Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
National Animal Health Monitoring Survey for Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis
August 11, 2014By Dolores Hill
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) in 1983 to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on animal health, management, and...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Salmonella serovar distribution and persistence in finisher sites
April 28, 2014By Julie Funk
There is a paucity of data explaining the persistence ofSalmonella serovars on swine...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Review of Literature and Needs Assessment for Use of Pathogen Reduction Technologies (PRTS) In Fresh Pork
February 7, 2014By Dale Woerner
The United States is the world’s third-largest pork producer and the largest pork exporter. In 2012, U.S. pork production was about 10.4 million metric tonnes (MT), over 2.3 million MT of which...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Effect of Lairage on Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in market swine
December 26, 2013By James D. McKean
Industry Summary
The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is a commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of a wide range of mammals; and usually exists in a non-clinical state. One...
Pork Safety
Depletion of penicillin G residues in sows after intramuscular injection
August 13, 2013By David Newman|David Smith|Sara Lupton|Weilin Shelver
A total of 126 heavy sows were treated with a 5x dose of penicillin G procaine via intramuscular (IM) administration for 3 consecutive days using 3 injection patterns. Sets of 18 animals (6 per...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Longitudinal study to determine Salmonella serovars and identify risk factors associated with their dissemination in commercial swine farm
July 1, 2013By Siddhartha Thakur
The purpose of this study was to determine what Salmonella serotypes are present in pigs and their environment on commercial swine farms, and...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Epidemiology of STEC in Swine
June 25, 2013By Julie Funk
Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important foodborne pathogens. Although most STEC infections in humans are attributed to beef products, outbreaks of STEC have been associated with...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Does the inclusion of distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) in the diet of grow-finish pigs affect their susceptibility to and colonization with Salmonella enterica?
April 1, 2013By Marcos Rostagno
As an alternative to counteract the increased feed costs, dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been increasingly included in pig diets. Much research has been conducted recently to...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in multiple site pig farms
December 11, 2012By Peter Davies
The aim of this study was to obtain basic information about the ecology of S. aureus on modern swine farms, based on in depth sampling of pigs in two multiple site systems. Samples were collected...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Evaluation of the nasal microbiome and its potential role in MRSA colonization in pigs
December 1, 2012By J Scott Weese
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has emerged in the past 10 years as an important public health concern. Since first recognition in Europe, LA-MRSA...
