Each year, diarrhea caused by human rotavirus kills nearly one million children worldwide. The work might someday lead to new disease-preventing products for humans. It might also lead to better vaccines for livestock.
Rotaviruses cause similar disease in calves and pigs.
The scientists were and are using the piglets to study the problem, which is a serious one for farmers. They expanded the work when they found the piglets also could be used to study human rotaviruses. Winter just started, but we're already making plans for summer. Plans for BioHio '96, that is. It's a celebration of Ohio agriculture - and the many ways it's in your life.