Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED): Development of tests and reagents for diagnosis and disease management
April 8, 2015By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), a coronavirus-mediated enteric disease, emerged in US swine unexpectedly in 2013. While introduction pathway of disease to the US was unknown, the US swine industry...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Diagnosis of sow lameness using the microcomputer-based force plate system and pattern recognition methods
April 8, 2015By Kenneth J. Stalder
Sow longevity is a key component to breeding herd profitability. Lameness is a major reason for culling and therefore can negatively impact sow longevity. Lameness assessment in group housing...
Swine Health - General Disease
Environmental stability of PDCoV (porcine delta coronavirus)
March 31, 2015By Sagar M. Goyal
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
A Cell-free Synthesis Approach for the Rapid and Cost-Effective Production of Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccines
March 31, 2015By Bradley Bundy
1. Objectives:The objective of this work was to assess a technology’s potential to produce the components of a Foot and...
Animal Well-being
Validation of EEG measures for pain assessment in piglets aged 0 to 10 days
March 2, 2015By Craig Johnson
According to current commercial practice, tail docking of pigs is performed without analgesia and is therefore acutely painful. Negative public perception concerning tail docking without the use of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Applying Enzyme Technology to Optimize the Utilization of Fibrous Feed Ingredients in Swine Diets – Nutrient Digestibility
March 2, 2015By Eric Van Heugten
The increasing industrial demand for feed grains, partly for biofuel production, has raised the price forecast for feed grains. Co-products are a short-term solution for commercial swine production...
Animal Science
Impact of in utero heat stress on subsequent growth, composition and reproduction
February 27, 2015By Tim Safranski
Heat stress results in reduced feed intake, growth rate and reproductive performance, and most research has been aimed at these direct responses. It has also been shown that heat stress can reduce...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
The impact of the timing of relocation of replacement gilts from pens to stalls on gilt fertility and sow longevity
February 23, 2015By Robert V. Knox
This research addressed uncertainties involving the effects of the timing of transition from pen housing to stalls on replacement gilt fertility and longevity. In most US farms, replacement gilts are...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Investigation of the impact of increased dietary insoluble fiber through the feeding of dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) on the colonic microbiota of pigs with and without Brachyspira-associated colitis
February 23, 2015By Eric Burrough
The diversion of an increasing portion of the U.S. corn crop to ethanol production has resulted in increased feed costs for pork producers. To mitigate this trend, many pork producers have...
Evaluation of the efficacy of Stalosan F® for inactivating porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in swine feces on the surface of trailers used to haul live pigs
February 16, 2015By Dr. Derald Holtkamp DVM MS
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...
Swine Health - General Disease
Genogroup A, B and C porcine rotaviruses: Prevalence and implications for effective vaccines
February 16, 2015By Linda J. Saif
Our study provides critical information on high genetic and antigenic diversity of porcine RVs (PRVs) confirming that the existing PRV...
Feasibility of viability PCR and ex-vivo bioassay to detect viable PED virus in feed. Identification
February 13, 2015By Montse Torremorell
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first detected in the United States in April 2013, spread rapidly, affected most of the swine...
