Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of serum concentrations resulting from administration of high and low dose orally administered acetylsalicylic acid and sodium salicylate in swine through water medication systems
August 18, 2005By Locke Karriker
The first portion of this trial was designed to compare the solubility of two common liquid aspirin products – namely an acetylsalicylic acid and a sodium salicylate product. While the...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
A comparison of administration routes of direct fed microbials to nursery pigs, and the effects on growth performance and gut health
August 10, 2005By John Scott Radcliffe
Direct fed microbials (DFM) have been investigated as a potential replacement for sub-therapeutic antibiotics in swine diets with mixed results being reported. Our results, found no overall...
Human Nutrition
Sociodemographic, Knowledge, and Attitudinal Factors Related to Meat Consumption in the United States
August 1, 2005By Patricia M. Guenthe
Objective To provide information about meat consumption and factors that explain differences among subpopulations, and to evaluate how knowledge and attitudes about nutrition and awareness of diet...
DESIGN SPECIFICATION FOR A VERTICAL BED BIOFILTER
July 31, 2005By Richard Nicolai
Biofilters have been demonstrated to be an effective technology in reducing odor and gas emissions from
these facilities. Large horizontal biofilter media beds sometimes prevent application of this...
Environment - Air
DESIGN SPECIFICATION FOR A VERTICAL BED BIOFILTER
July 31, 2005By Richard Nicolai
A vertical biofilter may be a good option for reducing odor and gas emission when not enough space is available to install a horizontal biofilter. The vertical biofilter is cylindrical with the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an indirect ELISA to diagnose SIV using antibodies against the viral matrix protein
June 23, 2005By Eileen Thacker
Respiratory disease caused by swine influenza virus (SIV) has become a serious health and economic problem to the U.S. swine industry. Prior to 1998, SIV in the U.S. swine population consisted of a...
Reduction of Ammonia, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Swine Waste by Dietary Manipulation.
June 17, 2005By Scott Carter
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding fiber sources to reduced crude protein, amino acid-supplemented diets on nitrogen excretion and methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia...
Environment - Air
Reduction of Ammonia, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Swine Waste by Dietary Manipulation
June 17, 2005By Scott Carter
The public concern related to the potential for water and air pollution from swine facilities demands that alternative management practices be developed. Dietary manipulation offers a potential...
Swine Health - General Disease
Bacteriocins as potential alternative therapeutic agents for the control and prevention of Streptococcus suis infections in pigs
June 15, 2005By Daniel Grenier
The swine industry is of significant importance in the North American economy. Streptococcus suis serotype 2, a bacterium colonizing the upper respiratory tract of the pig, is responsible for many...
Animal Well-being
Pattern of injury and death rates in transported early-weaned pigs: a retrospective study
June 14, 2005By Robert Morrison
The mean rate of injuries calculated in this population was only 0.45 pigs dead or injured per 1000 pigs transported, with only .09% dead or euthanized. This increased slightly during quarters 3 and...
Animal Well-being
Comparison of Housing Systems for Gestating Sows
June 8, 2005By John Deen
As expected, there are benefits and challenges to all the sow housing gestation systems studied. The aim of this study was to identify and understand these benefits and challenges of each gestation...
Swine Health - PRRS
Proof-of-Concept -Anti-Idiotype Induces Anti-PRRSV Neutralizing Antibodies in Swine
June 7, 2005By En-Min Zhou
PRRS is the most costly disease U.S. swine producers confront and little progress has been made in recent years to mprove the situation. In studying swine antibody responses, we discovered the...
