The impact of swine lagoon seepage on shallow groundwater quality: Groundwater remediation through lagoon closure and pumping
January 1, 2008By Jon M. Hathaway
Anaerobic lagoons have been used extensively since about 1960 to temporarily store and partially treat livestock waste from concentrated animal production facilities. An earlier study characterized...
Air pollution and odor in communities near industrial swine operations
January 1, 2008
BACKGROUND: Odors can affect health and quality of life. Industrialized animal agriculture creates odorant compounds that are components of a mixture of agents that could trigger symptoms reported by...
Environment - Air
Particulates, Ammonium Nitrate, and Ammonium Sulfate: Effects on Air Quality in Rural Iowa
December 26, 2007By R. L. Pfeiffer
Air quality has many components, one of which is PM2.5 and ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate are reported to be two of the major components. Swine confinement facilities generate significant...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Risk Assessment for Salmonella spp. in Cooked Pork
December 4, 2007By Arthur Miller
The purpose of this research was to develop a retail-to-table risk assessment to evaluate the likelihood of developing salmonellosis from consumption of a serving of enhanced or un-enhanced pork...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development of Antibiotic Usage Information in Swine
November 2, 2007By John Deen
There exists global concern about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria and their potential relationship to antimicrobial use in food animal production. Despite this, the U.S....
Swine Health - General Disease
The “Kansas Cluster” of severe PMWS cases: characterization of a novel PCV2 as the possible etiological agent.
October 31, 2007By Raymond R. Rowland
The proposal was submitted in response to a request for proposals to investigate PCV2 associated disease. The three objectives were (1) analyze PCV2 genetic sequences from herds experiencing an...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Relationship between Antibiotics in Water and Rates of Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Transfer
October 31, 2007By Randall Singer
There is growing concern about the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic residues in the environment. These compounds can potentially select for antibiotic resistant bacteria, and this selection can...
Swine Health - PRRS
Implementation of a PRRSV Strain Database (Renewal)
October 30, 2007By Kay S. Faaberg
The PRRSV strain database (http://prrsv.ahc.umn.edu) has been supported by the National Pork Board for three years. The database (PRRSVdb; 7,627 unique sequences) is freely available for web-based...
Swine Health - PRRS
Enhancement of efficacy of PRRSV vaccines by altering the glycosylation pattern of viral glycoproteins
October 15, 2007By Asit Pattnaik
In previous studies, we have demonstrated that virus-neutralizing antibodies are important for protective immunity against PRRSV. These neutralizing antibodies constitute a significant correlate for...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Quantization of Salmonella in transport and lairage to assess interventions for reduction of cross-contamination in pigs
October 11, 2007By D.L. Hank Harris
The sensitivity of the quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay (qPCR) was shown to be 10,000 Salmonella colony forming units of bacteria per gram of fecal matter; this means that this rapid and...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Screening and Fate of Estrogens in Pig Excreta and Manure Samples
August 31, 2007By Dr. Ashok K Singh
Swine farming is one of the major food-animal industries in the nation. In 2003, pig growers in the US had an inventory of 59.6 million pigs and hogs1. On an average, a pig produces about 3.9 kg of...
Swine Health - PRRS
Elimination of PRRS virus from two regions in Minnesota
August 31, 2007By Robert Morrison
This project is an attempt to eliminate PRRS virus from all sites having pigs within two defined regions in Minnesota; eastern Rice county and Stevens County. We have completed our fourth year and...
