Swine Health - PRRS
Exploring PRRS virus GP5 peptides for protective cross-reactive T cellepitopes
June 16, 2008By Carol Wyatt
Current vaccines have not met the needs of producers who want to control and eliminate PRRS. Development of vaccines that elicit protective anti-viral immune responses requires identification of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of a peptide sequence in nsp2 that can function as a deletion marker for the differentiation of vaccinated from naturally infected pigs
May 27, 2008By Raymond R. Rowland
The implementation of an effective control plan for PRRS will require safe and effective vaccines. Future modified live virus (MLV) vaccines will require a mechanism that can be used to 1) identify...
Swine Health - General Disease
The “Kansas Cluster” of severe PMWS cases: characterization of a novel PCV2 as the possible etiological agent.
October 31, 2007By Raymond R. Rowland
The proposal was submitted in response to a request for proposals to investigate PCV2 associated disease. The three objectives were (1) analyze PCV2 genetic sequences from herds experiencing an...
Animal Well-being
Investigation into the effects of feeding schedule on body condition, aggressiveness, and reproductive failure in group housed sows
July 17, 2006By Michael Tokach
Determining the welfare status of gestating sows can be challenging because of the complexities between different gestation housing environments and challenges quantifying measures of welfare. A...
Swine Health - General Disease
Real-time PCR detection of PRRSv and rapid identification of vaccine in serum and semen
July 28, 2004By Dr. Richard Oberst
The detection of PRRSv in boars is critical for developing and maintaining a biosecure breeding program, however it is complicated by many variables. Correlating the current PRRSv infectious status...
Pork Quality
Infrared Thermography of Market Hogs as a Predictor of Pork Quality
October 17, 2003By Michael Dikeman
Infrared thermography is a non-invasive, rapid technique capable of detecting pigs with warmer and/or cooler skin surface temperatures than normal, which could be related to variation in pork...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Corn Particles Size and Pelleting Influence on Fecal Shedding and Enteric Colonization of Salmonella Typhimurium
September 22, 2003By Steve S. Dritz
Grinding corn to a finer particle size has been shown to have beneficial effects on growth, feed efficiency, and digestibility. The trial demonstrated improvements in growth and efficiency. However,...
Public Health - Other
Recovery and Identification of Airborne Microorganisms in Swine Facilities Using Selective Agar and Thin Agar Layer (TAL) Resuscitation Media
March 31, 2003By Beth Ann Crozier-Dodson|Dr. DanielY. C. Fang
This study was designed to determine the amount of bacteria in the air of a swine confinement finishing barn using media designed to resuscitate injured organisms. In addition to knowing how much...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Post-Process Pasteurization of Packaged, Ready-to-Eat products forControl of Listeria monocytogenes
May 2, 2002By Harshavardhan Thippareddi
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an Avirulent Vaccine Strain of Streptococcus suis
February 12, 2001By George C. Stewart
