Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Identification of SNP Markers Associated with Number Born, Number Weaned and Weaning to Estrus Interval in Commercial First Parity Sows
June 18, 2010By Gary Rohrer
The objective of this research was to identify genetic markers that would be predictive of first parity reproductive performance and rebreeding in an effort to improve the percentage of gilts...
Swine Health - PRRS
Sequencing, Cloning and Characterization of a 2007 Vietnam PRRSV isolate
June 17, 2010By Kay S. Faaberg
Epidemics of severe swine disease, termed “Porcine High Fever Disease (PHFD)”, continue to be reported in...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of the relationship between hoof abnormalities and breeding herd female longevity and well-being when housed in gestation and farrowing stalls
June 16, 2010By Anna Johnson
Objective I; Increased hoof abnormality prevalence (e.g. toe and dew claw overgrowth, hoof wall cracks, and hoof pad abrasions) in sow populations observed at harvest suggest that these hoof...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of the Pork Quality of Sows Fed Diets with different levels of Distillers Dried Grains
June 16, 2010By M. Latour
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are potentially economical feed ingredients in the swine industry, especially in the Midwest. It is well known that DDGS quality varies between...
Swine Health - General Disease
Use of a production region model to evaluate biosecurity protocol efficacy for reducing the risk of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae spread between farms
June 16, 2010By Scott Dee
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo) are economically significant pathogens of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Identification of host factors interacting with classical swine fever virus proteins: development of novel anti-viral therapeutics
June 16, 2010By Manuel Borca
During the infection of a cell, a virus gets in contact with many host proteins. These interactions between virus and host factors enable the virus the successful production of progeny and progress...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-specific ELISA
June 15, 2010By F. Chris Minion
Serology due to its low cost and ease of sample collection is the most common tool used to monitor the status of M. hyopneumoniae infection...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Effect of pregnant gilt zinc and lipid supplementation on neonatal piglet brain myelination and preweaning mortality
June 14, 2010By Jeffrey Vallet
The effect of dietary supplementation of pregnant gilts with Gromega lipid supplement (JBSUnited feeds), zinc sulfate, or the two combined...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Economic Analysis of the UNL Gilt Development Project
June 3, 2010By Rodger Johnson
Restricting energy intake during gilt development lowered costs associated with gilt development and increased subsequent productivity of these females. The study modeled costs and value of market...
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic and antigenic characterization of a recent PRRSV isolate
May 30, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) NC16845 was isolated from porcine tissue submitted to the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in 2006. The isolate...
Pork Safety
Effect of lactic acid and commercial chilling processes on the survival of Salmonella, Campylobacter coli and Yersinia spp. in pork variety meats
May 28, 2010By Margaret Hardin
Previous research on pork variety meats reported a 2% lactic acid spray was the most effective antimicrobial of those tested with the least negative effect on product quality (Zerby et al.,...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Pharmacokinetics and tissue residues of procaine penicillin G in sows after administration of 33,000 IU/kg intramuscularly and by needle-free injection – Part A – Live Animal Work
May 17, 2010By Locke Karriker
Forty sows were utilized in a study to determine the plasma concentration profile and tissue residues of procaine penicillin G after injection by two methods (20 sows each method). A target dose...
