Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Large-Scale Association Analyses of Candidate Genes for Feed Efficiency Traits in Pig
February 25, 2010By Max Rothschild
This study was conducted with the objectives of identifying genes which impact feed efficiency in pigs, quantifying those effects, and informing producers of how to utilize this information in...
Animal Well-being
Assessment of lameness, pain and culling risk in sows
February 25, 2010By John Deen
Lameness has long been identified as a concern in sow herds. It is usually recognized as a painful condition and as potentially detrimental to the future productivity of that sow. Lameness is...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Food Safety Research And Response Network Web Site And Training Program
February 23, 2010By Jay Levine
The Food Safety Research and Response Network is a national consortium of food-safety researchers and food safety practitioners. Funding from the Pork Board was provided to support the development of...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Comparative Evaluation of Rapid Methods for Salmonella Detection in Pork
February 17, 2010By Irene V. Wesley
The goal of this study was to develop a single-step assay which combined all of the steps of conventional culture of Salmonella into a single well of a 48-deep well microtiter plate. The second goal...
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...
