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Grant Supports NC State Livestock Infectious Disease Research

Gustavo Machado

Dr. Rocio Crespo in blue hairnet and khaki overalls holds a black chicken as she talks to other NC State workers.

Mar 11, 2026

USDA Awards Avian-Flu-Fighting Challenge Grants to NC State Researchers

Two groups of top researchers at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have won challenge grants from the US Department of Agriculture to complete projects aimed at combating the nation’s four-year-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. In North Carolina, where poultry is the No. 1 commodity, HPAI led to the loss of more…
Kaitlyn Valenza, left, collaborates in the dry lab dedicated to the RABapp developed by Dr. Gustavo Machado.

Aug 28, 2025

NC State CVM Invests in First Dry Lab to Support Work on Controlling Disease Spread

Recognizing veterinary medicine’s increasingly important role in safeguarding public health, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine has created a cutting-edge dry laboratory that will accelerate the work of Dr. Gustavo Machado, an associate professor of emerging and transboundary diseases whose research centers on preventing the spread of deadly diseases among livestock farms. The lab…
Dr. Rocio Crespo gestures as she teaches students during a visit to a chicken farm.

Jan 23, 2025

Avian Influenza: What North Carolinians Need to Know to Keep Themselves and Their Pets Safe

Wild bird migratory season is approaching, bringing heightened risk for transmission of the emerging H5N1 strain of bird flu. NC State poultry disease expert Dr. Rocio Crespo explains how to stay safe.
Dr. Gustav Machado developed the RABapp, shown on his computer screen.

Dec 12, 2024

App Created at NC State at the Center of Important USDA Plan to Track Swine

A cloud-based computer program developed at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is the critical component in a US Department of Agriculture plan to begin tracking the movement of swine across the United States next year to prevent the spread of deadly diseases. The program, called the Rapid Access Biosecurity App or RABapp, allows…
Dr. Glenn Cruse and Dr. Gustavo Machado

Feb 20, 2024

Cruse, Machado chosen as University Faculty Scholars for 2024

Dr. Glenn Cruse, a mast cell biologist, and Dr. Gustavo Machado, an infectious disease modeler, of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine were among the NC State University faculty members honored.

Dr. Tal Ben-Horin and PhD student Zakir Bulmer relocate a set of oyster bags from CMAST to Core Sound as part of a study into the disease resistance of different genetic lines of oysters.

Nov 14, 2023

DOLLARS IN, EXCELLENCE OUT

In the 40 years since the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine dedicated its main facility, the college has repaid the state’s continuing investment by becoming a generator of graduates schooled in the latest cutting-edge care and a hub of transformative research into animal and translational medicine. Though the full impact of each veterinarian’s legacy…
Three piglets look into the camera from below, their faces upturned.

Oct 10, 2023

NC State Researchers Partner with USDA to Combat Deadly Virus Affecting Pigs Nationwide

By studying the role unclean vehicles might have in transmitting a swine coronavirus, researchers help boost North Carolina’s food animal industry and support federal agencies in fighting other devastating diseases.
Assateague Island

Mar 16, 2021

Model May Help Chincoteague Ponies Avoid Deadly Infection

NC State researchers have created a model that can identify potential hot spots for the pathogen Pythium insidiosum in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
pig

Feb 18, 2021

Multi-Model Approach Could Help Farmers Prepare for, Contain PEDV Outbreaks

The approach may enable farmers to be more proactive in preventing the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and to optimize their efforts to control the disease.
pig

Dec 16, 2020

Grant Supports NC State Livestock Infectious Disease Research

The project led by Gustavo Machado is a collaboration between academia, government and industry to build a sustainable and effective defense against diseases such as African swine fever.