Feasibility of viability PCR and ex-vivo bioassay to detect viable PED virus in feed. Identification
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first detected in the United States in April 2013, spread rapidly, affected most of the swine...
Pork Checkoff Research
Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
Contribute to Pork Research
Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.
Duration and level of PEDV neutralizing antibodies for clinical protection using feedback protocols
Since April 2013 with the discovery of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the United States, the need for the development of diagnostic tests has been immediate. Real-time polymerase...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Disinfection of foreign animal disease viruses on surfaces relevant to the Pork Packing Industry
The overall purpose of this research was to test the efficacy of commercial chemical disinfectants against foreign animal disease (FAD) viruses dried in swine products and on surfaces relevant...
Evaluation of the risk of a feed mill being contaminated with PEDv or PDCov
Twenty-four feed mills from various regions (Eastern, Midwest, Western, and Northern Midwest) in the US were evaluated in this study to assess the risk of different areas within a mill to test...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of African swine fever diagnostic assays for oral fluids
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is of concern to pork producers because of its high mortality rate, its severe economic impact, and its rapid geographic expansion in recent years. Prevention and...
PEDV antibody-based diagnostic test improvement for evaluation of immunity in milk, feces, and serum
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), an enteric coronavirus related to transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), appeared suddenly in the United States in April 2013. Epidemic sow herd...
PDCoV ELISA development
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) was first identified in the United States in February 2014 in pigs with unexplained diarrheal disease in which PDCoV was later observed to be present. Diagnosis of...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Evaluating Immunogenicity of a Novel Live-vectored Prototype ASFV Vaccine
The African Swine Fever Virus is a high-consequence pathogen that causes hemorrhagic fever in pigs and some isolates are capable of killing nearly all infected pigs. The pathogen poses a high...
Development of reagents and serological assays for porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV)
A novel porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) was reported in China in 2012 and identified in the U.S. in early 2014. Since then, PDCoV has been identified in a number of U.S. states and linked with...
Animal Well-being
Systematic Literature Review and Needs Assessment of Housing Systems for Lactating sows and Their Litters
The farrowing crate is one of several common animal husbandry practices facing increased public scrutiny across the globe. Like a gestation stall, similar welfare concerns are expressed about...
