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Sources: Richard Hesse, 785-532-4457, dhesse@vet.k-state.edu;
Bob Rowland, 785-532-4631, browland@vet.k-state.edu;
and Scott Rusk, 785-532-1333, jsrusk@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009
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MANHATTAN -- Porcine circovirus associated diseases cost pig producers around the world hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
That's why Kansas State University virologists Dick Hesse and Bob Rowland have been working to create new vaccines to tackle such complex diseases.
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Hesse and Rowland say that because these viruses continue to adapt, the quick development of effective countermeasures like vaccines is critical, as is having the facilities in which to test the vaccine in a timely fashion.
Later this month, they will begin testing their next-generation vaccine against circovirus at K-State's Biosecurity 1xbet online casino Institute, or BRI, in Pat Roberts Hall.
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The existence of the 1xbet online casino and the nexus of scientific expertise on animal health and disease at K-State were among the primary reasons the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chose to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan.
