Swine Health - General Disease
Genetic assessment of VDL SIV isolate pool for evidence of the swine flu strain reported to be infecting people and development of a high-throughput differential test for the novel strain
August 6, 2011By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
A novel H1N1 influenza virus (initially named “Swine Flu” and now referred to as “2009 pandemic H1N1”) emerged and caused widespread clinical disease in US and other...
Swine Health - General Disease
Improvement of vaccine protection against swine influenza: Proof-of-concept
August 6, 2011By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Swine influenza is a growing problem in the U.S. swine industry although the disease and etiology have been known for a long time. Historically, swine influenza in the U.S. had been only due to...
Animal Science
Development of an in vitro model of heat stress during pig oocyte maturation and its impact on embryonic developmental competency
August 3, 2011By Jason Ross
Heat stress has a significant negative impact on agriculture production. A significant portion of this loss is recognized through lost reproductive ability in swine herds during periods of elevated...
Swine Health - General Disease
Contribution of prior SIV infection in enhancing secondary Haemophilus parasuis disease
July 25, 2011By Crystal Loving
Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is a multifactorial disease process with a variety of infectious agents contributing to disease. The complex cannot be simply explained as infection with...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impacts of Feeding DDGS to Swine: Aerial Emissions and Potential Management Strategies
July 8, 2011By Hongwei Xin
Feeding corn dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to swine is becoming common in pork production. With feed being the primary cost in pork production and continued interest in...
Animal Well-being
Objective assessment tools and pain management for lame sows
February 28, 2011By Locke Karriker
Objectives of this study were to evaluate pressure algometry and thermal sensitivity as methods of pain assessment and to assess sodium salicylate and flunixin meglumine (BanamineÒ) for pain...
Animal Science
Evaluation of two mycotoxin binders as a means to reduce the adverse effects of vomitoxin on the performance and health in growing/finishing pigs
February 15, 2011By John Patience
The 2009 corn crop was one of the worst in recent memory in terms of overall quality and the incidence and levels of mycotoxin contamination. It was a very serious concern to the Iowa pork...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Genetic improvement of farrowing rate and non-productive days in swine by selection for litters per sow per year
December 1, 2010By John Mabry
The first purpose of this study was to determine the genetic and phenotypic correlations between maternal and post-weaning traits from a seedstock swine breeding system. The post-weaning traits...
Animal Well-being
The influence of small versus large pens on the welfare of the grow-finisher pig
June 30, 2010By Anna Johnson
Industry accounts have suggested that growth performance traits and morbidity / mortality may be compromised when pigs are reared in large pen configurations. Therefore, the objective of this study...
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic and antigenic characterization of a recent PRRSV isolate
May 30, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) NC16845 was isolated from porcine tissue submitted to the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in 2006. The isolate...
