antibodies – Swine in Minnesota

Help Piglets Thrive: High-Dose Oxytocin Allows Sows to Pass on Greater Immunity

The following article was written by Jennifer Shike and published in Farm Journal’s magazine, PORK.

Colostrum can be the difference between life and death for a piglet. As litter size increases, colostrum intake becomes even more critical, says Bryn Anderson, a veterinary student at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.

Profiling natural antibodies to Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in commercial pigs

This week, we are sharing a recent publication from the Mycolab at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, led by Dr. Maria Pieters. The project measured natural antibodies against Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in almost 3,400 blood samples, across three different flows.

Characterization of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies to PRRSV

This week, Dr. Jordan Young from the late Dr. Murtaugh‘s lab shares his latest research project regarding the immune response against PRRS.

Key point

PRRSV antibodies were determined to be broadly binding, but only homologously neutralizing, suggesting a polyclonal response, involving multiple PRRSV specific antibodies might be necessary for PRRSV neutralization.
This means that vaccinations aiming to protect from infection likely need to involve exposure to multiple strains of PRRSV to induce a broad protective immunity, rather than relying on single-strain vaccines.