Infectivity of swine manure from pits on sow farms at varying lengths of time post infection with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)
August 25, 2016By S Tousignant
This project was designed to test manure from manure lagoons on sow farms across the midwest for the presence of viable PEDV in an effort to understand the risk of transmitting this virus...
PEDV infection risk factor analysis
September 15, 2015By S Tousignant
In this study, we sought to identify factors that were associated with PEDv outbreaks on a sample of 190 sow farms from within the Swine Vet Center practice. Additionally, we investigated...
Infectivity of swine manure from pits at varying lengths of time post infection with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus
October 28, 2014By S Tousignant
This project was designed to test manure from deep pits in 30 barns across southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa for the presence of viable PEDV in an effort to understand the risk of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Using Direct Virus Exposure in Conjunction with Modified Herd Closure for a PRRS Eradication Program
June 30, 2008By Paul Yeske
PRRS virus can be eradicated using direct virus exposure and herd closure of at least 200 days. • This can be done in a cost effective manner with the only additional cost is renting a site to...
Swine Health - PRRS
Analyzing PRRS status of piglets on multiple farms after serum exposure to validate production of negative piglets
November 3, 2006By Jeff Feder
Based on these results, serum exposure can be an effective way of stabilizing a sow herd and weaning negative piglets on a consistent basis in large, commercial sow units faced with a variety of PRRS...
Swine Health - PRRS
Sampling of adult boars during early infection using a new serum collection technique for PRRS PCR testing prior to semen collection
April 1, 2005By Darwin L. Reicks
In the study, serum had a higher quantity of virus than the blood swab samples as expected. The blood swab method can be done on boars each collection day, thus is user-friendly when compared with...
