Environment - Air
Odor compound production, accumulation, and volatilization from swine manure
October 31, 2009By Dan Miller
The objectives of this project were to determine the changes in odor compound content and composition of three swine manure storage systems over the course of a year characterize and compare the...
Animal Well-being
Retrofit an optimized gestation stall system based on sow well-being: A pilot study
October 27, 2009By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
Sow housing has become a controversial welfare issue for pork producers. We cannot begin to implement costly alternative housing systems without scientific data that support these changes that could...
Human Nutrition
Assessment of the Potential Human Exposure to Heterocyclic Amines from Cooked Meat Products
October 6, 2009By Arthur Miller
The main objectives of this study are to review of the major categories of fresh and processed meat products that are candidates for heterocyclic amine (HCA) formation and develop a matrix of levels...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of a Soy Allergenicity Model in Swine
October 1, 2009By Niels Nielsen
A problem that seriously impacts both the swine and soybean industries is the adverse reactions of young piglets to soy based rations. The responses of early-weaned piglets to soy-based rations are...
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...
