Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of genetic diversity and dynamics of virus infection in a wean-to-finish pig population. Identification
May 2, 2014By Montse Torremorell
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
April 2, 2014By James E. Collins
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
March 15, 2014By Robert B. Morrison
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...
Environmental stability of PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus)
March 1, 2014By Sagar M. Goyal
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Factors driving the emergence and persistence of multidrug resistance-encoding plasmids in the swine environment
February 16, 2014By Timothy Johnson
This study examined the impact of subtherapeutic and therapautic levels of chlortetracycline in feed on the selection and dissemination...
Public Health - Other
Animal and Human Health Implications of Livestock Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
January 1, 2014By Peter Davies
The apparently recent emergence of ST398 MRSA in livestock populations in many countries is a valid cause of consternation, and the public health implications need to be...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Critical appraisal of evidence that low-dose, long term (growth promotion) antimicrobial use augments public health risks from antimicrobial resistant organisms
December 10, 2013By Peter Davies
Antimicrobials are important tools for ensuring the health, welfare and productivity of pigs raised for food. Banning of antimicrobial growth promotant use in Denmark, and subsequently more widely in...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of the genetic diversity of Mycoplasma hyorhinis field isolates by multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST)
November 26, 2013By Alberto Rovira
Mycoplasma hyorhinis is an important pathogenic organism that inhabits de nasal cavity of swine. This bacterium has been associated with a variety of diseases in pigs, where polyserositis and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Early detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in live pigs: Comparison of current methods and development of new assays
November 5, 2013By Maria Pieters
Detection of M. hyopneumoniae infections in live pigs is difficult for the producer, the field veterinarian and the diagnostician. This study was designed and performed with the objective to compare...
Swine Health - General Disease
Reverse Vaccinology and Genomics Towards Controlling Post-Weaning Diarrhea
May 1, 2013By Timothy Johnson
Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) in pigs is a continuing problem for the swine industry. The goal of this study was to utilize a concept known as reverse vaccinology towards the identification of novel...
