Characterization of the pathogenesis of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in neonates and weaned pigs and generation of reference diagnostic specimens
November 19, 2014By Darin Madson
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus unexpectedly entered the North American swine population in 2013 resulting in widespread and devastating disease. Understanding this virus and its infection...
Oral fluid testing for cost-effective and efficient surveillance and control of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine population
October 31, 2014By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Swine oral fluid and sampling has been recently recognized as a sample matrix and a cost effective tool for surveillance of numerous pathogens, notably PRRSV and SIV. The project was to...
Environment - Air
Air Management Practices Assessment Tool – A Producer Guide to Comparing Mitigation Strategies
October 27, 2014By Dr. Jay Harmon
Swine producers strive to be good stewards of natural resources with or without regulations and air mitigation technologies may help to achieve that goal. Environmental and legal pressures may...
Animal Well-being
Comparing Heat Lamp vs. Heat Mat for Farrowing Crate Heating
September 1, 2014By Hongwei Xin
From 2007 to 2012, the average number of piglets born and piglets born alive for the US swine operation increased by 1.1 and 1.2 piglets...
Pork Quality
Improving carcass fat quality by manipulating the amount and timing of feeding dietary fats with different iodine values
August 7, 2014By John Patience
This project speaks directly to the primary objectives of the Improving Fat Quality program, by seeking to maximize production efficiencies through optimizing the use of dietary fat and...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Occurrence and Movement of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields Receiving Swine Manure Application
July 23, 2014By Michelle Soupir
The use of antibiotics by the swine industry to increase production efficiency and treat disease is thought to contribute to antibiotic resistance in the environment. When manure from hog operations...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of emerging porcine parvovirus types in the U.S. pig population
July 21, 2014By Tanja Opriessnig
A new porcine parvovirus (PPV), provisionally designated asPPV5, was identified in U.S. pigs. PPV5 is most closely related to PPV4 with overall genomic...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of Genetic Mutations that Confer Escape from Innate or Adaptive Host Immune Responses During PRRSV Infection In Vivo
July 15, 2014By Susan Carpenter
The major goal of the proposed study was to identify specific genetic mutations in the PRRS virus genome that confer escape from host immune responses during PRRSV infection in vivo. The study used...
Evaluation of time and temperature sufficient to inactivate porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine feces on metal surfaces
July 8, 2014By Derald Holtkamp
In May of 2013 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in swine for the first time in the United States and spread quickly across much of the country, partly due to the movement of...
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...
