Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of early immune responses of pigs which are genetically PRRS resistant/tolerant using a swine-specific immune protein (cytokine) multiplex assay
March 27, 2012By Joan K. Lunney
PRRS causes major economic losses to the US pig industry, as reflected in debilitating respiratory syndromes, major reproductive losses and unthrifty piglets; economic losses were calculated to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Serological Approach for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Multiple Agents in Serum and Oral Fluid Samples
March 8, 2012By Raymond R. Rowland
Fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA), also known as “Luminex,” allows for the detection of antibodies to multiple antigens in a single, small volume of sample, and can be...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of rate of administration of various gas mixtures using the Smart Box euthanasia device as a humane and effective method of piglet euthanasia
February 3, 2012By Chad Hagen
The objectives of this project were to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of gas euthanasia applied to suckling and nursery piglets at...
Swine Health - General Disease
Culture-independent analysis of microbial communities in tonsils of healthy, carrier, and diseased pigs
January 31, 2012By Martha Mulks
Many bacterial pathogens of pigs can be found in the tonsils, and the tonsils can act as a reservoir for these pathogens, allowing them to persist in a herd. The goal of this study was to...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRSV Modulation of the Porcine Antibody Repertoire
January 19, 2012By Michael P. Murtaugh
Antibody responses play a crucial role in defense against many viral diseases, and knowledge of critical functions can be used to monitor and...
Swine Health - General Disease
The prevalence of PCV2 viremia in conventional piglets born to PCV2- vaccinated and non-vaccinated sows and effect of PCV2 viremia on pig performance
January 13, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
The objectives of this study were to further confirm vertical transmission of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and determine the effect of dam vaccination on PCV2 viremia in newborn piglets. Seventy...
Animal Well-being
Optimized alternative housing and management strategies enhance sow well-being
January 10, 2012By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
These data provide scientific support that the type of individual stall a sows is housed in for the 1st 30 days prior to being moved to...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Application of a novel inhibition mechanism to control E. coli O157:H7 and other non-O157:H7 pathogenic E. coli.
January 5, 2012By Douglas Call
Enterohemorrhagic and exotoxigenic E. coli (EHEC and ETEC) pose a variety of animal health and food safety challenges for the food animal industry. E. coli F4 is an ETEC pathogen that is an...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Interactive effects of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and housing system on sow performance and longevity
December 31, 2011By Lee J. Johnston
Background: Use of DDGS in diets for growing swine has been the focus of much research effort in the past 5 – 7 years with little attention paid to DDGS use in diets for breeding females....
Swine Health - General Disease
The efficacy of sow vaccination with commercial PCV2 vaccines and an experimental live PCV1-2 product
December 6, 2011By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is associated with reproductive failure in the field and because of this PCV2 vaccines are now being used in some breeding herds. Research has demonstrated that PCV2...
