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 Safety - Pre-Harvest
Associations among therapeutic and in-feed antimicrobial use and resistance in fecal commensals and pathogens of swine
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Improved Storage Stability of Fresh Ground Pork by Utilization of Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Reduction of Odorous Sulfide and Phenolic Compounds in Pig Manure Through Diet Modification
Three replicate 4 X 4 factorial trials were conducted with growing-finishing crossbred gilts, fitted with cecal cannulas, to determine the effects of amino acid utilization, fiber and anthraquinone...
Swine Health - General Disease
Pathogenesis of Type 2 Porcine Circovirus Infection
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and use of ELISA tests for determining the seroprevalence of porcine circovirus antibodies in pigs
Swine Health - General Disease
Understanding Swine Hepatitis E Virus Infection and Immunity
Swine Health - PRRS
Development and Evaluation of a Rapid Antigen Detection Assay to Identify PRRSV and Differentiate Field strains from the Prim Pac PRRS Vaccine
Pork Quality
The Effect of Magnesium Supplementation on Pork Quality
Environment - Air
Reduction of Odorous Sulfide and Phenolic Compounds in Pig Manure Through Diet Modification
Swine effluent application timing and rate affect nitrogen use efficiency in common bermudagrass
Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pets.] hay production is integral to manure management on southeastern swine farms. But swine effluent timing must be synchronized with crop nitrogen (N) demands...
Residual effects of composted and fresh solid swine (Sus scrofa L.) manure on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] growth and yield
Applying livestock manure to soil can enhance soil fertility and crop growth; however, little information is available on the residual effects of manure on crop growth. The objective of this study...
