Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Evaluation of African Swine Fever Virus Nucleic Acid Detection Dynamics in Swine in Oral Fluid Samples Collected After the Detection of the Presence of the ASF Virus in Pigs from Commercial Establishments
May 20, 2022By Andrei D. Mihalca
Acquiring ASF positive samples from an endemic country to test at FADDL will help to determine how these samples types and diagnostic tests can be utilized during an ASF response in the US. Samples...
Animal Science
Accurate and Rapid Assessment of Pig Body Weight
May 20, 2022By Jonathan Holt
The overall objective of this research project was to identify available technologies that can rapidly, and accurately, assess pig body weight at market. In order to complete the objectives,...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Small-Scale, In-Barn Carcass Management Exploration
May 20, 2022By Brett Ramirez
A foreign animal disease outbreak or other catastrophic event impacting the swine industry may require the need to depopulate facilities, resulting in mass mortalities. If these mass mortalities are...
Animal Well-being
Quantifying a Technique Using Carbon Monoxide for the Depopulation of Swine
May 20, 2022By Doug Groth
The project demonstrated the euthanasia of mature sows and feeder pigs using carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a 1970 gas grain truck. The gas engine system, with no modifications, had been previously...
Swine Health - PRRS
Mitigation of PRRS Transmission with UV Light Treatment of Barn Inlet Air: Proof-of-Concept
May 20, 2022By Jacek A. Koziel
‘Drive sustainable Production’ is one of the NBP’s key goals for 2015-2020 and the Swine Health Committee. This research helped address one key target, i.e., deployment of tools for...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and validation of real-time RT-PCR assays for the detection of swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) and investigation of its presence in US swine
May 20, 2022By Jianqiang Zhang
There are currently six coronaviruses that can infect pigs and these include porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV),...
Animal Well-being
Mass Depopulation of Swine Facilities via On-Site Generation of Carbon Monoxide
May 20, 2022By Brett Ramirez
In the event of an infectious animal disease outbreak, rapid depopulation of the infected livestock herds can help prevent the spread of the disease and potentially reduce suffering of the impacted...
Swine Health
Development of a CSFV Erns IgG AlphaLISA® assay capable of differentiating infected from CSFV-vaccinated animals (DIVA)
February 25, 2022By Yaowalak Panyasing
Study aimed to develop a CSFV Erns IgG AlphaLISA® for serum and oral fluids that would complement currently available CSFV E2 DIVA vaccines.
Effects of Lean Pork on Microbiota and Microbial-Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-Oxide: A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Feeding Trial Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
February 19, 2022By Samitinjaya Dhakal
Scope Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a microbiota-dependent and primarily animal-protein-derived proatherogenic metabolite. The ecological impact of pork—the most popular animal protein...
Swine Health
Assessment of sample dilution and number of ropes used for detection of swine pens infected with PRRS early in the course of infection
February 11, 2022By Karyn Havas
This pilot study evaluated the impact of sharing ropes for sample collection between an infected pen and an uninfected pen. Further, it evaluated how the detection of a pathogen changed as the prevalence increased.
Swine Health - PRRS
Assessment of Sample Dilution and Number of Ropes Used for Detection of Swine Pens Infected with PRRS Early in the Course of Infection: a Pilot Study
February 11, 2022By Karyn Havas
This pilot study evaluated the impact of sharing ropes for sample collection between an infected pen and an uninfected pen. Further, it evaluated how the detection of a pathogen changed as the...
Animal Well-being
Quantifying a Technique Using Carbon Monoxide for the Depopulation of Swine
January 1, 2022By Doug Groth
The project demonstrated the euthanasia of mature sows and feeder pigs using carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a 1970 gas grain truck. The gas engine system, with no modifications, had been previously used to euthanize weaned pigs. This project further improved the method by cooling and filtering particulates out of the exhaust gas prior to contact with the pigs.
