Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Development of a practical, cost-effective, easy to administer prebiotic intervention to reduce carriage of zoonotic pathogens on the farm and entering the abattoir
November 2, 2015By Robin C. Anderson
The gut of pigs can be colonized with important foodborne and disease causing bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli and Campylobacter. New treatments and strategies are sought to reduce the carriage...
Human Nutrition
Menaquinone content of pork
October 30, 2015By Sarah Booth
1. Objectives:a. Measure the amounts of vitamin K2 (also known as menaquinones) in representative samples of fresh pork and processed pork products commonly consumed in the U.S. diet.
An evaluation of a shipping model to investigate PEDV introduction into the USA
October 27, 2015By Scott A. Dee
This study describes a model developed to evaluate the transboundary risk of PEDV-contaminated swine feed ingredients and the effect of two mitigation strategies during a simulated transport event...
Evaluation of an accelerated hydrogen peroxide disinfectant to inactivate porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine feces on metal surfaces under freezing conditions
October 26, 2015By Derald Holtkamp
In May of 2013, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was detected in swine for the first time in the United States and spread quickly across much of the country, partly due to the movement of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effect of glucosamine supplementation on litter size in a commercial setting
October 15, 2015By Jeffrey Vallet
Litter size is a key determinant of the efficiency of pork production. In turn, placental function is a key determinant of whether an individual pig fetus survives during gestation and also...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Occurrence and Movement of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields Receiving Swine Manure Application
October 15, 2015By Michelle Soupir
The use of antibiotics by the swine industry to increase production efficiency and treat disease is thought to contribute to antibiotic resistance in the environment. When manure from hog...
Animal Well-being
Optimized Minimal Floor-space for Group-Pen System Using Feeding Stalls and Diet Strategy to Improve Well Being
October 8, 2015By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
Sow aggression is a common problem associated with group-housing systems especially during feeding and mixing of sows. Grouped-housed sows establish a social hierarchy upon mixing which often reduces...
Extent of contamination, quantification and survival of PEDV in fomites and effect of disinfectants on swine coronaviruses
October 5, 2015By Montse Torremorell
This study was designed to assess the survivability of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in fomites and determine the efficacy of four commonly used disinfectants against the three swine enteric...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Influence of the Method and Timing of the Land Application of Manure on the Fate and Transport of Manure Constituents in Runoff
October 1, 2015By Xu Li
The objective of this study was to determine how the method and timing of swine manure application may impact the movement of multiple manure constituents in agricultural runoff. The manure...
Evaluation of mucosal B cell response to PEDV in infected sows
September 29, 2015By Renukaradhya Gourapura
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has rapidly become one of the most economically devastating enteric diseases in the US swine industry. The virus is most severe in neonatal pigs with mortality...
Environment - Air
Effectiveness of vegetative environmental buffers to reduce swine facility emissions
September 28, 2015By Zifei Liu
In order to ensure compliance with the current and future air quality regulatory requirements, and to co-exist with increasing numbers of neighbors, practical and cost effective air mitigation...
National Swine Health Monitor project: incidence and factors associated with transmission and control of PED virus
September 27, 2015By Robert B. Morrison
The short term objective of this project was to yield better understanding of the epidemiology and field ecology of PEDv and the relative impact of specific management decisions on the risks of...
