Public Health - Influenza
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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Human Nutrition
Effect of pork ingestion on postprandial mitochondrial protein synthesis and inflammation in healthy weight, overweight, and obese adults
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
An analysis of primary research and meta-analysis to investigate temporal changes in serotypes of Salmonella in US-based pigs and pork products.
Pork Quality
Prediction of pork quality using online computer vision system
With the increasing demand of high quality of pork products from the global market the United States pork industry needs to seek new solutions for determining quality of pork products.
Swine Health - PRRS
Demonstration of Airborne PRRSv Inactivation by a Non-Thermal Plasma
Two of the primary goals in the National Pork Board (NPB) strategic plan call for the development and deployment of mitigation strategies capable of eliminating the top domestic swine diseases,...
Human Nutrition
Within-Day Protein Distribution Does Not Influence Body Composition Responses During Weight Loss in Resistance-Training Adults Who Are Overweight
Abstract Emerging research suggests that redistributing total protein intake from 1 high-protein meal/d to multiple moderately high-protein meals improves 24-h muscle protein synthesis. Over time,...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effects of antibiotics on intestinal and extra-intestinal multidrug-resistant and pan-susceptible Salmonella in swine
Antibiotic resistance is a major health concern in both human and veterinary medicine. Antibiotics already used to maintain healthy swine may also play a role in reducing Salmonella; however, the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comprehensive Literature Review on the current knowledge for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Porcine Deltacoronavirus
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of recombinant vaccinia virus vectored African swine fever vaccines
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Use of oral fluid (OF) samples to monitor virus shedding and antibody responses in pigs experimentally infected with high consequence swine viruses (foot and mouth disease, African swine fever, swine vesicular disease and classical swine fever viruses)
Animal Well-being
Determining the Minimal Floor Space Allowance for Gestating Sows Kept in Pens with Electronic Sow Feeders
Human Nutrition
Effects of Incorporating Red Meat into a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern on Cardiometabolic and Emotional Well-Being
The purpose of the proposed research study was to assess the effects of including greater amounts of lean unprocessed red meat (pork and beef) into a Med Pattern on cardiometabolic and emotional well-being.
