Animal Well-being
The impact of routine piglet processing on well-being
March 31, 2006By Donald Lay Jr
The major finding of this research project is that any processing technique that can be carried out quickly and with minimal tissue damage is likely to be least stressful for the piglet. Alternative...
Environment - Air
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
March 27, 2006By Melvin Yokoyama
The experimental results of the first year of this study clearly demonstrates that boron, in the form of boric acid and sodium tetraborate (borax) is very effective in inhibiting the emissions of...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Special Call for Review of the Critical Literature: Fate and Transport of Antibiotic Residues and Antibiotic Resistance Genetic Determinants during Manure Storage, Treatment, and Land Application with emphasis on the Environmental Persistence and Transferability of these Determinants
March 24, 2006By Roderick Mackie
Animal Well-being
Effects of trailer design, season, and distance moved during loading on the welfare of market weight pigs at the packing plant
March 21, 2006By Michael Ellis
The results of this study suggest that transporting pigs in pot-belly trailers rather than in straight decks results in an increased incidence of pigs exhibiting indicators of stress on arrival at...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determination of Salmonella Classification Levels for Selected Midwestern Swine Herds Utilizing Abattoir-based Samples and Compare Classification Stability over Time
March 21, 2006By James McKean
Since 1995, the Danish swine industry has conducted an on-farm Salmonella control program to categorize production sites as to their risks for Salmonella contamination. This classification has been...
Pathogenic and Indicator Bacteria in Agricultural Watersheds
March 8, 2006By Thomas B. Moorman
Escherichia coli and Enterococcus are indicator bacteria that were measured in Iowa streams that drain land with different levels of swine production. We completed a study monitoring=g these bacteria...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Pathogenic and Indicator Bacteria in Agricultural Watersheds
March 8, 2006By Thomas Moorman
Escherichia coli and Enterococcus are indicator bacteria that were measured in Iowa streams that drain land with different levels of swine production. We completed a study monitoring=g these bacteria...
Animal Well-being
Characterization of Sow Longevity and the Developmental Factors that Influence It
March 8, 2006By Ronald Bates
Longevity as a female trait has several different definitions. Each definition has a somewhat different interpretation, depending on the intent. Some definitions are based more on production...
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
March 1, 2006By Melvin T. Yokoyama
Boric acid (BA) and sodium tetraborate (STB) were evaluated for their ability
to inhibit ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions from swine wastewater and manure
slurry in in vitro incubations....
Swine Health - PRRS
Emerging European-like PRRSV in the U.S.: Implications for diagnostic and control strategies
March 1, 2006By Eric A. Nelson
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus exists as two major genotypes, designated as Type 1 (European-like) and Type 2 (North American-like). The role and significance of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Use of tonsilar crypt exudate from live pigs to evaluate PRRSv shedding and transmission following a MLV PRRSv vaccine or a live PRRS virus inoculation
February 28, 2006By Dipl. ABVP-SHM|MS|Thomas Fangman DVM
Swine Health - General Disease
Prevention of Edema Disease Using a Probiotic Expressing Shiga Toxin 2e Receptor Mimic
February 13, 2006By Nancy Cornick
Edema disease is a naturally occurring infection of weaned piglets caused by E. coli bacteria that produce Shiga toxin. This toxin is absorbed from the gut into the blood stream and causes the...
