In this episode, Mike Roof sits down with Phil Gauger, Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, to discuss respiratory disease in livestock. 

Conversation highlights include vaccine use in livestock, livestock-human zoonotic transfer opportunities, avian influenza in dairy cattle, livestock disease monitoring, and web-based tools at Iowa State to assist with disease monitoring and understanding data trends in disease spread among livestock.  

Links from this episode: 

ISU FLUture

https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl/resources/client-services/isu-fluture

PRRSView

https://prrsv.vdl.iastate.edu/

This episode was recorded on July 9, 2024. Respiratory disease is an ever-changing topic in research and the status of infections across the US. Please see the Center for Disease Control and the US Department of Agriculture for the most up-to-date information on the status of infections. 

The Nanovaccine Institute was founded at Iowa State University building upon core partnerships with the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Our purpose is to use nano-based technologies to tackle emergent diseases that have a devastating impact on human and animal health.