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United Pork Americas
News published on June 1, 2022
Topics such as health, market, nutrition, biosecurity will be led by world-renowned experts in each area during United Pork Americas in September in the United States        With the most important themes for swine farming already defined, United Pork Americas, an event scheduled for the 7th, 8th and 9th of September in the United States, has an agenda full of the greatest ex ...
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Article published the July 25, 2019
1. Introduction Newcastle disease is considered the number one disease constraint to poultry production in low and middle-income countries [1]. In these areas, chickens often serve as important protein sources and commodities to be sold or traded. Pathogens are not the only challenge in small-scale poultry production in these resource-limited settings. Heat stress also has a negative impact [2]. I ...
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Article published the July 24, 2019
BackgroundAvian influenza (AI) is a devastating disease and the current approach that is used to control it is based on isolation and extermination of affected flocks in order to stop the spread of the virus. Alternative approaches, including the use of vaccines, have been only 60% effective in chickens [1, 2] due to the high mutation rate of the virus and lack of cross-protection between viral st ...
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This member gave a presentation on January 30, 2018
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IPPE - International Production & Processing Expo 2018
Article published the July 17, 2014
Introduction Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is the most costly viral disease in pigs around the world. Estimated annual costs in the US alone are $664 million (Holtkamp et al. 2013). Although much emphasis has been placed on development of preventative measures to control the spread and impact of PRRS, including vaccination and regional eradication efforts, PRRS continues to ...
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Location:Ames, United States
Profile: Academic / scientific
Occupation: Professor of Animal Science
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