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Environment - Air
Determining PM and Odor Emission Reductions of a Geothermal Heating/Cooling System in a Grow-Finish Building
Throughout the U.S. there is a regulatory push to lower emissions of varies air pollutants from swine production facilities. The primary objective of this project was to determine if reductions in...
Swine Health - PRRS
Impact of pig farm density on incidence of PRRS in a cohort of sow herds
This project was designed to measure the incidence of PRRS infection in a cohort of US sow herds. Additionally, it sought to conduct a risk assessment based on the density of swine farms around...
Swine Health - PRRS
Further development of an integrated mapping service to support regional control & elimination of PRRS virus
There are approximately 20 regional PRRS projects in the United States in various stages of progress. Each coordinator has their own approach to the challenges of mapping the region, many depending...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Evaluation of the electrostatic particle ionization technology to decrease the risk of zoonotic infections.
Influenza A virus (IAV) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are important swine pathogens able to transmit via aerosol and with potential to affect human health. The electrostatic particle...
Environment - Air
Testing the effectiveness of a naturally occurring adsorbent to improve mitigation of multiple air emissions from swine buildings
Objectives: Biofiltration is a proven method to reduce odor and gas emissions from swine buildings and manure storage units. Biofilter media selection and moisture content fluctuations...
Development and validation of diagnostic testing detection for antigen and antibody detection for PEDv
Since the introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the United States, millions of piglets have died. Key items are needed to be address to further initial PEDV research and...
Swine Health - PRRS
Review of literature for epidemiology and control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) in North America: lessons learned and knowledge gaps
In 1989, a syndrome characterized by reproductive disorders in sow herds and respiratory disease in growing pigs was first reported in the southeastern United States (US) and disease reports...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of genetic diversity and dynamics of virus infection in a wean-to-finish pig population. Identification
Influenza A virus (IAV) can persist in populations for prolonged periods of time. The objectives of this study were to estimate the diversity of IAV in an infected growing pig population, and...
Development and validation of isolation and diagnostic testing detection for PEDv
Since the introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the Unites States, millions of piglets have died. Key items are needed to be address to further initial PEDV research, such as...
Epidemiologic investigation on propensity for lateral spread of PED virus
The objectives of this study were to determine lateral transmission patterns of PEDv in the US. For objective 1, evaluation of harvest plants as points or nodes of PEDv transmission. To...
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