Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
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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The Effect of Air Quality in Swine Finishing Facilities Upon Animal Performance and Environmental Pollution Potential
This project was conducted with 96 finishing pigs in 4 identical rooms under closely
controlled ventilation and temperature. The objectives of the project were to determine if
air quality impacted...
Human Nutrition
Protein Intake in Potentially Insulin Resistant Adults: Impact on Glycemic and Lipoprotein Profiles
Abstract Adults who are insulin resistant may improve their blood sugar control without elevating blood lipids if they consume a high protein diet, such as lean pork. To address this hypothesis, we...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparative Pathogenicity of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Isolates from Healthy Pigs and Pigs with Severe Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS
Pork Quality
Influence of Harvest Processes on Pork Loin and Ham Quality
Environment - Air
The Effect of Air Quality in Swine Finishing Facilities Upon Animal Performance and Environmental Pollution Potential
Swine Health - General Disease
Cell-mediated immune response against Lawsonia intracellularis in pigs
Swine Health - General Disease
Immunosuppression, PCV-2 Infection and PMWS
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
A Rapid and Specific Test for Salmonella Serovars with Particular Reference to Salmonella choleraesuis serovar C1
Optimizing the Placement of Practices that Improve Water Quality Within a Watershed
There is an increasing need to design and implement best management practices (BMPs) that will effectively protect water resources. While BMPs can be put into practice in agricultural fields to...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Optimizing the Placement of Practices that Improve Water Quality Within a Watershed
Pork Quality
