Dr. Xaver Sidler

Current Research Projects

Project Leader	Project Title
Hofer Sidler Spring	Development of a breeding method against boar taint
Nägeli	Metabolomics of the boar taint
Sidler	Role of PCV2 in reproductive disorders in swine
	Claw lesions in gilts and boars in Switzerland
	Determination of PCV2 antibody in the piglet testicular to verify the parent sows vaccination
Sydler Brugnera Sidler	Is PCV2 virulence the main factor for triggering the PMWS epizooty?

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader	Project Title
Sidler	Efficacy of a combine vaccine with CircoFLEX and Enterisol Ileitis ( field trial)
	Excreation of circovirus in organs and secrets of PMWS infected pigs and clinical healthy pigs
	Effect of the Circovirus-Vaccination in sows (field study)
	Prevalence and aetiology of organ lesions and condemned organs and carcasses of pigs slaughered in Switzerland
	The practicability of isofluran-analgesia under field conditions by the castration of male piglets
	Prevalence and epidemiology of porcine circovirus type 2 ( PCV2) in Switzerland
	The role of cows as a latent carrier of porcine circovirus typ 2 (PCV2)
	The dynamic and development of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in an affected herd before and after vaccination against PCV2
	History of the endemic infection of porcine circovirus in Switzerland
	Risk factors for porcine circovirus infections in Switzerland