Swine Health - General Disease
Comparing the whole genome sequences of historical and recent Streptococcus suis strains to identify virulence factors, genes or markers responsible for pathogenesis
July 5, 2019By Dr. Douglas Marthaler Ph.D.
Environment - Environmental Footprint
A meta-analysis of life cycle assessments on environmental footprints of five representative finishing swine diets
June 1, 2019By Dr. Zifei Liu Ph.D.
Swine Health - PRRS
Adaptation of PRRSV to genetic modifications in CD163
March 13, 2019By Dr. Raymond R. Rowland Ph.D.
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Assessing the risk of African swine fever virus (ASFV) transmission in feed
February 5, 2019By Dr. Megan Niederwerder
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
From feed to meat: investigation of the prevalence and distribution of Salmonella enterica serotype I 4,[5], 12:i: – a pathogen of interest in pork
July 16, 2018By Dr. Valentina Trinetta
Ensuring the safety of pork is essential for producers in order to maintain animal and human health, and also to continue serving export markets. One barrier to this is the rising occurrence of...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Assessing the role of medium chain fatty acids as an alternative to medically important antibiotic
June 11, 2018By Dr. Cassandra Jones
Research has demonstrated that medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) can serve as reduction strategies for bacterial and viral pathogens in animal feed and ingredients. However, it is unknown how the type or level of MCFA impact bacteria growt
Swine Health - PRRS
Detection and differentiation of field strains and commonly used vaccine strains of Type 2 PRRS virus in the US
April 13, 2018By Dr. Jianfa Bai Ph.D.
PRRS remains the most economically devastating swine disease with an estimated annual loss of $664 million in the US. The PRRS genome is constantly changing, making accurate diagnosis difficult. Many...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development and Evaluation of a Standardized Protocol for Utilization of Swine Oral fluids for PCR detection of High Consequence Pathogens: FMD, CSF, and ASF
February 14, 2018By Dr. Jesse Trujillo
The primary objective of this project was to develop a standard operating procedure for the use of swine oral fluids (SOF) as a diagnostic specimen for detection of endemic viral diseases such as...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Protective Efficacy of an Adenovirus-vectored ASFV Multi-antigen Cocktail
February 9, 2018By Dr. Waithaka Mwangi
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Rapid detection and epidemiological surveillance of African Swine Fever using oral fluid
February 9, 2018By Dr. Juergen Richt Ph.D.