Swine Health - General Disease
Investigation and characterization of pathogenic and molecular differences in atypical Brachyspira spp. clinical isolates versus classic strains
September 24, 2012By Eric Burrough
Swine dysentery (SD), or bloody scours, has historically been associated with the presence of the strongly beta-hemolytic spirochete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; however, Brachyspira spp. not...
Human Nutrition
The effects of protein quantity and source on postprandial satiety and plasma amino acid concentrations
September 24, 2012By Wayne W. Campbell
The objective of this study was to assess if the amount of protein an overweight or moderately obese adult consumes while reducing their...
Human Nutrition
Increased protein intakes from predominantly meat- versus soy protein/pulses-based foods: Effects on daily and postprandial appetite during energy restriction-induced weight loss
September 24, 2012By Wayne W. Campbell
The objective of this study was to assess if the amount of protein an overweight or moderately obese adult consumes while reducing their...
Animal Well-being
Understanding and reducing aggression using pre-exposure, when sows are mixed in a grouped gestation system
September 20, 2012By Jeremy Marchant-Forde
The largest single challenge of keeping sows in groups is that of inter-sow aggression. We know that sows will fight when mixed and when...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Risk informed management of Salmonella in deep tissue lymph nodes
September 6, 2012By Scott Hurd
The objectives of this project were to build and parameterize a quantitative risk model of the Salmonella prevalence along the pork production chain, and therefore to apply the model in...
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Production Scale Midwestern Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing Facility
September 1, 2012By Hongwei Xin
Gaseous emissions from livestock production continue to receive increasing attention due to concerns over their environmental and health...
Swine Health - General Disease
Impact of Influenza vaccination of growing pigs on bioaerosol generation. Identification
August 31, 2012By Montse Torremorell
The 2009 influenza pandemic and the recent H3N2v events have highlighted the constant threat that influenza viruses represent for people and animals. Because influenza viruses are shared between...
Environment - Air
Evaluating Nutrient (nitrogen and ortho-phosphate) Export with Subsurface Drainage Water from Spring Applied Swine Manure to Soybean Planted Sub-watersheds
August 23, 2012By Kapil Arora
The objective of this project is to evaluate the impact of spring applied swine manure for soybean crop on sub-surface drainage water quality from non-replicated sub-watersheds. To evaluate this...
Animal Well-being
On-farm validation of captive bolt technology as a single stage euthanasia method
August 19, 2012By Suzanne Millman
There has been limited published research on the use of penetrative or non- penetrating captive bolt for euthanasia of swine. The CASH...
Swine Health - General Disease
Investigating the role of PB1-F2 in the pathogenicity of circulating strains of SIV
August 18, 2012By Cathy Miller
The objectives of this study were to initiate an investigation into the impact of a newly identified influenza virus protein, PB1-F2, in swine lineage influenza virus (SIV) pathogenicity....
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Impact of ceftiofur use on the dissemination of resistant enteric bacteria in finishing swine populations
August 10, 2012By Thomas Wittum
The antibiotics Exceed and Excenel are two formulations of the cephalosporin drug ceftiofur that are commonly used to treat finishing pigs in the US. Our object was to understand the relationship...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of lipid source and peroxidation level on digestible and metabolizable energy concentration, and the impact of lipid peroxidation on intestinal barrier function
August 9, 2012By Brian Kerr
BACKGROUND: A better understanding of methods to assess quality and feeding value of feed fats and oils is needed because of variability in composition and quality. Commonly used lipid...
