Animal Science
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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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
Nanodisc-based mucosal DIVA vaccine for PRRS virus
Animal Well-being
Validation of scan sampling techniques for pain behaviors in castrated piglets
Pork Quality
New Insights on Cellular Events and Gene products to Predict Pork Quality
Swine Health - General Disease
Establishment of sensitivity and specificity levels of different sampling techniques for early detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and correlation between oral fluid PCR results and clinical signs
Animal Well-being
Impact of Duration of Farrowing Crate Closure on Sow Welfare and Piglet Mortality
The aim of this study was to identify how the opening of a hinged farrowing crate on different days (4 or 7) post-farrowing impacts sow welfare.
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Antibiotic resistance gene diversity and mobility in bacterial communities from post-weaning swine fed antibiotics or alternatives
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Understanding ecology and distribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and Non- O157 in US swine feed mills
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and field validation of a tracheal sampling device for detection of M. hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) in infected pigs
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Identification of proteins involved in cross protective immune responses as a mechanism for broadly protective bacterial vaccine development
Swine Health - General Disease
