Pat Halbur
Professor
Vet Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
Lowa State University
United States of America
Biography
Pat Halbur is Professor of Vet Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine in Lowa State University.
Research Interest
Food animal infectious disease diagnosis and pathogenesis. Particular interest in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, porcine circovirus, hepatitis E virus, parvovirus and other emerging diseases of pigs.
Publications
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Opriessnig T, Xiao CT, Gerber PF, Halbur PG (2014) Identification of recently described porcine parvoviruses in archived North American samples from 1996 and association with porcine circovirus associated disease. Veterinary Microbiology 173: 9-16.
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Opriessnig T, Xiao CT, Gerber PF, Halbur PG, Matzinger SR, et al (2014) Mutant USA strain of porcine circovirus type 2 (mPCV2) exhibits similar virulence to the classical PCV2a and PCV2b stains in caesarian-derived colostrums-deprived pigs. Journal of General Virology 95: 2495-2503.
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Gerber PF. Xiao CT, Chen Q, Zhang J, Halbur PG, Opriessnig T (2014) The spray-drying process is sufficient to inactivate infectious porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in plasma. Veterinary Microbiology 174:86-92.
