Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
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Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Defining the benefits of the nutritional interaction between conjugated linoleic acid and fish oil
Sub-therapeutic antibiotics attenuate bacterial growth and intestinal inflammation. These positive effects of anti-microbial agents result in increased feed efficiency and reduced time to market. The...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Evaluation of the efficacy of various intervention methods used by small processors for pork carcasses contaminated with Salmonella spp.
The main objective of this experiment was to determine the most efficient S. typhimurium intervention method suitable for small scale industrial implementation. Ultimately, the specific intervention...
Pork Quality
An Assessment of the Use of Pork in the Processed Meat Industry
• Processors appreciated the value of pork in their products. • Processors are most interested in fat content and price when purchasing pork for further processing. • Water holding...
Dietary crude protein reduction: Impact on ammonium excretion and gastro-intestinal functions in the pig
The objective of this study was to determine if reduced-protein amino acid (AA) supplemented diets alter growth and morphology of intestinal mucosa in growing pigs. Twenty-four Yorkshire-Landrace...
Swine Health - General Disease
Studies on PRRSV vaccination: interleukin-12 to enhance the immune response to killed vaccinte and combination vaccine with MLV and killed vaccines
PRRSV vaccine efficacy remains controversial. The currently available PRRSV vaccines, either modified live (MLV) or killed virus (KV) vaccines, often appear to provide insufficient protective...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Dietary crude protein reduction: Impact on ammonium excretion and gastro-intestinal functions in the pig
Reducing dietary crude protein concentration leads to a significant reduction in nitrogen losses in the urine, in turn reducing ammonium concentration and ammonia emission. Amino acids, the building...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effect of probiotics in the health and performance of nursery pigs raised in conventional or antibiotic/growth promoter free farms
We compared the health and performance of weaned pigs in a high health herd between groups receiving low level antibiotics in the feed to groups receiving probiotic in the feed and no antibiotics. ...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
The development of a novel immunosensor to detect Salmonella
A novel biosensor to detect Salmonella is being developed. The optical sensor is based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Antibodies are labeled with fluorescent dyes that will...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Optimization of Antimicrobials for Control of Listeria monocytogenes and for Acceptable Pork Product Quality
Listeria monocytogenes, the causative agent of listeriosis, is an important food-borne pathogen that has become a major food safety concern. This microorganism is ubiquitous in the environment and is...
Public Health - Other
Nutrient and Pathogen Losses to Subsurface Tile Drainage from Swine Manure
Land application of swine manure on tile-drained soils has become a controversial issue in some swine producing areas because of uncertainties regarding the leaching of nitrates, phosphorus, and...
Swine Health - General Disease
