Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The effect of regrinding major feed ingredients to improve pellet quality, pig performance and producer profitability
July 13, 2014By Mark Knauer
Industry Summary: Pelleting swine diets is a technology that is widely used in southeastern U.S. feed mills and gaining popularity in the Midwest. Yet, limited research has explored methods to...
Public Health - Influenza
Determining viral load and persistence of influenza A in aerosols and on surfaces of swine production facilities
July 11, 2014By Peter Rabinowitz
Although influenza A is capable of significant impacts in swine production, including the possibility of transmission between pigs and people, little is known of the exposure risks for viral...
Animal Well-being
Nitrous Oxide for piglet euthanasia: validation by electroencephalography (EEG),
July 10, 2014By Jean-Loup Rault
The identification and validation of humane methods to euthanize piglets is critical to address public concern that current methods are not optimal. The blunt force trauma procedure is humane when...
Evaluation of time and temperature sufficient to inactivate porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine feces on metal surfaces
July 8, 2014By Derald Holtkamp
In May of 2013 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in swine for the first time in the United States and spread quickly across much of the country, partly due to the movement of...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRSV protective immunity of broad spectrum: Strategies to induce pan-neutralizing antibodies in a pig
July 8, 2014By Fernando Osorio
The betterment of PRRSV vaccines is a national priority for the swine industry and for USDA as well. National Pork Board’s Swine Research Program and also USDA-AFRI-NIFA research program assign...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the virulence of a mutant PCV2 (PCV2d) recently identified in cases of apparent vaccine failure and the ability of commercial PCV2a vaccines to protect against PCV2d
July 4, 2014By Tanja Opriessnig
PCV2d (formerly known as mutant or mPCV2) emerged in the U.S. in 2012 and important questions on virulence of this novel strain and vaccine protection by currently used vaccines needed to be...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRS Virology Literature Review
July 1, 2014By Dongwan Yoo
Pork producers face many different challenges to the health of their pigs, and PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) is one of such challenges. PRRS emerged in the US for the first...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Evaluation of the electrostatic particle ionization technology to decrease the risk of zoonotic infections.
July 1, 2014By Montse Torremorell
Influenza A virus (IAV) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are important swine pathogens able to transmit via aerosol and with potential to affect human health. The electrostatic particle...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of modified live attenuated virus vaccine expressing porcine IL-18
July 1, 2014By Wenjun Ma
This proposal evaluated a live attenuated virus vaccine expressing porcine cytokine IL-18 in pigs that is expected to provide enhanced protection against different swine influenza virus (SIV)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Sequencing and characterization of genes encoding capsid proteins VP4, VP6 and VP7 from field porcine rotavirus strains
July 1, 2014By Jianfa Bai
The lack of genome sequence information largely limited our ability to generate accurate molecular diagnostics and to identify vaccine candidate for porcine rotaviruses, especially for group B and C...
