Animal Well-being
Is tail docking necessary and if so, how long should the tail be?
September 30, 2009By John McGlone
Tail docking of piglets is a routine procedure on farms to control tail biting behavior, however docking can cause an acute stress response. The objectives of this research were to 1) determine if...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Identification of biological factors responsible for differences in feed efficiency between selection lines for residual feed intake- NPB 07-161, Selection lines to enhance genetic selection for feed efficiency – NPB 07-139
September 18, 2009By Jack C.M. Dekkers
Feed for the growing phase is the largest variable cost in pork production and these costs are on the rise. Thus, research that reduces feed required for pork production can result in substantial...
Environment - Other
Effect of Adding Sawdust and Corn Stover on Thermochemical Conversion of Swine Manure into Crude Oil
September 2, 2009By Yuanhui Zhang
Our research team was able to produce bio-oil with blends of swine manure and cellulosic biomass. Laboratorial tests showed that adding cellulosic materials like sawdust and corn stover did not...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Novel molecular approaches for the rapid detection of Salmonella from pork products and the pork processing environment
August 31, 2009By Doris D'Souza
Novel rapid, sensitive, and simple detection assays that can be routinely used to prevent the transmission of Salmonella in the pork industry are in high-demand. Reverse-transcriptase Loop-mediated...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Literature Review of Health Effects Testing Related to Livestock Production
August 31, 2009By Tracy Barfield
One of the excuses frequently used in objection to citing or expansion of livestock and poultry operations is that such operations result in negative health impacts for people residing in proximity...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Does pre-slaughter transportation and lairage affect Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence and levels in market pigs?
August 31, 2009By Marcos Rostagno
This research was conducted with the objective of determining the effect of pre-slaughter transportation and lairage on Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence, shedding levels of total...
Swine Health - PRRS
Estimating the infectious dose for transmission of PRRSV by aerosol exposure
August 11, 2009By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The objective of this research was to quantify the likelihood of PRRSV transmission via aerosols as a function of exposure dose. This information is important because it reveals the process by which...
Environment - Other
Mass balance of nutrients for the finishing phase as affected by dietary manipulation
August 7, 2009By Scott Carter
An experiment utilizing finisher pigs was conducted to determine the effects of dietary manipulation on pig growth performance, nutrient excretion, gaseous emissions, and the mass balance of...
Environment - Air
Chemical Characterization of both particulates and gaseous emissions from impacted and non-impacted areas associated with swine feeding operations
August 6, 2009By Steven Trabue
Odorants in the air include both volatile organic and volatile sulfur compounds. Movement of these compounds from swine feeding operations to surrounding community is thought to occur either through...
Human Nutrition
A National Survey of the Nitrite/Nitrate Concentrations in Cured Meat Products and Non-meat Foods Available at Retail
August 4, 2009By Jimmy Keeton
Nitrite, and in some cases nitrate, are functional food ingredients that serve as effective antimicrobials to inhibit pathogens such as Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes, impart a...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of Type I Interferon Antagonists of PRRSV Viral Structural Proteins
August 3, 2009By Kay S. Faaberg
PRRSV is an important swine pathogen and infections caused by this virus have not been efficiently controlled. This is in part due to the lack of knowledge about the insufficient swine immune...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Validation of Sanitation Procedures to Prevent the Cross Contact with Allergens during the Processing of Pork Products
August 2, 2009By Margaret Hardin
Allergens continue to be a challenge to the food industry from a public health standpoint as well as from a regulatory perspective. Several options exist to separate allergen-containing and...
