
Albert Rovira, DVM, PhD
Large animal diagnostician
Titles
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
Education
PhD, University of Minnesota
DVM, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
MS, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Grants and patents
Selected grants
- Award: Development of a single, rapid workflow for simultaneous
Principal Investigator: Torremorell, Montserrat
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2022 - 2023 - Award: Enhancing surge capacity with a streamlined online samp
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2022 - 2023 - Award: Improving national capacity for early detection of fore
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2022 - 2024 - Award: Increasing ASF preparedness by improving diagnostic samp
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2022 - 2023 - Award: Translating genetic data to antigenic phenotype for imp
Principal Investigator: VanderWaal Omondi, Kimberly
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2022 - 2023 - Award: NAHLN infrastructure II agreement University of MN-VDL
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2021 - 2022 - Award: NAHLN MN FY21 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2021 - 2022 - Award: Contemporary Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae isolates of US ori
Principal Investigator: Pieters Silva, Maria Graciela
Sponsoring Organization: Zoetis, Inc.
Award Dates: 2021 - 2023 - Award: Agent Of Disease Point-Of-Care Genomics (AOD-POCgen): A
Principal Investigator: Mor, Sunil Kumar
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2021 - 2023 - Award: Increasing NAHLN ASF response capacity in Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2021 - 2022 - Award: Evaluation of the performance of ELISA for ASF-antibodie
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2020 - 2023 - Award: MN NAHLN FY20 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2020 - 2021 - Award: Cooperative Agreement: Swine Surveillance for Early Dete
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2020 - 2022 - Award: Validation of alternative samples for the diagnosis and
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2020 - 2020 - Award: US-UK Collab: Drivers of diversity and transmission of c
Principal Investigator: VanderWaal Omondi, Kimberly
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2019 - 2023 - Award: Using genomic tools to link PRRSV quasispecies to diseas
Principal Investigator: Torremorell, Montserrat
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2018 - 2019 - Award: Investigation of the clinical signs and lesions associat
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2018 - 2019 - Award: Development and implementation of a domestic swine bio-s
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2017 - 2020 - Award: Pathogen Investigation, Surveillance and Acquisition Col
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Zoetis, Inc.
Award Dates: 2017 - 2022 - Award: Environmental stability of SDCV (swine delta coronavirus
Principal Investigator: Goyal, Sagar M
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2014 - 2015 - Award: PDCoV ELISA development
Principal Investigator: Murtaugh, Michael
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2014 - 2014 - Award: PEDV antibody-based diagnostic test improvement for eval
Principal Investigator: Murtaugh, Michael
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2014 - 2015 - Award: Feasibility of viability PCR and ex-vivo bioassay to det
Principal Investigator: Torremorell, Montserrat
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2014 - 2015 - Award: BioNote Antigen BoviD-4 Ag Test Kit - University of Minn
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: Zoetis, Inc.
Award Dates: 2014 - 2014 - Award: Epidemiologic investigation on propensity for lateral sp
Principal Investigator: Morrison, Robert B
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2013 - 2014 - Award: Comparison of different times of Draxxin administration
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: Pfizer Inc Animal Health Group
Award Dates: 2013 - 2015 - Award: Investigating the epidemiology of Mycoplasma hyorhinis i
Principal Investigator: Pieters Silva, Maria Graciela
Sponsoring Organization: Minnesota Pork Board
Award Dates: 2013 - 2014 - Award: Development of Automated Systems for Sequence Analysis a
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2012 - 2016 - Award: Characterization of the genetic diversity of Mycoplasma
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2012 - 2013 - Award: Early detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections i
Principal Investigator: Pieters Silva, Maria Graciela
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2012 - 2013 - Award: RVC Sequencing
Principal Investigator: Culhane, Marie Rene
Sponsoring Organization: Pfizer, Inc.
Award Dates: 2012 - 2013 - Award: Effect of antibiotic treatment on development of protect
Principal Investigator: Torremorell, Montserrat
Sponsoring Organization: Bayer Healthcare LLC
Award Dates: 2012 - 2014 - Award: Characterization of a Novel Brachyspira Species
Principal Investigator: Gebhart, Connie Jane
Sponsoring Organization: Pfizer, Inc.
Award Dates: 2011 - 2013 - Award: Investigation of the epidemiology of Mycoplasma hyorhini
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: Pfizer, Inc. - Award: Characterization of Mycoplasma hyorhinis transmission an
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2010 - 2011 - Award: Evaluation of an alternative PRRSV monitoring protocol
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2008 - 2009