Washington State University Archives - Pork Checkoff

Pork Checkoff Research

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Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Application of a novel inhibition mechanism to control E. coli O157:H7 and other non-O157:H7 pathogenic E. coli.
Enterohemorrhagic and exotoxigenic E. coli (EHEC and ETEC) pose a variety of animal health and food safety challenges for the food animal industry. E. coli F4 is an ETEC pathogen that is an...
Swine Health - PRRS
Macrophage cell-lines for in vitro propagation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Vaccination of pigs against PRRSV is the most prudent and logical way of controlling this economically important disease. Production of vaccines requires large scale propagation of PRRSV in the...
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