Pork Safety - Post-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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Characterization of non-methane volatile organic compounds at swine facilities in eastern North Carolina
Samples were collected and analyzed in a field study to characterize C-2-C-12 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted at five swine facilities in Eastern North Carolina between April 2002 and...
Swine Health - General Disease
Human Transmission of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from Infected to Non-Infected pigs
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identification of diagnostic proteins of Toxoplasma gondii by targeted proteomic analysis
Swine Health - General Disease
Assessing the efficacy of test and removal for the elimination of PRRSV from a 2500 sow herd with a history of PRRSV vacination
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Litter Size Produced by Gilts Divergently Selected on Reproductive Components
Pork Quality
Influence of Early Postmortem Factors on Water-Holding Capacity and Tenderness of Fresh Pork
Quantifying Volatile Organic Compound Interaction With Particulate Matter For The Development Of Odor Transport Models
A method of extracting the organics adsorbed to dust particles was developed and tested with dust collected from two commercial hog growing operations. Five
aldehydes, one alkane, and hydrogen...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
The effect of the hydrogen ion concentration evaluation mathematical methodology on genetic prediction and fixed effects estimation when assessing muscle quality in pork
Interactive effect of crude protein reduction and fermentable fibers on nitrogen metabolism, ammonia utilization, and slurry composition in the growing pig
Forty-eight 50-kg barrows ((Yorkshire x Landrace) x Duroc) were allocated to one
of six dietary treatments in a randomized block design with four blocks. Each block
represented a time period. Each...
Pork Quality
Use of Carbon Monoxide Packaging for Improving the Shelf-Life of Pork
Environment - Other
