US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Oct. 7 for "Methods for protecting porcine fetuses from infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,263, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Methods for protecting porcine fetuses from infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)" was invented by Randall S. Prather (Rocheport, Mo.), Kevin D. Wells (Columbia, Mo.) and Kristin M. Whitworth (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for protecting porcine fetuses from infection with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV). The methods comprise breeding a female porcine animal with a male porcine animal. The female porcine animal comprises modified chromosomal sequence...