Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Effect of soybean peroxidase activity on phenolic compounds, ammonia, and other organic compounds in swine manure
January 6, 2009By Brian Richert
A simulated manure system was used to evaluate the potential for soybean peroxidase (SoyP) added to swine manure to control phenolic and other odorous compounds in head space air and manure. The SoyP...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of Edible Vaccines against PRRSV: A Proof of Concept Study
December 22, 2008By Chenming (Mike) Zhang
The overall objective of this project is to develop edible vaccines to combat the devastating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) as an alternative to current MLVs. The goal is to...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of protective epitopes toward developing a vaccine providing broad cross-protection against various PRRS viruses
December 15, 2008By Won-Il Kim
Enormous genetic and antigenic variation impedes effective control and prevention of PRRS. Since PRRS virus vaccination is shown to be effective only against homologous or closely related viruses,...
Swine Health - PRRS
Induction of Cross-Protective Immunity Without Exposure to Live PRRSV
December 1, 2008By Luis Enjuanes
Explanation of the objectives. The development of more efficacious vaccines was one of the objectives for NPB 2007 funding. The work reported here is focused on the engineering of a...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical review of literature on feeding bio-fuels co-products to pigs.
November 23, 2008By Hans Stein
The digestibility of nutrients in distillers co-products vary among sources. The variability is of the same magnitude as for other co-products. Heat damage to lysine often occurs, which results...
Swine Health - PRRS
Inactivation of PRRSV using ultraviolet light
November 11, 2008By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The objective of this study was to calculate the inactivation of PRRSV by dose of UV254 in a “static” (i.e., virus-in-liquid solution) system. This study is the first step in...
Swine Health - General Disease
Application of an Epidemiologic Survey Tool for Lawsonia intracellularis
November 3, 2008By Connie Gebhart
The objective of this study was to develop a database of L. intracellularis genotypic types from various proliferative enteropathy outbreaks. This database will provide bioinformatics data...
Swine Health - General Disease
Improving Swine Health: Enhancing Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity Using Novel Polymer Adjuvants
November 2, 2008By Michael Wannameuhler
As commodity markets fluctuate and producer profit margins diminish, economic loss due to infectious disease become even more important to the survivability of operations. Vaccination continues to be...
Environment - Air
Alternative Biofilter Media Testing
October 31, 2008By Kevin Janni
Gas-phase biofilters are a proven method for reducing odor emissions from swine facilities and manure storage units. Woodchip and compost mixtures are commonly used as biofilter media. Widespread use...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development and Implementation of a Workplace Safety Reporting Database for the Pork Production Industry
October 27, 2008By Andrea Lassiter
The need for an industry-wide safety database arose from a discussion with individuals at the Worker Safety Roundtable, hosted by the National Pork board in November of 2007. Participants in the...
Animal Science
Reduced Nocturnal Temperature for Early-Weaned Pigs
October 23, 2008By Bob Thaler Ph.D.
Research in the 1980’s demonstrated that nursery room temperature could be reduced 10oF during the night without adversely affecting pig performance. This resulted in a significant...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Digestibility of dietary fiber from distillers co-products fed to growing pigs
October 17, 2008By Hans Stein
The rapidly increasing production of ethanol is generating large amounts of distillers’ co-products that are available for swine feeding programs. These co-products can help reduce feed cost....
