Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
    Effects of reducing the particle size of corn on the concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy and on the digestibility of energy, phosphorus, and amino acids by growing pigs
    April 1, 2013By Hans H. Stein
          
        The objective of this research was to measure the effects of different particle sizes of corn on energy and nutrient digestibility and to test the hypothesis that diets containing corn with reduced...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Novel multiplex diagnostic assays development for diagnosis of porcine respiratory disease complex
    March 6, 2013By Ying Fang
          
        Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC) is a significant economic problem for swine producers. PRDC outbreaks can cause elevated mortality, decreased feed efficiency, higher cull rates, increased...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Immune correlates of clinical outcomes in maternal antibody-positive piglets vaccinated with attenuated or killed SIV and challenged with an antigenic variant
    March 1, 2013By Matthew Sandbulte
          
        OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY. Current SIV vaccines, which contain whole inactivated virus (WIV), do not provide broad cross-protection against new variants, and maternal antibodies inhibit...      
       
      
    Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
    Genome-wide association analyses of sow reproduction and lifetime productivity
    February 28, 2013By Daniel Ciobanu
          
        Concurrent with increased prolificacy, high sow death losses and replacement rates are serious economic and welfare issues facing producers. Reproductive failure is the most frequent reason for...      
       
      
    Swine Health - PRRS
    Year 3 funding support for the PRRS Host Genetics Consortium:  A proposal to study the role of host genetics and resistance to PRRSV
    February 25, 2013By Joan K. Lunney|Raymond R. Rowland
          
        The PRRS Host Genetics Consortium (PHGC) represents the first-of-its-kind approach to food animal infectious disease research. The NPB, PRRS CAP, USDA ARS, NIFA, Genome Canada, private companies, and...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Development of classical swine fever virus diagnostic assays for porcine oral fluid samples
    February 14, 2013By Roongroje Thanawongnuwech
          
        With classical swine fever virus (CSFV) commonplace in the world and barely outside the borders of North America, it is reasonable to expect that CSFV will eventually be reintroduced into North...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Development of fluorescent recombinant antibodies to detect African swine fever virus in tissue samples and infected cells
    February 13, 2013By Jose Escribano
          
        The present project pretends to develop new reagents to solve an important gap in the African swine fever virus (ASFV) diagnosis. This virus is nowadays a real threat for Europe and,...      
       
      
    Environment - Manure Storage / Application
    Microbial Community Analysis to Identify Risk Factors in Manure Foaming
    February 11, 2013By Richard Gates
          
        This study was conducted to assess whether shifts in manure microbial populations could explain foam production in deep-pits manure storages. To make the study relevant and practical, swine...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Development of an Improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-Specific ELISA
    February 7, 2013By F. Chris Minion
          
        Improvement of serological-based diagnostics for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in swine will require identification of mycoplasma-specific antigens and their use in an ELISA-based assay format...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Comparative analysis: The pathogenesis of disease induced in piglets by group A, B and C  rotaviruses, singularly or concurrently
    January 1, 2013By Darin Madson
          
        Rotavirus is not a new pathogen; however, there is evidence of re-emergence as noted by the increased diagnoses at multiple diagnostic laboratories. New testing modalities (PCR) have been...