Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Diagnosis of sow lameness using the microcomputer-based force plate system and pattern recognition methods
April 8, 2015By Kenneth J. Stalder
Sow longevity is a key component to breeding herd profitability. Lameness is a major reason for culling and therefore can negatively impact sow longevity. Lameness assessment in group housing...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Applying Enzyme Technology to Optimize the Utilization of Fibrous Feed Ingredients in Swine Diets – Nutrient Digestibility
March 2, 2015By Eric Van Heugten
The increasing industrial demand for feed grains, partly for biofuel production, has raised the price forecast for feed grains. Co-products are a short-term solution for commercial swine production...
Animal Science
Impact of in utero heat stress on subsequent growth, composition and reproduction
February 27, 2015By Tim Safranski
Heat stress results in reduced feed intake, growth rate and reproductive performance, and most research has been aimed at these direct responses. It has also been shown that heat stress can reduce...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Investigation of the impact of increased dietary insoluble fiber through the feeding of dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) on the colonic microbiota of pigs with and without Brachyspira-associated colitis
February 23, 2015By Eric Burrough
The diversion of an increasing portion of the U.S. corn crop to ethanol production has resulted in increased feed costs for pork producers. To mitigate this trend, many pork producers have...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
The impact of the timing of relocation of replacement gilts from pens to stalls on gilt fertility and sow longevity
February 23, 2015By Robert V. Knox
This research addressed uncertainties involving the effects of the timing of transition from pen housing to stalls on replacement gilt fertility and longevity. In most US farms, replacement gilts are...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Understanding the effects of increased fiber from corn origin on the supply of energy and nutrients to the pig
February 8, 2015By John Patience
Objective: An experiment was conducted, using the ileal-cannulated animal model, to determine the nutrient value of fiber from corn and its co-products, and the effect of its increase in the...
Animal Science
The effects of increasing niacin supplementation on growth performance, and pork quality of finishing pigs raised in seasonal heat stress
January 6, 2015By Joel DeRouchey
The overall hypothesis was that increasing the supplementation of niacin to finishing pigs during periods of heat stress can increase skin vasodilation which will improve heat abatement and...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of pelleting and extrusion on energy and nutrient digestibility in diets fed to pigs
September 15, 2014By Hans H. Stein
The objective of the present work was to determine if extrusion, pelleting or the combination of extrusion and pelleting has the ability to...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of a Nutrition × Health Interaction Model to Study Nursery Pig Performance
August 28, 2014By Philip S. Miller
The goal of this research project was to use Porcine Circovirus 2 (PCV2) challenge model as an approach to study the interaction of nutrition and disease (e.g., PRRS, mycoplasma pneumonia,...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluating Moderate to Severe Feed Processes in Light of Increasing Use of Wheat in Swine Diets
August 15, 2014By Michael Tokach
The overriding objective of this research was to improve the industry-wide lack of knowledge of how wheat particle size and pelleting of...
