Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Quantization of Salmonella in transport and lairage to assess interventions for reduction of cross-contamination in pigs
October 11, 2007By D.L. Hank Harris
The sensitivity of the quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay (qPCR) was shown to be 10,000 Salmonella colony forming units of bacteria per gram of fecal matter; this means that this rapid and...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Screening and Fate of Estrogens in Pig Excreta and Manure Samples
August 31, 2007By Dr. Ashok K Singh
Swine farming is one of the major food-animal industries in the nation. In 2003, pig growers in the US had an inventory of 59.6 million pigs and hogs1. On an average, a pig produces about 3.9 kg of...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Risk Assessment of Hepatitis E Virus-contaminated Commercial Pig Livers Sold in Local Grocery Stores in the United States
August 1, 2007By Ph.D.|Xiang-Jin Meng M.D.
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
The effects of water delivery of probiotics or organic acids on weanling pig performance, intestinal health and integrity, and immune status
June 1, 2007By John Scott Radcliffe
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
May 30, 2007By Eric Van Heugten
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Prevalence and Levels of Salmonella spp. on Retail Pork Cuts
May 4, 2007By Wendy Warren-Serna
Study Approach: A total of 4,000 retail pork products were examined during January – March, 2007, from 4 locations in the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, including Green Bay, WI,...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Development of a Microarray for the Rapid and Simultaneous Detection and Tracking of Bacterial and Viral Foodborne Pathogens
May 3, 2007By Wondwossen Gebreyes
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
March 27, 2007By Todd Callaway
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.
February 28, 2007By Robin C. Anderson
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
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...
