Animal Well-being
Validation and Demonstration of Utilizing High Expansion Nitrogen Foam for Large Scale Depopulation of Swine
June 23, 2022By Todd Williams
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) defines depopulation as “the rapid destruction of a population of animals in response to urgent circumstances with as much consideration given...
Animal Well-being
Quantifying a Technique Using Carbon Monoxide for the Depopulation of Swine
May 20, 2022By Doug Groth
The project demonstrated the euthanasia of mature sows and feeder pigs using carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a 1970 gas grain truck. The gas engine system, with no modifications, had been previously...
Animal Well-being
Mass Depopulation of Swine Facilities via On-Site Generation of Carbon Monoxide
May 20, 2022By Brett Ramirez
In the event of an infectious animal disease outbreak, rapid depopulation of the infected livestock herds can help prevent the spread of the disease and potentially reduce suffering of the impacted...
Animal Well-being
Quantifying a Technique Using Carbon Monoxide for the Depopulation of Swine
January 1, 2022By Doug Groth
The project demonstrated the euthanasia of mature sows and feeder pigs using carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a 1970 gas grain truck. The gas engine system, with no modifications, had been previously used to euthanize weaned pigs. This project further improved the method by cooling and filtering particulates out of the exhaust gas prior to contact with the pigs.
Animal Well-being
Determining the efficacy and safety of differing caliber/ammunition combinations for the humane euthanization and subsequent mass depopulation of market weight pigs.
November 24, 2021By Chad A. Stahl|Ph.D.
The global pandemic attributable to the COVID-19 virus has severely disrupted the U.S. pork supply chain over the past few months as many packer/processors have closed and(or) restricted their scope...
Animal Well-being
Field evaluation of humane pig euthanasia using a dump trailer as a CO2 chamber
November 24, 2021By Marisa Rotolo
In the summer of 2018, African swine fever virus was detected in China, highlighting the need renewed preparation efforts in the United States against foreign animal diseases. Since 2018, many...
Animal Well-being
Depopulation methods in swine: what has been done and what are the knowledge gaps
November 24, 2021By Andrew Bowman
Mass depopulation refers to the need of ending the life of large numbers of animals due to emergencies. This need could arise, for example, when we face disease epidemics (especially for pathogens...
Animal Well-being
Animal caretakers perspectives on performing euthanasia on commercial sow farms
October 27, 2021By Lily Edwards-Callaway
Animal Well-being
Use of modified rendering trailers to achieve rapid depopulation of modern sow units
March 18, 2021By Andrew Bowman
The objective of this project was to establish an effective and safe method to facilitate both the depopulation of sow units and the disposal of carcasses in the face of a foreign animal disease outbreak.
Animal Well-being
Capturing genetic potential for greater sow lifetime productivity
February 26, 2021By Dr. George Foxcroft PhD BSc
These findings indicate that poor survival to weaning, and lower gilt retention rates during development, are critical issues for low birth weight gilts and for gilts born to sows with a low ALBW_P....
