Lynn Forster and colleagues asked nearly 4,000 Ohio farmers to asses the impact of wildlife on their operations. Losses were highest in southern and southeastern Ohio, lowest in northern and western Ohio. Lynn Forster is in the Department of Agricultural Economics.
Rotaviruses cause severe, dehydrating diarrhea in cows, pigs and infants.
But Linda Saif and her colleagues are taking a molecular approach to develop a new generation of rotavirus vaccine. The new vaccine is based on a virus-like particle. The particle contains the proteins of the virus but not its nucleic acid. The vaccine produces immunity but isn't infectious. It should be more effective than either inactivated or attenuated vaccines, the common types in use.