Heterologous prime-boost vaccination protocols using whole inactivated influenza A virus vaccines to drive improved heterologous cross-protection
Investigating the effect of stressors on Senecavirus A pathogenesis and the potential occurrence of the “carrier state” in sows
“Senecavirus A in sows: Impact of transportation stress on early development of vesicular lesions, transmission and recurrence of clinical disease in persistently-infected animals.”
Does prevalence of influenza A virus at weaning influence disease transmission rates, clinical manifestation of disease, and production performance?
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 main strategy to control influenza in pigs is sow…
Ex-vivo bioassay method to assess viral infectivity in feeds and non-traditional sample matrices
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), caused by a coronavirus (PEDV), is a newly emerged enteric disease of swine, which was confirmed in the United States for the first time in April 2013. Since then, PED has caused unprecedented challenges to the…
Assessing PEDV infectivity of samples collected from a PEDV contaminated feed mill
Introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) into swine herds not only had a significant impact on animal health, but continues to be significant for pork producers and the feed manufacturing industry since it appears to be the first widely…
Evaluation of cross-protective immunity induced by porcine intestinal mesenchymal stromal cell-adapted PEDV
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 is severe in suckling piglets causing…
Comparing the whole genome sequences of historical and recent Streptococcus suis strains to identify virulence factors, genes or markers responsible for pathogenesis
Evaluating the effects of chemical treatments to reduce the likelihood of PEDV transmission by feed manufacturing equipment.
The overall objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of various chemical mitigation products applied to different feed manufacturing surfaces on the reduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) genetic material to mitigate the risk of disease transmission…