Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Optimal dietary protein for the development of gilts. NPB #15-119 (14-235-Year2)
June 29, 2015By Jeffrey Vallet
This experiment was undertaken to develop diets that could be fed ad libitum to developing gilts that would result in differences in growth rate or body composition during development. A further...
PEDV Diagnostic Approaches to Assess Sow Immunity and Piglet Protection
June 24, 2015By Eric A. Nelson
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first detected in the U.S. in May 2013 and spread rapidly across the country. PCR assays were quickly developed to detect the presence of PEDV RNA in...
Animal Well-being
Development of a practical, cost-effective pain mitigation technique for castration of piglets
June 17, 2015By Erin Fierheller
There is a growing trend towards the development of “welfare-friendly” management practices in production animals....
Human Nutrition
Comparison of red meat versus high carbohydrate diet as a means of preventing tissue-specific down-regulation of insulin receptors
June 9, 2015By Eric Berg
The effect of diet on physiological and chemical balance was assessed when mature, obese gilts were fed either a high fat ground beef (GB) or a high carbohydrate corn/soybean diet (CON). A pool of 21...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Further Characterization of Salmonella and Campylobacter Isolates from NARMS Study
May 28, 2015By Timothy Frana
The primary objective of this research was to examine the potential impact of normal lairage practices on Salmonella, Campylobacter and E....
Animal Science
Sow performance in response to dietary betaine fed in lactation and weaning-to-35 d post-insemination during moderate heat stress
May 18, 2015By Eric Van Heugten
Heat stress has serious negative consequences for the swine industry by reducing feed intake and reproductive performance of sows. Based on commercial observations, heat stress during the summer...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) oral fluid antibody ELISA based on the detection of antibodies to APP ApxIV toxin in oral fluid specimens
May 14, 2015By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a significant respiratory pathogen of swine, causing acute death in finishing pigs and adding significant treatment costs to the...
Human Nutrition
Effects of pork vs. chicken/fish in a DASH diet on blood pressure regulation in older adults with hypertension
May 13, 2015By Wayne W. Campbell
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most commonly treated condition in primary care settings and is a major and modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular and kidney diseases [1]. The most...
Tissue localization, shedding, virus carriage, antibody response, and aerosol transmission of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) following inoculation of 4 week old feeder pigs.
May 12, 2015By Richard Hesse
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has recently emerged in the US. The purpose of this investigation was to determine tissue...
The pathogenesis and characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine enteric deltacoronavirus (PdCV) in neonatal gnotobiotic (Gn) swine
May 8, 2015By Michael Oglesbee
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine enteric deltacoronavirus (PdCV) emerged recently in the United States and caused significant economic loss in the swine industry. Currently, the...
Animal Well-being
Improving the Welfare of Group Housed Sows Fed via Electronic Sow Feeding
May 1, 2015By Thomas Parsons
This study was designed to examine different ways of mixing sows into a large dynamic pen equipped with electronic sow feeders.
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of disease on amino acid requirements of growing pigs
May 1, 2015By Anoosh Rakhshandeh
A total of 40 gilts (initial BW 9.4 ± 0.9 kg) were used in three experiments (Exp) to evaluate the impact of disease induced either by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or porcine...
