Pork Quality
Pork Checkoff Research
Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
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Pork Quality
Proteomic Analysis of PSE Susceptible Animals
With the advent of molecular biology techniques it is possible to examine cellular events that cause problems in the quality of the meat. One such technique is called proteomics. The rationale for...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Cloning of an 18kd oocyst-specific protein from Toxoplasma gondii for serological detection of human infection
Environment - Other
Conversion of Hog Manure to Diesel Fuel
Public Health - Salmonella
Risk Factors for the Occurance of drug resistant Salmonella spp. in commercial swine production
Resistance to two antimicrobial drugs frequently used in swine production, tetracycline and sulfa drugs, was common among Salmonella isolates from commercial farms. Since these isolates were from...
Animal Well-being
Acute and chronic effects of ammonia on inflammation, immunology, endocrine function, performance, and behavior of nursery pigs
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Bioinformatics Based Genome Comparison of Six Salmonella spp. to Provide a Foundation for the Development of Reliable Molecular Epidemiological Methods.
Salmonella research is the top priority for the pig industry especially related to pre-harvest reduction of pathogens with potential public health significance. The pre-harvest food safety research...
Swine Health - General Disease
Optimization of Methods for the Study of Swine Viral Pathogens in Aerosols
Understanding the routes of PRRSV transmission and doses required to cause infection within and between herds is critical for control and eradication of PRRSV. Aerosol research is dynamic and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Real-time PCR detection of PRRSv and rapid identification of vaccine in serum and semen
The detection of PRRSv in boars is critical for developing and maintaining a biosecure breeding program, however it is complicated by many variables. Correlating the current PRRSv infectious status...
Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine
Over the past century livestock housing facilities have evolved from
traditional wooden barns to engineered structures made of plastic and steel. Although
building materials have changed dramatically...
Environment - Other
Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine Housing
Would you fly on airplane that hadn't been tested? Neither would anyone else. Over the past 3 decades, researchers have developed very accurate numerical models for airflow around an airplane...
Swine Health - General Disease
Immunomodulation of humoral immunity in PRRSV-infected piglets
PRRS is caused by a virus that causes the host's immune system to malfunction much in the same manner in which infectious agents can trigger the onset of autoimmune syndromes like Lupus or rheumatoid...
