Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Pork Checkoff Research
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Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Determining the necessity of preventative use of antimicrobials at tail-docking and castration including comparison with alternatives
Swine Health - PRRS
Monitoring and updating the value of productivity losses due to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Pork Quality
Relationships Between Loin Color, Chop Thickness, Cooking Method, Water-Holding Capacity and Tenderness For Pork Cooked To 62.8°C
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparative genomic and virulence analysis of Streptococcus suis isolates
Animal Well-being
A study to develop and validate assays to measure and compare four circulating neuropeptides as objective pain biomarkers in piglets
Swine Health - General Disease
Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in US herds: Characterization of detection patterns in oral fluids and clinical presentation
Swine Health - General Disease
Achieving safe introduction of naïve gilts into M. hyopneumoniae endemically infected herds: Protecting existing sows, exposing incoming gilts, and minimizing shedding to the offspring
Animal Science - Reproductive & Growth Physiology
Advancing Investigations in Swine Reproduction Efficiency at Iowa State
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Salmonella DIVA vaccine for cross-protection against Salmonella serovar I 4,[5],12:i:-: minimizing antibiotic usage and protecting swine and public health
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Estimating the National Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in Lymph Nodes from Market Hogs and Sows
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
