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...
Environment - Air
Testing the effectiveness of a naturally occurring adsorbent to improve mitigation of multiple air emissions from swine buildings
June 30, 2014By Kevin Janni
Objectives: Biofiltration is a proven method to reduce odor and gas emissions from swine buildings and manure storage units. Biofilter media selection and moisture content fluctuations...
Pork Quality
The Development of Equations to Predict the Iodine Value of Various Swine Carcass Fat Depots
June 30, 2014By John Gonzalez
The objectives of this study were two fold. The first objective was to analyze existing data to develop predictive equations to determine the iodine value of three economically relevant...
Development and validation of diagnostic testing detection for antigen and antibody detection for PEDv
June 26, 2014By James E. Collins
Since the introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the United States, millions of piglets have died. Key items are needed to be address to further initial PEDV research and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a genus-specific virulence gene PCR panel for Brachyspira spp.
June 26, 2014By J. Glenn Songer
In the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, strongly beta-hemolytic Brachyspira spp. not identified as B. hyodysenteriae by published polymerase chain reaction assays were recovered with...
Swine Health - PRRS
Review of literature for epidemiology and control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) in North America: lessons learned and knowledge gaps
June 23, 2014By Robert B. Morrison
In 1989, a syndrome characterized by reproductive disorders in sow herds and respiratory disease in growing pigs was first reported in the southeastern United States (US) and disease reports...
