Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Validation of a serological assay using an 18kd oocyst-specific protein from Toxoplasma gondii for differentiation of oocyst versus tissue cyst induced human infection
October 18, 2005By Dolores Hill
The ELISA assay developed in this study is both sensitive and specific for the detection of human antibody to Toxoplasma gondii infection initiated by consumption of infectious oocysts. The assay...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
A comparison of administration routes of direct fed microbials to nursery pigs, and the effects on growth performance and gut health
August 10, 2005By John Scott Radcliffe
Direct fed microbials (DFM) have been investigated as a potential replacement for sub-therapeutic antibiotics in swine diets with mixed results being reported. Our results, found no overall...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Use of molecular assays to assess Toxoplasma gondii burden in commercial meat samples
March 29, 2005By Joan K. Lunney
Preventing pork associated foodborne diseases is important to pork producers. Infection with the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii (Tg), is a known risk factor associated with pork consumption. Thus assays...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development of a rapid detection method for Salmonella serotypes using a flow cytometric assay
February 2, 2005By Michael Wannameuhler
The use of serological assays to monitor the health status of swine herds has been used for several decades. The primary assays employed have included agglutination, neutralization, and/or ELISA...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Evaluation of Porcine Antimicrobial Peptides as Antibiotic Alternatives
December 1, 2004By Guolong (Glenn) Zhang
The widespread use of antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention in the livestock industry is posing food safety and public health concerns. Antimicrobial peptides that are effective in...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Cloning of an 18kd oocyst-specific protein from Toxoplasma gondii for serological detection of human infection
September 28, 2004By Dolores Hill
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Bioinformatics Based Genome Comparison of Six Salmonella spp. to Provide a Foundation for the Development of Reliable Molecular Epidemiological Methods.
August 3, 2004By Scot Dowd
Salmonella research is the top priority for the pig industry especially related to pre-harvest reduction of pathogens with potential public health significance. The pre-harvest food safety research...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Pre-nitrate adaptation and chlorate supplementation to reduce Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Yersinia enterocolitica in swine
June 15, 2004By Robin C. Anderson|Yong Soo Jung
Salmonella, E. coli and Yersinia are bacteria that can cause foodborne illness in humans. These bacteria can be found in the intestinal tract of pigs, therefore methods are sought to rid these...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determination of Salmonella Classification Levels for Selected Iowa Swine Herds and an Evaluation of Production Risk Factors for Classification Status
May 20, 2004By James McKean
This study represents the first attempt to classify typical Midwestern
production sites for Salmonella spp. sero-prevalence using the Danish classification system. With 1,131 farms represented, this...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Role of gilts in the introduction and transmission of Salmonella in swine production systems
May 1, 2004By Ronald M. Weigel
Three swine production units in Illinois were examined with respect to the role of purchased gilts in introducing new genetic variants of Salmonella into a herd, and the risk of incoming gilts...
