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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Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Distribution of Discharge from Liquid Manure Applicator Manifolds
Pork Quality
Characterizing the relationship between early postmortem loin quality attributes with 14 day aged loin quality attributes and sensory characteristics
Swine Health - PRRS
Temporal, spatial & phylogenetic analysis of PRRSV sequences
Pork Quality
Pork Supply Chain Audit
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Assessment of alternatives for monitoring antimicrobial use in the swine industry and design and implementation of a pilot system
Societal concerns about antibiotic use (ABU) and antibiotic resistance are a major vulnerability for the US swine industry. National and international events have led to increasing pressures for...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of the Kinect v2 motion-sensing camera to develop a rapid and effective tool for identifying compromised pigs
Animal Science
Mitigation of summertime boar infertility by evaporative and conductive cooling
Other
Survey of Microbiological Status of Offal Products from Pork Processing Facilities in the United States
Animal Science
Trans-generational effects of in utero heat stress on reproduction in the gilt and sow
Animal Science
Advancing Investigations in Swine Reproduction Efficiency at Iowa State
Swine Health - General Disease
