Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Effects of Preweaning factors on Sow Lifetime Productivity
The objective of the study was to associate preweaning factors in gilt multiplication with the subsequent...
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Effect of GnRH-II on feed efficiency and immune function of growing/finishing pigs
Animal Science
Understanding the biology of seasonal infertility to develop mitigation strategies for swine
Mitigating seasonal infertility is critically important to increased production efficiency for American pork producers. Elevated ambient temperature is a significant factor contributing to...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Evaluating strength, sharpness, and detection of swine-use hypodermic needles
A previous study (circa 2000) investigated swine-use hypodermic needle strength and detection. At that time, needle...
Pork Quality
Determination of the correlation of loin quality parameters with fresh belly characteristics and fresh and processed ham quality
One of the key challenges currently facing the pork industry is a lack of insight into the relationship between loin, belly, and ham quality. Most published research focuses on loin, belly, or...
Human Nutrition
Effects of Dietary Protein Source and Quantity during Weight Loss on Appetite, Energy Expenditure, and Cardio-Metabolic Responses
Abstract Higher protein meals increase satiety and the thermic effect of feeding (TEF) in acute settings, but it is unclear whether these effects remain after a person becomes acclimated to energy...
Animal Science - Reproductive & Growth Physiology
Investigating hyperinsulinemia and increased circulating lipopolysaccharide involvement in seasonal infertility
Heat stress (HS) is a major economic strain for the US swine industry. In terms of reproduction, seasonal infertility is associated with HS, characterized by lengthened wean-to-estrus interval...
Pork Quality
A systematic review of patterns in tenderness metrics of North American based pork from 1994 to 2014
Pork value is determined by its composition and by consumer satisfaction. Several metrics of pork are considered indicators of tenderness and overall quality. We conducted a systematic review to...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving milk production efficiency and mitigating feed costs in lactating sows through dietary crude protein abatement and crystalline amino acid supplementation under thermo neutral and thermal stress environment model
Objectives:To determine if lactating sows can be fed diets containing less protein in order to reduce the quantity of nitrogen excreted into the environment. To determine if sows fed...
Swine Health - PRRS
Use of interferon alpha as an immunomodulator and metaphylactic therapeutic during PRRSV outbreaks
The host response to virus infection begins almost immediately with recognition of virus by host cells leading to the production of antiviral substances such as interferons. One interferon,...
MRSA of Pigs and Genetic Analysis of Resistance Linked with mecA and mecC.
Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has been identified as a contaminant of swine and meat associated with swine. This study set out to examine the prevalence of novel methicillin resistant...
Animal Science
