US Patent Issued to Genus on Sept. 16 for "Pig with a genetically modified CD163 gene resistant to PRRSv" (Wisconsin, Tennessee, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,005, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Genus plc (DeForest, Wis.).

"Pig with a genetically modified CD163 gene resistant to PRRSv" was invented by Andrew Mark Cigan (Madison, Wis.), Jonathan Edward Lightner (Jefferson, Wis.), Matthew Scott Culbertson (Wilmington, N.C.), William Thomas Christianson (Hendersonville, Tenn.), Benjamin Beaton (DeForest, Wis.), Brian Burger (Madison, Wis.), Dylan Barnes (Madison, Wis.) and Matthew Campbell (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions useful for prevention of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) in animals...