Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
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Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Impacts of growth promoting antibiotics on growth performance, economics, and the development and persistence of antibiotic resistance in nursery and finishing pigs
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development of a Microarray for the Rapid and Simultaneous Detection and Tracking of Bacterial and Viral Foodborne Pathogens
We developed a microarray for the rapid detection and characterization of three important bacterial pathogens including Campylobacter, Salmonella and Yersinia and a viral pathogen including...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Use of naturally-occurring bacteriophage to reduce Salmonella in swine prior to harvest
Salmonella is one of the most common causes of foodborne illness in humans and can also impact swine production efficiency. Bacteriophage are viruses found in nature that can kill bacteria,...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Quantitative evaluation of selective factors impacting the development, amplification, persistence and transfer of macrolide resistance elements within mixed populations of commensal and pathogenic gut bacteria.
A series of laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the effects of low (25 ug/ml) or high (100 ug/ml) tylosin treatment on potential development, amplification, persistance and transfer of...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identifying the Genetic Profile of the Salmonella-carrier Pig to Improve Food Safety and Decrease Pre-Harvest Disease
Pigs that shed Salmonella in their feces are an animal health issue, a food safety problem and an environmental contamination risk. Our research program investigates the undesirable carrier state of...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B (MLSB) resistance in soils amended with swine manure
The land application of treated swine manure has been proposed to contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance, but this possibility has not been confirmed. In this work we measured antibiotics...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Longitudinal evaluation of the effect of ventilation and environmental management of swine barns on Salmonella prevalence in finishing swine
These data suggest that environmental temperature; in particular lower environmental temperatures in early finisher pigs and high environmental temperature in older finisher pigs are associated with...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Salmonella prevalence during the finishing production stage
This research project was conducted with the objective of determining if the Salmonella prevalence at the end of the finishing production stage correctly represents the Salmonella status of a lot, as...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Serological Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii, Trichinella spiralis and Salmonella enterica among niche market antimicrobial-free and conventionally reared pigs
Three globally important zoonotic foodborne pathogens including Salmonella, Trichinella and Toxoplasma, were studied. Serological analysis of these pathogens was conducted on samples collected from...
