Public Health - Salmonella
Salmonella sample cryopreservation enables epidemiologic study, quantification of bacteria and further characterization of bacterial isolates.
February 17, 2010By Peter Bahnson
Salmonella control requires practical means to reliably test for shedding of the organism. Fecal samples offer the potential to sample on farms or at slaughter plants. However, methods to culture...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Campylobacter Colonization Dynamics in Pigs
February 15, 2010By Gireesh Rajashekara
Campylobacter are known human pathogens that are capable of causing disease ranging from diarrhea to serious neurological disorders. These bacteria are majorly transmitted to humans via consumption...
Swine Health - General Disease
Do capsid mutants with the PCV-2 genotype variations induce virulence differences in vitro and in vivo?
February 15, 2010By Beatrice Grasland
The porcine circovirus of type 2 (PCV-2) is involved in porcine circovirus diseases such as post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), reproduction disorders, porcine dermatitis and...
Animal Science
Development of a three dimensional digital model of the skeleton and muscular anatomy of the pork carcass including several learning modules
February 12, 2010By Steven J. Jones
Increase demand for pork requires that new uses for existing muscles in the pork carcass be utilized in new and novel ways. To do this, different fabrication procedures need to be developed and then...
Public Health - MRSA
Evaluation of methodologies for qualitative and quantitative detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in retail pork
February 10, 2010By J Scott Weese
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a critically important cause of disease in people. It has been a leading cause of infections of people in hospitals, and subsequently emerged as...
Swine Health - General Disease
Prevalence of slaughter house condemnation due to Erysipelothrix sp. and further characterization of isolates associated with these cases
February 10, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
The objective of this study was to confirm the presence and investigate the identity of Erysipelothrix spp. in condemned tissues obtained from a regional abattoir. Tissue specimens from 70 carcasses...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identifying genes associated with Salmonella shedding to increase pork safety through improved genetic resistance
February 8, 2010By Christopher Tuggle
The long-term goals of this project are to use genomics tools to identify genetic variants that are associated with decreased Salmonella shedding on farms; and to use these variants to select for...
Swine Health - PRRS
Optimization of the PRRSV antibody ELISA for use in oral fluid-based surveillance
February 4, 2010By Jeffrey Zimmerman
PRRSV, M. hyopneumoniae, influenza, PCV2, and other endemic pathogens continue to cause significant economic losses to U.S. swine producers. In part, the disease status quo is maintained by the...
Human Nutrition
The Addition of a Protein-Rich Breakfast and Its Effects On Acute Appetite Control and Food Intake in ‘Breakfast-Dkipping’ Adolescents
February 2, 2010By Heather Leidy
The purpose of the current study was to identify whether the daily addition of a protein-rich (pork-based) breakfast leads to beneficial, long term improvements in appetite, glucose control, and body...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Validation of commercial DNA tests for production efficiency, meat quality, and maternal traits in purebred swine
February 1, 2010By Clint Schwab
As our knowledge about the genetic factors affecting economically important traits increases, application of such information may add to the efficiency of pig improvement programs through extra...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Sulfur Concentration in Distiller’s Dried Grains with Soluble (DDGS) and Its Impact on Palatability and Pig Performance.
January 31, 2010By Yanhong Zhang
The study has provided a comprehensive investigation on whether or not increasing concentrations of sulfur in distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) can impact the palatability and performance...
Swine Health - General Disease
PCVAD Induced Immune Dysfunction
January 13, 2010By Richard Hesse
This project included a team of PCVAD researchers from KSU, ISU and SDSU who utilized a single set of experimentally infected pigs to address several important questions related to pathobiology,...
