Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B (MLSB) resistance in soils amended with swine manure
February 1, 2007By Julie Zilles
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
November 2, 2006By Julie Funk
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
October 10, 2006By Scott Hurd
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
August 25, 2006By Wondwossen Gebreyes
Three globally important zoonotic foodborne pathogens including Salmonella, Trichinella and Toxoplasma, were studied. Serological analysis of these pathogens was conducted on samples collected from...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determination of the Diagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity of a Reference Method for Salmonella sp. Detection in Swine Fecal Samples of Known Infection Status
August 18, 2006By Brenda Love
Salmonella enterica is a bacterium that causes disease in many animals, including swine and human beings. This organism can be transmitted from swine to human beings through direct contact, or...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Use of sodium chlorate to eliminate gram-negative pathogens in live hogs: Dose titration study to determine safe tissue residues
July 20, 2006By David J. Smith
Each year thousands of US consumers become ill because they have eaten food products that are contaminated with pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella or E. coli O157:H7. Intense efforts have been...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Sequencing of 10 potential molecular epidemiological targets from a collection of food safety relevant Salmonella spp.
July 12, 2006By Scot Dowd
The development and testing of molecular epidemiological tools for pre-harvest food safety applications is an important and rapidly evolving issue. This means that it is vital to track bacterial...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Comparison of Cereal Grains in Diets for Nursery Pigs:Microbiology, Health and Performance
May 1, 2006By James Pettigrew
As increasingly severe restrictions on the use of antimicrobials in pig production loom, it is imperative that the industry find alternate ways to enhance pig performance and health. These ways will...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determination of Salmonella Classification Levels for Selected Midwestern Swine Herds Utilizing Abattoir-based Samples and Compare Classification Stability over Time
March 21, 2006By James McKean
Since 1995, the Danish swine industry has conducted an on-farm Salmonella control program to categorize production sites as to their risks for Salmonella contamination. This classification has been...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Control of Salmonella by segregated early weaning, topical disinfection and administration of sodium chlorate
December 15, 2005By Peter Bahnson
The results of this study document that sodium chlorate / nitrate / lactate, used alone or combination with early weaning and/or topical disinfection can be effective in reducing Salmonella...
