Swine Health - PRRS
Construction of Dynamic Aerosol Toroid Chambers
January 18, 2006By Jeffrey Zimmerman
PRRSV costs the US swine industry 560 million dollars each year in lost productivity. We can now successfully eliminate PRRSV from individual farms, but we cannot keep herds from becoming...
Swine Health - General Disease
Attempt to transmit swine hepatitis E virus (HEV) by consumption of fresh and frozen pork loin or liver
November 1, 2005By Patrick Halbur
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infects pigs but does not cause clinical disease in pigs. There is concern that hepatitis E virus from pigs may infect people and that pigs may be an important reservoir for...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of Serological Assays in Diagnosing Differing Serotypes of Swine Influenza Virus
August 29, 2005By Eileen Thacker
Respiratory disease caused by swine influenza virus (SIV) has become a serious health and economic problem to the U.S. swine industry. Prior to 1998, SIV in the U.S. swine population consisted of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of serum concentrations resulting from administration of high and low dose orally administered acetylsalicylic acid and sodium salicylate in swine through water medication systems
August 18, 2005By Locke Karriker
The first portion of this trial was designed to compare the solubility of two common liquid aspirin products – namely an acetylsalicylic acid and a sodium salicylate product. While the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an indirect ELISA to diagnose SIV using antibodies against the viral matrix protein
June 23, 2005By Eileen Thacker
Respiratory disease caused by swine influenza virus (SIV) has become a serious health and economic problem to the U.S. swine industry. Prior to 1998, SIV in the U.S. swine population consisted of a...
Pork Quality
The Effect of Long Term Selection for Reduced Backfat and Increased Loin Muscle Area on Meat and Eating Quality Traits in Duroc Swine
May 28, 2005By Tom Baas
In order to remain competitive in the future, it is important that pork producers develop a way to differentiate their product. Fresh pork quality is continuing to become increasingly important and...
Animal Well-being
Economic Analysis of Pig Space: Comparison of Production System Impacts
May 11, 2005By James Kliebenstein
Increasing concerns regarding the health and well-being of meat animals raised in confinement facilities have resulted in consideration of increasing the space allotment for animals. This research...
Swine Health - General Disease
Investigation into the Ability of Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies to Protect Pigs from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
February 10, 2005By En-Min Zhou
PRRS is the most costly disease U.S. swine producers confront and little progress has been made in recent years to improve the situation. Prevention and control of PRRS has been difficult, in part...
Swine Health - General Disease
The immunological significance of PRRS virus genetic variation
February 4, 2005By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
A high rate of genetic and antigenic variability is known to exist among PRRS viruses and has garnered great attention from the swine industry since such a phenotypic variation is perceived to...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development of a rapid detection method for Salmonella serotypes using a flow cytometric assay
February 2, 2005By Michael Wannameuhler
The use of serological assays to monitor the health status of swine herds has been used for several decades. The primary assays employed have included agglutination, neutralization, and/or ELISA...
