Swine Health - General Disease
Mucosal Delivery of HA-Stalk Focused Vaccine Using Lactobacillus to Induce Broadly Cross Protection Against Swine Influenza Infections
February 26, 2021By Dr. Shi-hua Xiang
Swine Health-Foreign Animal Disease
Development of a bELISA for serological diagnostics and surveillance of SVA infection.
February 26, 2021By Dr. Steven Lawson Ph.D.
Senecavirus A (SVA) is a member of the Picornaviridae family and is associated with vesicular disease and neonatal mortality in swine. The primary concern of SVA associated disease is the development...
Animal Welfare
Evaluation of Analgesia Efficacy in Piglets Undergoing Castration and Processing
February 26, 2021By Dr. Patricia Turner
Surgical castration is routinely performed on commercial pig farms in North America to prevent boar taint and aggression. This procedure is known to be painful for piglets, yet is typically done...
Risk Management
Catastrophic Loss Mitigation Tool
February 26, 2021By Mr Joseph F. Somers
Swine Health-PRRS
Development of a live-attenuated PRRSV vaccine capable of eliciting a broad spectrum of heterologous protection
February 26, 2021By Hiep Vu
PRRS modified live virus (MLV) vaccines have been licensed for clinical administration for over 20 years. The vaccines confer solid protection against homologous PRRSV strains. However, the extent...
Swine Health - General Disease|Swine Health-PEDv
Evaluation of cross-protective immunity induced by porcine intestinal mesenchymal stromal cell-adapted PEDV
February 26, 2021By Mahesh Khatri
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) which was isolated in 2013 in the US is causing huge economic losses to Pork Industry. PEDV causes an acute enteric infection in pigs of all ages but infection...
Swine Health - General Disease
Does prevalence of influenza A virus at weaning influence disease transmission rates, clinical manifestation of disease, and production performance?
February 26, 2021By Montse Torremorell
Influenza is a major respiratory disease of pigs. Influenza causes reduction in pig’s performance and is a public health concern given that strains with pandemic potential can emerge in pigs. The...
Environment - Air
Evaluating gas and particulate matter emissions and downwind concentration impacts using the EPI Air Filter Wall system
February 23, 2021By Erin Cortus
Animal Welfare
Identifying barriers and implementing solutions to practical on-farm pain management during castration
November 18, 2020By Monique Pairis-Garcia
Animal Welfare
Automated computer vision system for tracking individual pig activity and locomotion in nursery/finisher group housing
November 6, 2020By Benny Mote