Public Health - Influenza
Optimization of Ante mortem methods for surveillance of swine influenza infection
May 1, 2012By Christa Irwin
The objective of this research was to compare the detection of influenza virus A in nasal swabs vs. pen-based oral fluids. In addition, this study evaluated the impact of vaccination on IAV shedding...
Swine Health - PRRS
Understanding the effect of concurrent PCV2a or PCV2b infection on the evolution of the PRRSV during serial passage in pigs
April 3, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections are among the most important swine viruses facing the industry today. Although vaccines...
Public Health - MRSA
MRSA resistance to thermal processes commonly used with pork and pork products
April 1, 2012By James S. Dickson
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been linked to livestock production (referred to as Livestock Associated or LA-MRSA). The bacterium has been found in some swine herds as well...
Public Health - MRSA
The potential for human contamination with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from handling contaminated pork products.
April 1, 2012By James S. Dickson
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been linked to livestock production (referred to as Livestock Associated or LA-MRSA). The bacterium has been found in some swine herds as well...
Swine Health - General Disease
Enhanced Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Brachyspira in Swine
March 6, 2012By Erin Strait
Brachyspira infection(s) appear to growing in importance in today’s swine industry. While largely disappearing from U.S. swine herds...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of age, dose and antibiotic therapy on the development of neonatal Clostridium difficile disease
January 28, 2012By Darin Madson
Neonatal piglet diarrhea is associated with increased pre-weaning mortality, poor growth rates, and variation in piglet weight at...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluating the contribution of ion pumps and protein turnover towards feed efficiency in finisher pigs selected for low and high residual feed intake
January 26, 2012By Nicholas Gabler
Feed costs are on the rise and are a major variable cost in swine production. As such, the overall objective of this proposal was to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effect of PCV2 vaccination on chronic PCV2 infection and determination of infectivity of PCV2 present in chronically infected pigs
January 13, 2012By Tanja Opriessnig
The objectives were to determine transmissibility of PCV2 to naïve contact pigs 140 days after infection of resident pigs and the...
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...
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...
