Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
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Swine Health - General Disease
Prospective investigation of Streptococcus suis isolates from diseased pigs and healthy pen-matched controls in outbreaks of Streptococcus-associated neurologic disease using metagenomics, serotyping and sequencing.
Animal Well-being
Development and validation of a research protocol to assess the efficacy of interventions intended to mitigate pain associated with surgical castration in neonatal piglets
The objective of this study was to establish a research protocol to reliably evaluate efficacy of pain mitigation interventions in nursing male piglets during castration.
Swine Health - PRRS
Recombinant porcine interferon to control PRRSV and select other viral pathogens
Animal Well-being
Identifying barriers and implementing solutions to practical on-farm pain management during castration
Public Health - MRSA
Bacteriophages for the control of Staphylococcus aureus on environmental surfaces
Animal Well-being
Automated computer vision system for tracking individual pig activity and locomotion in nursery/finisher group housing
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of Sodium Nitrite for mass euthanasia of commercial pigs
Environment - Air
Employing environmental mitigation technology and/or practices: Treating swine odor and improving air quality with black light
Animal Science
Adaptation of Machine Learning Technologies to Predict Swine Production Outcomes to Assist in Disease Detection
Animal Well-being
Validation of the effectiveness of alternative euthanasia techniques for mature swine using a penetrating captive bolt gun and electrocution
Swine Health - PRRS
