Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of the efficacy of sow vaccination versus piglet vaccination for PCV2 and evaluation of the impact of revaccination with a homologous PCV2 vaccine
February 6, 2009By R. Butch Baker
The objectives of this study were (1) to compare the efficacy of two different PCV2 vaccination protocols (maternally derived antibodies versus piglet vaccination) in a conventional PCV2 growing pig...
Animal Well-being
An Industry Education Program for Understanding the Basics of the Space Allocation Debate in Pig Production
January 30, 2009By James Kliebenstein
The efficient use of facility space for swine production has been a key economic and production issue since the introduction of confinement production facilities. Stocking density decisions have...
Swine Health - General Disease
Head-to-head comparison of the level of protection and duration of immunity induced by different commercial and an autogenous PCV2 vaccine
January 30, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
The study objectives were to compare the duration of immunity of commercially available, one and two dose, killed porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines. Sixty, 3.5-week-old pigs were randomly...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the amount of PCV2 needed for intrauterine transmission and assessment of effect of PCV2 exposure (natural and vaccine) prior to insemination
January 30, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is associated with reproductive failure in pregnant female pigs; however, the role of PCV2 in semen has not been elucidated. To determine the significance of semen in...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of protective epitopes toward developing a vaccine providing broad cross-protection against various PRRS viruses
December 15, 2008By Won-Il Kim
Enormous genetic and antigenic variation impedes effective control and prevention of PRRS. Since PRRS virus vaccination is shown to be effective only against homologous or closely related viruses,...
Swine Health - PRRS
Inactivation of PRRSV using ultraviolet light
November 11, 2008By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The objective of this study was to calculate the inactivation of PRRSV by dose of UV254 in a “static” (i.e., virus-in-liquid solution) system. This study is the first step in...
Swine Health - General Disease
Improving Swine Health: Enhancing Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity Using Novel Polymer Adjuvants
November 2, 2008By Michael Wannameuhler
As commodity markets fluctuate and producer profit margins diminish, economic loss due to infectious disease become even more important to the survivability of operations. Vaccination continues to be...
Swine Health - General Disease
Enhanced virulence and treatment of multiple antibiotic resistant Salmonella choleraesuis in swine
October 3, 2008By Dr. Steve Carlson|Michael Kimber
Previous studies revealed that protozoa (amoebae) can augment the virulence (ability to cause disease) of certain Salmonella strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. This phenomenon has...
Swine Health - General Disease
Effects of high and low virulent PCV2 on activated PBMC populations
August 26, 2008By Dr. Eileen Thacker
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated diseases (PCVAD) have been an important cause of mortality and economic loss to the swine industry. The importance of virulence between different virus...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identifying genes associated with Salmonella shedding to increase pork safety through improved genetic resistance
August 1, 2008By Christopher Tuggle
The long-term goals of this project are to use genomics tools to identify genetic variants associated with decreased Salmonella shedding on farms; and to use these variants to select for animals that...
