| evidence for a porcine respiratory coronavirus, antigenically similar to transmissible gastroenteritis virus, in the united states. | a respiratory variant of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (tgev), designated prcv-ind/89, was isolated from a swine breeding stock herd in indiana. the virus was readily isolated from nasal swabs of pigs of different ages and induced cytopathology on primary porcine kidney cells and and on a swine testicular (st) cell line. an 8-week-old pig infected oral/nasally with the respiratory variant and a contact pig showed no signs of respiratory or enteric disease. these pigs did not shed virus in ... | 1990 | 1965638 |
| incidence of sarcoptes scabiei (acari: sarcoptidae) and haematopinus suis (anoplura: haematopinidae) on swine in indiana. | | 1987 | 3693664 |
| the epidemiology of vesicular stomatitis in the united states. | | 1968 | 4330979 |
| pseudorabies in indiana: current status, laboratory confirmation, and epizootiologic considerations. | | 1974 | 4534766 |
| penicillium viridicatum toxins and mold nephrosis. | | 1973 | 4593859 |
| serological and experimental studies of pseudorabies in swine. | | 1964 | 5217512 |
| diseases in cattle in contact with swine under feedlot conditions. ii. case studies on a glossitis-respiratory complex. | | 1967 | 5257334 |
| hepatosis dietetica and mulberry heart disease associated with selenium deficiency in indiana swine. | | 1970 | 5529081 |
| epizootiology of tuberculosis in starlings. | | 1966 | 5968956 |
| isolation of mycoplasma flocculare from swine in the united states. | during 1977 to 1980, mycoplasma flocculare was isolated from the lungs of 7 swine in the united states. two of the swine were from a single alabama herd, 1 was from minnesota, 2 were from different illinois herds, and 2 were from different indiana herds. three of the swine were from specific-pathogen-free herds and 4 were from conventional herds. the lungs from the 7 swine had gross lesions typical of mycoplasmal pneumonia. two lungs yielded a mixture of m flocculare and m hyopneumoniae; the rem ... | 1981 | 7283233 |
| vesicular stomatitis strikes west. | | 1995 | 7591932 |
| prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis e virus in veterinarians working with swine and in normal blood donors in the united states and other countries. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is endemic in many developing and some industrialized countries. it has been hypothesized that animals may be the source of infection. the recent identification of swine hev in u.s. pigs and the demonstration of its ability to infect across species have lent credence to this hypothesis. to assess the potential risk of zoonotic hev infection, we tested a total of 468 veterinarians working with swine (including 389 u.s. swine veterinarians) and 400 normal u.s. blood donors ... | 2002 | 11773103 |
| emergence and re-emergence of vesicular stomatitis in the united states. | vesicular stomatitis (vs) is an important disease of cattle, horses and pigs. the causal agent is an arbovirus; vesicular stomatitis virus (vsv) of which two distinct serotypes new jersey (nj) and indiana (in) have been described. the clinical signs in cattle and pigs are undistinguishable from foot-and-mouth disease (fmd), one of the most devastating viral infections of livestock. vsv is the most important cause of vesicular disease in fmd-free countries in the americas, causing thousands of ou ... | 2002 | 12034487 |
| clinical and pathologic characterization of esophagogastric ulcers in swine. | | 1963 | 14072822 |
| re-emergence of vesicular stomatitis in the western united states is associated with distinct viral genetic lineages. | phylogenetic analysis of partial phosphoprotein and glycoprotein gene sequences showed that a single genetic lineage of vesicular stomatitis virus (vsv) serotype new jersey (nj) caused the 1995 and 1997 outbreaks of vesicular stomatitis (vs) in the western united states. while distinct from vsv-nj strains causing previous outbreaks in the western united states and those circulating in feral swine in the southeastern united states, this lineage was closely related to viral lineages circulating in ... | 2000 | 10814582 |
| characterization of infection with endemic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in a swine herd. | infection of 8-week-old pigs with endemic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (prrs) virus was detected on a farm that had an epidemic of prrs in 1989. during the 2.5 years since the original epidemic, reproductive performance of the breeding herd had been within acceptable limits, but mortality had periodically exceeded one-fourth of the pigs in the nursery (195 died of 761 weaned, 25.6%). investigators attempted to determine the age and humoral immune status of pigs infected with end ... | 1994 | 8077141 |
| aerosol transmission of a viable virus affecting swine: explanation of an epizootic of pseudorabies. | a gaussian diffusion model was applied to an epizootic of pseudorabies in ten swine herds located in decatur county, indiana, usa to test the hypothesis that the virus can be spread via aerosol. the epizootic occurred during january to march, 1988, spreading through ten farms across an area of about 150 km2. the model included a receptor component that provided an estimate of viruses received by the pig within an enclosed barn. results show that the diffusion model can explain the spread of the ... | 1994 | 8039948 |
| the genotype of aujeszky's disease viruses isolated in argentina. | genomes of four argentine isolates of aujeszky's disease virus (adv) (rio cuarto/79, mercedes, chanar ladeado-7 and chanar ladeado-15) from pigs were characterized and compared with four adv strains obtained from u.s.a. (indiana-s), sweden (sweden 66), france (alfort) and japan (yamagata-s81) by restriction endonuclease (re) analysis. although three argentine isolates were classified into type i of bamhi cleavage pattern, one isolate, mercedes, belonged to type ii, according to the classificatio ... | 1994 | 7865606 |
| survey of vomitoxin-contaminated feed grains in midwestern united states, and associated health problems in swine. | during the 1981 corn harvest season in illinois and surrounding states, cold wet weather enhanced the growth of fusarium graminearum, with resulting contamination by vomitoxin and, to a lesser extent, zearalenone. of 342 feed samples analyzed, 274 contained vomitoxin at a concentration ranging from 0.1 to 41.6 ppm (mean, 3.1 ppm) and 40 samples contained zearalenone at a concentration ranging from 0.1 to 8 ppm (mean, 0.66 ppm). animal health problems and reduced growth performance were observed ... | 1984 | 6230342 |
| serovar distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of swine salmonella isolates from clinically ill pigs in diagnostic submissions from indiana in the united states. | to determine serovar distribution and levels of antimicrobial susceptibility of salmonella isolated from clinically ill pigs in diagnostic submissions. | 2009 | 19187513 |
| the epizootiology of the vesicular stomatitis viruses: a reappraisal. | | 1967 | 4293743 |
| seroprevalence of and risk factors for toxoplasma gondii in the us swine herd using sera collected during the national animal health monitoring survey (swine 2006). | the united states department of agriculture (usda) initiated the national animal health monitoring system (nahms) in 1983 to collect, analyse and disseminate data on animal health, management and productivity in us domestic livestock populations, including swine. the programme includes an on-farm serological sampling component which can be used to monitor seroprevalence of various pathogens, including toxoplasma gondii. the purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of t. gondii i ... | 2010 | 19744304 |
| epizootic vesicular stomatitis in colorado, 1982: epidemiologic studies along the northern colorado front range. | epidemiologic evaluations were made of farm personnel on vesicular stomatitis-affected premises along the front range of the rocky mountains in colorado during the 1982 epizootic. a similar antibody prevalence was noted to that of veterinarians and research and regulatory personnel who were involved with the same epizootic. risk of infection resulted from intimate physical contact with infected horses or cows. incidence and infection rates in horses were 45%; rates in cows were much lower, only ... | 1987 | 3028193 |
| antibodies to vesicular stomatitis virus in populations of feral swine in the united states. | from 1979 to 1985, 941 feral swine (sus scrofa) from 53 locations in 15 states were serologically tested for antibodies to vesicular stomatitis virus (vsv). antibodies to new jersey serotype vsv were present in 75 swine from five locations in arkansas, florida, georgia, and louisiana. within these populations, antibody prevalences ranged from 10 to 100%. no antibodies to indiana serotype were detected. | 1986 | 3016348 |
| serologic surveillance for vesicular stomatitis virus on ossabaw island, georgia. | seventeen species of mammals and seven species of birds from ossabaw island, georgia, were tested for vesicular stomatitis (vs) neutralizing antibodies. seropositive results were restricted to mammals with six of 17 species testing seropositive for vs (new jersey type) neutralizing antibodies. seropositive species included: raccoons (procyon lotor), white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), feral swine (sus scrofa), cattle (bos taurus), horses (equus caballus), and donkeys (equus asinus). all ... | 1985 | 2987546 |
| natural occurrence of deoxynivalenol, 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, and zearalenone in refusal factor corn stored since 1972. | two samples of "refusal factor" corn, one stored frozen in minnesota and one stored dry in indiana since 1972 or 1973, were analyzed for the presence of fusarium spp. and fusarium toxins. both samples were from corn refused by swine in indiana from 1972 to 1973. sample fs 808 (stored in indiana) contained 20 ppm of deoxynivalenol (20 micrograms/g), 16 ppm of 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, 5 ppm of zearalenone, and 0.2 ppm of alpha-zearalenol. sample fs 362 (stored in minnesota) contained 3 ppm of deo ... | 1986 | 2939798 |
| molecular characterization of sylvatic isolates of trichinella spiralis. | genetic relationships of 20 trichinella isolates from indiana wildlife were assessed and compared to trichinella isolated from an infected swine herd. trichinella larvae were isolated from coyotes, mink, raccoons, and red foxes. the larvae were maintained and amplified in white mice (icr) and wild mice (peromyscus leucopus). differences in phenotypic characters of sylvatic isolates in the 2 laboratory hosts included an approximately 10-30-fold increase in parasite fecundity in wild mice. dna for ... | 1989 | 2542508 |
| a repetitive dna probe specific for a north american sylvatic genotype of trichinella. | a partial genomic dna library constructed in puc 13 using dna from a sylvatic isolate of trichinella spiralis (t. spiralis t5) was differentially screened with radiolabeled homologous genomic dna and with dna from t. spiralis t1. one clone was identified and designated pupb-3.7 which, by slot blot and southern blot analyses, reacted specifically with t. spiralis t5 dna and did not cross-react with dna from any other t. spiralis genotype. the 482-bp repetitive sequence which is 70% rich in a and ... | 1991 | 1762626 |
| a quantitative taqman pcr assay for the detection of mycoplasma suis. | aim: to develop a taqman probe-based, highly sensitive and specific quantitative pcr (qpcr) assay for the detection and quantification of m. suis in the blood of pigs. methods and results: primers and probes specific to m. suis 16s rrna gene were designed. the qpcr assay's specificity, detection limit, intra- and inter-assay variability were evaluated and its performance was compared to a m. suis conventional pcr assay (cpcr). blood of two experimentally infected pigs, 40 indiana pigs, 40 braz ... | 2011 | 21575112 |
| epizootic of pseudorabies among ten swine herds. | an epizootic of pseudorabies in 10 swine herds located near greensburg in decatur county, indiana was investigated. records of decatur county swine herds previously quarantined because of pseudorabies were obtained. for the 1988 epizootic, clinical findings were considered, location of each of the 10 swine herds in relation to the other herds was determined, and potential fomites were considered. meteorologic data prior to, during, and after the epizootic were obtained, correlated, and analyzed. ... | 1991 | 1659567 |
| trichinosis in sows slaughtered at a kentucky abattoir. | from july 26 to 30, 1976, diaphragmatic pillar samples were collected from 513 sows slaughtered at a federally inspected abattoir in kentucky. the sows represented 5 marketing areas: rushville, in (186); cincinnati, oh )158); indianapolis, in (70); georgetown, ky (54); and columbus, oh (45). using the pooled-sample digestion technique, 3 dead trichina larvae were identified in 1 sample pooled from 15 diaphragms (10 g each). an attempt to identify the individually infected sow(s) was unsuccessful ... | 1977 | 924834 |
| porcine toxoplasmosis in indiana. | toxoplasmosis was diagnosed at necropsy in a 4-week-old pig from a litter of 16 born to a clinically normal sow. multifocal acute necrosis of blood vessels and parenchyma was found in the small intestine, mesenteric lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain. numerous tachyzoites, ultrastructurally indistinguishable from toxoplasma gondii, were found in lesions. the affected pig and seven other littermates died after diarrhea had developed within 1 to 2 weeks of birth. the most likely source of infect ... | 1979 | 422464 |
| the use of porcine small intestinal submucosa for the repair of full-thickness corneal defects in dogs, cats and horses. | to evaluate the efficacy of using a porcine small intestinal submucosa (sis) graft covered by a conjunctival flap for the surgical repair of full-thickness corneal wounds in dogs, cats and horses. | 2004 | 15310296 |
| infection of swine with microsporum nanum. | | 1965 | 14306200 |
| a prolonged outbreak of polioencephalomyelitis due to infection with a group i porcine enterovirus. | a commercial swineherd in indiana experienced high death loss of nursery pigs with neurologic disorders for a prolonged period. polioencephalomyelitis was the consistent histopathological lesion in affected animals. a porcine enterovirus (pev) classified to group i was isolated from spinal cords and brains collected from the affected animals. the isolate (isuvdl 200103183) was determined to belong to either serogroup 5 or 6 at the national veterinary services laboratories, ames, ia. no other sig ... | 2003 | 12661734 |
| vesicular stomatitis. | vesicular stomatitis is an infrequent yet important vesicular disease of cattle, horses, and swine. periodic outbreaks of this disease in the united states have caused economic losses in cattle herds because of decreased production, movement restrictions, and trade embargoes. vesicular stomatitis causes clinical signs indistinguishable from those of foot-and-mouth disease. it is of utmost importance that appropriate samples are collected from clinical cases of vesicular disease in cattle and swi ... | 2002 | 12442577 |
| prevalence of swine influenza virus subtypes on swine farms in the united states. | serologic and virologic prevalence of infection with different swine influenza virus (siv) subtypes was investigated using swine sera, nasal swabs and lung samples that had been submitted for a diagnosis to the minnesota veterinary diagnostic laboratory. a total of 111,418 pig sera were tested for siv antibody between 1998 and 2000, and 25,348 sera (22.8%) were found to be positive by the hemagglutination inhibition (hi) test. of the positive samples, 16,807 (66.7%) and 8,541 (33.7%) had antibod ... | 2002 | 12111430 |
| threat of foreign arthropod-borne pathogens to livestock in the united states. | there are many exotic animal pathogens throughout the world that, if introduced into the united states. could have a significant detrimental impact on the health of livestock, agricultural economy, the environment, and public health. many of these pathogens are arthropod-borne and potential vectors are readily available in the united states. a number of these arthropod-borne pathogens are discussed here as examples that illustrate the potential risk and the consequences of inadvertent introducti ... | 2002 | 12061432 |
| effect of strain and serotype of vesicular stomatitis virus on viral shedding, vesicular lesion development, and contact transmission in pigs. | to determine whether pigs can be infected with strains of vesicular stomatitis virus new jersey (vsv-nj) and vesicular stomatitis virus indiana (vsv-i) isolated during recent vesicular stomatitis outbreaks that primarily involved horses in the western united states and determine the potential for these viruses to be transmitted by contact. | 2004 | 15478770 |
| circovirus-like viral associated disease in weaned pigs in indiana. | inclusion bodies with staining affinity and ultrastructural characteristics typical of circoviruses that stained positive for porcine circovirus (pcv)-like virus were demonstrated in association with granulomatous lesions in multiple tissues of three clinically ill 10- to 12-week-old pigs. a syndrome of poor growth and wasting in 5-15% of weaned pigs was an intermittent problem on a 450-sow one-site farrow-to-finish swine farm in indiana. routine diagnostic testing did not demonstrate a cause. g ... | 1998 | 9684976 |
| acute nonfatal erysipelas in sows in a commercial farrow-to-finish operation. | acute nonfatal erysipelas was diagnosed in 4 sows in a 1,000-sow commercial farrow-to-finish operation in indiana. sows were pyrexic, lethargic, lame, and had multiple, 1.3- to 7.6-cm, erythematous rhomboid skin lesions. outbreak was attributed to failure to properly vaccinate pigs. further morbidity and mortality were prevented by treatment of clinically affected sows and all pigs in close proximity with procaine penicillin g daily for 3 consecutive days and vaccination of all pigs with questio ... | 1998 | 9524646 |
| an overview of pseudorabies (aujeszky's disease) and vesicular stomatitis from the canadian animal health network. | | 1998 | 9442949 |
| pseudorabies in captive coyotes. | pseudorabies (aujeszky's disease) was diagnosed in three adult captive coyotes (canis latrans) from southern indiana (usa). the coyotes died in their outdoor enclosure within a 48 hr period. histopathology revealed multifocal, nonsuppurative meningioencephalitis and eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies within neurons. samples of brain were positive for pseudorabies virus by fluorescent antibody testing and virus isolation. source of infection was the probable consumption of pseudorabies vi ... | 1997 | 9391985 |
| novel swine influenza virus subtype h3n1, united states. | influenza a virus infects various animal species and transmits among different hosts, especially between humans and swine. swine may serve as a mixing vessel to create new reassortants that could infect humans. thus, monitoring and characterizing influenza viruses in swine are important in preventing interspecies transmission. we report the emergence and characterization of a novel h3n1 subtype of swine influenza virus (siv) in the united states. phylogenetic analysis showed that the h3n1 sivs m ... | 2006 | 16704839 |
| thermoregulation in larval aggregations of carrion-feeding blow flies (diptera: calliphoridae). | the growth and development of carrion-feeding calliphorid (diptera: calliphoridae) larvae, or maggots, is of great interest to forensic sciences, especially for estimation of a postmortem interval (pmi). the development rate of calliphorid larvae is influenced by the temperature of their immediate environment. heat generation in larval feeding aggregations (=maggot masses) is a well-known phenomenon, but it has not been quantitatively described. calculated development rates that do not include i ... | 2007 | 17547240 |
| use of surgisis for abdominal wall reconstruction/closure in battlefield casualties during operation iraqi freedom. | a case series and discussion based on experiences gained during operation iraqi freedom are presented. the army previously published an article on the use of gore-tex mesh in the staged closure of open abdominal wounds. we thought that use of a biomaterial could shorten the overall course of abdominal closure and improve outcomes. this is mainly a "proof of concept" type of study. although class i data are not presented, a useful concept is discussed. to our knowledge, no other report of the use ... | 2007 | 17985779 |
| greenhouse gas fluxes in an eastern corn belt soil: weather, nitrogen source, and rotation. | relative contributions of diverse, managed ecosystems to greenhouse gases are not completely documented. this study was conducted to estimate soil surface fluxes of carbon dioxide (co(2)), methane (ch(4)), and nitrous oxide (n(2)o) as affected by management practices and weather. gas fluxes were measured by vented, static chambers in drummer and raub soil series during two growing seasons. treatments evaluated were corn cropped continuously (cc) or in rotation with soybean (cs) and fertilized wi ... | 2009 | 19329673 |
| outbreak of progressive inflammatory neuropathy following exposure to aerosolized porcine neural tissue. | in the fall of 2007, the minnesota department of health was notified of 11 cases of an unexplained neurological illness, all linked to a pork processing plant, quality pork processors, inc., in austin, mn. the cluster of workers had been experiencing similar symptoms, including fatigue, pain, numbness, and tingling in their extremities as well as weakness. the symptoms were described as more sensory than motor, and all patients had evidence of polyradiculoneuropathy with signs of nerve root irri ... | 2009 | 19787653 |
| a clustering of immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy among swine abattoir workers exposed to aerosolized porcine brains, indiana, united states. | in november 2007 a novel neuropathy, immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy (ip), was identified among workers at a minnesota swine abattoir where a unique compressed air technique was used to remove porcine brains. an epidemiologic investigation at another abattoir in indiana that also uses this process was launched to evaluate workers self-reporting neurologic illness compatible with ip. a nested case-control study was performed to identify cases and risk factors. six confirmed, one probable, ... | 2009 | 19886343 |
| an outbreak of neurological autoimmunity with polyradiculoneuropathy in workers exposed to aerosolised porcine neural tissue: a descriptive study. | between november, 2006, and may, 2008, a subacute neurological syndrome affected workers from two swine abattoirs in minnesota and indiana who had occupational exposure to aerosolised porcine brain. we aimed to describe the pathogenic and immunological characteristics of this illness. | 2010 | 19945916 |
| spatial and phylogenetic analysis of vesicular stomatitis virus over-wintering in the united states. | from 2004 through 2006, 751 vesicular stomatitis (vs) outbreaks caused by vesicular stomatitis virus serotype new jersey (vsnjv) were reported in nine states of the southwestern united states. the normal model of the spatial scan statistic and phylogenetic techniques were used to assess whether the spatial and genetic relations among vsnjv outbreaks were consistent with the hypothesis that vsnjv over-wintered in specific regions of the southwestern united states infected in 2004 and 2005, respec ... | 2010 | 19962205 |
| genotyping of porcine teschovirus from nervous tissue of pigs with and without polioencephalomyelitis in indiana. | porcine teschovirus (ptv) was isolated in cell culture and/or demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction in samples of brain and/or spinal cord in pigs in indiana during the 2002-2007 period. testing was initiated on pigs originating from populations exhibiting nervous clinical disease and/or pigs with microscopic lesions in central nervous tissues, indicating viral encephalitis and/or myelitis. virus was demonstrated in pigs with and without lesions as well as with and without nervous clinical d ... | 2010 | 20622231 |
| modeling blast induced neurotrauma in isolated spinal cord white matter. | blast-induced neurotrauma (bint) is a common injury associated with the present military conflicts. exposure to the shock-wave produced from exploding ordnances leads to significant neurological deficits throughout the brain and spinal cord. prevention and treatment of this injury requires an appropriate understanding of the mechanisms governing the neurological response. here, we present a novel ex-vivo bint model where an isolated section of guinea pig spinal cord white matter is exposed to th ... | 2010 | 20703730 |
| nitrate, phosphate, and ammonium loads at subsurface drains: agroecosystems and nitrogen management. | artificial subsurface drainage in cropland creates pathways for nutrient movement into surface water; quantification of the relative impacts of common and theoretically improved management systems on these nutrient losses remains incomplete. this study was conducted to assess diverse management effects on long-term patterns (1998-2006) of no, nh, and po loads (). we monitored water flow and nutrient concentrations at subsurface drains in lysimeter plots planted to continuous corn ( l.) (cc), bot ... | 2011 | 21712592 |
| swine-origin influenza a (h3n2) virus infection in two children--indiana and pennsylvania, july-august 2011. | influenza a viruses are endemic in many animal species, including humans, swine, and wild birds, and sporadic cases of transmission of influenza a viruses between humans and animals do occur, including human infections with avian-origin influenza a viruses (i.e., h5n1 and h7n7) and swine-origin influenza a viruses (i.e., h1n1, h1n2, and h3n2). genetic analysis can distinguish animal origin influenza viruses from the seasonal human influenza viruses that circulate widely and cause annual epidemic ... | 2011 | 21900876 |
| a comparison of blow fly (diptera: calliphoridae) and beetle (coleoptera) activity on refrigerated only versus frozen-thawed pig carcasses in indiana. | to have large numbers of replicates in forensic entomology research, it is often necessary to freeze carcasses and thaw them before use in experiments. research on the effects of freezing on decomposition is minimal in the literature and the effect that it has on insect (e.g., blow fly, beetle) activity is virtually unknown. the objective of this study was to compare the differences in insect activity occurring on refrigerated only versus frozen-thawed pig carcasses, and to characterize the asso ... | 2011 | 22238884 |