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David Steffen is a professor in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is board certified in Veterinary Pathologist (Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists) and provides veterinary pathology service- including histologic evaluation and interpretation of tissue changes for veterinary clinical diagnostics and comparative research purposes. His main research areas are infectious diseases pathogenesis, immunopathology and inherited diseases of cattle.
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Fernando Osorio is a professor with the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. He works with the Nebraska Center for Virology where his research centers on pathogenesis of and immune response to viral infections. The main focus in that area of research is on a major viral agent that affects swine: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV, an arterivirus, ssRNA+ genome). Osorio and others are working with organizations within the swine industry (National Pork Producers Council and the National Pork Board) to help establish a collective awareness about the idea of PRRSV being a feasible target for eradication, like Hog Cholera (Classical Swine Fever) and Pseudorabies have been in the past.