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This study continued source tracking efforts for fecal waste in the Stockinghead Creek Watershed and expanded surface water testing to sights previously monitored by the NC Department of Environmental Quality and the NC Legislature funded Rivernet program.
This study aimed to assess a novel strategy for pain management of piglets after routine processing procedures. By providing the sow an analgesic drug that is able to cross the blood-milk barrier in the mammary gland, nursing piglets can be noninvasively provided pain relief transmammary prior to surgical castration and tail docking.
Based on the data from this study, we can suggest that PF is suitable to screen young swine herds for ASF.
The multi-facetted project focused on optimizing late finishing pig feed efficiency, carcass traits, and economic return through feeding practices is essential for the sustainability of pork production.
The objective of this research was to demonstrate interactive effects of pelleting and reducing particle size of corn on net energy and nutrient digestibility in feeds for growing pigs.
The first study using experimentally ASFV inoculated adult, commercial boars to determine which sample types and PCR procedures were optimum in detecting ASFV in boars and gilts. Additionally, it proved that insemination of ASFV infected semen to naïve gilts resulted in transmission of the virus.
• During extraordinary circumstances, it may become necessary to depopulate large populations of swine as a disease containment measure. Depopulation methods currently recommended or recommended under constrained circumstances for swine by the AVMA present significant logistical challenges when scaled to large populations or performed in field conditions.
The goal of this current research was to identify practical methods to improve the detection of PRRSV, IAV-S, and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (MHP) nucleic acids in swine oral fluids by evaluating sample treatments reported to achieve improved nucleic acid detection.
Nearly 400 pork producers were surveyed to better understand the current labor situation in hog production, including shortages, open positions and retention. This study also identifies current sources of labor for hog production operations including foreign labor and domestic sources.
This research project assessed the African swine fever virus’s (ASFV) nucleic acid detection in slaughter expedient samples: diaphragm meat juice, diaphragm muscle swab, spleen, and spleen swab.
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