Animal Science
Association of compositional traits and structural soundness with the ability of commercial line of sows to complete parities four and five – NPB#06-192. (A continuation of the original project 2005 titled: Association of compositional, structural soundness, and health with the ability of a commercial line of young sows to successfully complete parity one (NPB#05-081) and the 2006 project titled:
August 6, 2010By Ken Stalder
Poor sow longevity has both economic and welfare ramifications for the commercial swine industry. According to PigCHAMP™...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of rapid introduction and removal of high and low digestibility corn distillers dried grains from the diet, and dietary inclusion rates on growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs
July 30, 2010By G.C. Shurson
Due to inevitable price fluctuations of feed ingredients, pork producers and nutritionists are frequently seeking low cost feed...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Characteristics and Eating Quality of Bacon and Sausage from Finishing Pigs Fed Medium and High Levels of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) from Ethanol Production
July 30, 2010By G.L. Cromwell
An experiment involving 60 crossbred pigs was conducted at the University of Kentucky to assess the effects of feeding high levels of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Identification of markers associated with sow lifetime productivity for whole genomic selection
July 11, 2010By Daniel Ciobanu
Sows are more productive today than ever before. However, concurrent with increased prolificacy, high sow death losses and replacement...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin on Hepatic Gene Expression in Swine
June 30, 2010By Kristi Cammack
Aflatoxins, especially aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), can be high in dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) when concentrated during the ethanol production process. Increased use of DDGS in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of equations to predict the metabolizable energy content of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) samples from a wide variety of sources.
June 23, 2010By Michael Ellis
Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), a byproduct of ethanol production from corn that is becoming available in increasing quantities, is a potentially valuable ingredient for use in...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Identification of SNP Markers Associated with Number Born, Number Weaned and Weaning to Estrus Interval in Commercial First Parity Sows
June 18, 2010By Gary Rohrer
The objective of this research was to identify genetic markers that would be predictive of first parity reproductive performance and rebreeding in an effort to improve the percentage of gilts...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of the Pork Quality of Sows Fed Diets with different levels of Distillers Dried Grains
June 16, 2010By M. Latour
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are potentially economical feed ingredients in the swine industry, especially in the Midwest. It is well known that DDGS quality varies between...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Effect of pregnant gilt zinc and lipid supplementation on neonatal piglet brain myelination and preweaning mortality
June 14, 2010By Jeffrey Vallet
The effect of dietary supplementation of pregnant gilts with Gromega lipid supplement (JBSUnited feeds), zinc sulfate, or the two combined...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Economic Analysis of the UNL Gilt Development Project
June 3, 2010By Rodger Johnson
Restricting energy intake during gilt development lowered costs associated with gilt development and increased subsequent productivity of these females. The study modeled costs and value of market...
