Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of a bELISA for serological diagnostics and surveillance of SVA infection.
February 26, 2021By Dr. Steven Lawson Ph.D.
Senecavirus A (SVA) is a member of the Picornaviridae family and is associated with vesicular disease and neonatal mortality in swine. The primary concern of SVA associated disease is the development...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of Analgesia Efficacy in Piglets Undergoing Castration and Processing
February 26, 2021By Dr. Patricia Turner
Surgical castration is routinely performed on commercial pig farms in North America to prevent boar taint and aggression. This procedure is known to be painful for piglets, yet is typically done...
Animal Well-being - Depopulation
Catastrophic Loss Mitigation Tool
February 26, 2021By Mr Joseph F. Somers
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a live-attenuated PRRSV vaccine capable of eliciting a broad spectrum of heterologous protection
February 26, 2021By Hiep Vu
PRRS modified live virus (MLV) vaccines have been licensed for clinical administration for over 20 years. The vaccines confer solid protection against homologous PRRSV strains. However, the extent...
Swine Health - General Disease
Does prevalence of influenza A virus at weaning influence disease transmission rates, clinical manifestation of disease, and production performance?
February 26, 2021By Montse Torremorell
Influenza is a major respiratory disease of pigs. Influenza causes reduction in pig’s performance and is a public health concern given that strains with pandemic potential can emerge in pigs. The...
Environment - Air
Evaluating gas and particulate matter emissions and downwind concentration impacts using the EPI Air Filter Wall system
February 23, 2021By Erin Cortus
Animal Well-being
Foundational investigations of tissue dimensions and their relation to captive bolt application sites on cadaver heads from mature swine
February 15, 2021By Kurt D. Vogel
Objective 1 of this study was to determine the soft, cranial, and total tissue depths, cross-sectional brain area, and bolt-brain contact for each captive bolt site. Objective 2 was to determine if relationships exist between the measurements outlined in Objective 1 and external head dimensions, including snout to poll distance, distance between the eyes, and maximum deflection distance between a straight line from snout to poll and surface of the front of the head.
Animal Well-being
Development and validation of a research protocol to assess the efficacy of interventions intended to mitigate pain associated with surgical castration in neonatal piglets
December 14, 2020By Sherrie Webb
The objective of this study was to establish a research protocol to reliably evaluate efficacy of pain mitigation interventions in nursing male piglets during castration.
Animal Well-being
Identifying barriers and implementing solutions to practical on-farm pain management during castration
November 18, 2020By Monique Pairis-Garcia
Animal Well-being
Automated computer vision system for tracking individual pig activity and locomotion in nursery/finisher group housing
November 6, 2020By Benny Mote
