Animal Well-being
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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Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development and validation of two anti-CSFV-specific antibody competitive ELISAs with an emphasis on the differentiation of infected from C-strain vaccinated animals
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Targeted use of mega-doses of phytase in late finishing pigs to improve overall growth performance and profits
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparing the whole genome sequences of historical and recent Streptococcus suis strains to identify virulence factors, genes or markers responsible for pathogenesis
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Risk for introduction of ASFv into the US through prohibited swine products carried by air passengers
Animal Science
Identification of putative factors contributing to pelvic organ prolapse in sows
Human Nutrition
Digestible indispensable amino acid score for pork products at various stages of processing
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Antimicrobial Residues and Antimicrobial Resistance as Affected by Swine Manure Pit Storage Additives
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
The development of on-farm and in-plant methods to eliminate needle hazards
Environment - Environmental Footprint
A meta-analysis of life cycle assessments on environmental footprints of five representative finishing swine diets
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Probiotics: Feeding the gut and beyond for post-weaning pig health
Animal Science
