotic Resistance of Public Health Importance in Environments near Swine Operations
August 31, 2015By Randall Singer
Systematic reviews are a rigorous knowledge synthesis technique first developed in the health sciences to summarize information from numerous randomized trials examining the clinical efficacy of an...
Pork Quality
Influence of iodine value and packaging type on shelf life of HRI packaged bacon slices
August 16, 2015By Terry Houser
Over the last decade, a great deal of research has been done investigating how diet manipulation influences pork quality. Most...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of diagnostic performance characteristics of commercially-available CSFV tests
August 15, 2015By Yaowalak Panyasing
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is endemic and circulates in many regions of the world; therefore, the potential re-emergence of CSFV is a continual risk. It is in the pork producers' best...
