Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
PRRS host genetics consortium (PHGC): a proposal to continue consortium work to study the role of host genetics and resistance to PRRSV
April 27, 2015By Joan K. Lunney
Despite extensive efforts to eliminate PRRS from US production facilities, it remains a key disease issue and poses a continued economic...
Swine Health - General Disease
Live-animal assay for identifying correlates of protection/cross-protection for intranasal swine influenza virus vaccines
April 14, 2015By Crystal Loving
The majority of vaccines currently available for the prevention of influenza A virus (IAV) in swine are formulated as whole-inactivated...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Disinfection of foreign animal disease viruses on surfaces relevant to the Pork Packing Industry
February 10, 2015By Luis Rodriguez
The overall purpose of this research was to test the efficacy of commercial chemical disinfectants against foreign animal disease (FAD) viruses dried in swine products and on surfaces relevant...
Swine Health - PRRS
Defining a Novel Structural Component of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus and its Role in Disease Pathogenesis
November 13, 2014By Kay S. Faaberg
The objective of this project was to characterize the makeup of nsp2, shown to be a new structural component of the PRRSV virion. Radiolabelled nsp2 protein, in the absence or presence of...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Optimal dietary energy and protein for the development of gilts
August 13, 2014By Jeffrey Vallet
Sow longevity is a key component for efficient and profitable pig farming and efforts to improve it should start with the adequate management of replacement gilts. A key factor in gilt management is...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
National Animal Health Monitoring Survey for Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis
August 11, 2014By Dolores Hill
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) in 1983 to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on animal health, management, and...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
sessing predominant transmission routes for Toxoplasma gondii using NHANES 2007-2010
August 1, 2014By Dolores Hill
Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic infections of humans and other warmblooded animals. It has been found worldwide, and nearly one third of humanity has...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRS Immunology Literature Review
July 16, 2014By Crystal Loving
PRRSV infection is a chronic infection, persisting in an animal for months. While the early stages of disease are associated with virus in the blood, that virus is eventually cleared; however,...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of novel foot and mouth disease virus with multiple mutations for evaluation as live attenuated DIVA vaccine candidates
June 10, 2014By Teresa De Los Santos
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an extremely contagious viral disease of a variety of wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals, including pigs. The disease is distributed worldwide and has great...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Investigating potential existence of chronic, persistent foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in domestic pigs; implications for disease control strategies
February 18, 2014By Jonathan Arzt
The severe measures routinely enacted for control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks are based upon extreme contagiousness of the disease, rapidity of spread, and fear of residual...
