Animal Science - Reproductive & Growth Physiology
Investigating hyperinsulinemia and increased circulating lipopolysaccharide involvement in seasonal infertility
January 25, 2016By Aileen Keating
Heat stress (HS) is a major economic strain for the US swine industry. In terms of reproduction, seasonal infertility is associated with HS, characterized by lengthened wean-to-estrus interval...
MRSA of Pigs and Genetic Analysis of Resistance Linked with mecA and mecC.
January 13, 2016By Catherine Logue
Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has been identified as a contaminant of swine and meat associated with swine. This study set out to examine the prevalence of novel methicillin resistant...
Effect of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infectious doses on outcomes of infection in naïve neonatal piglets and weaned pigs
August 13, 2015By Jianqiang Zhang
Since its emergence in the U.S., porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has spread rapidly across the country and resulted in the estimated death of over 7 million pigs in the first year,...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
A study to correlate procaine penicillin G in tissues, plasma and oral fluids of sows and determine environmental transfer of penicillin to untreated sows
August 1, 2015By Locke Karriker
Procaine penicillin G (PPG) residues are the most common violative residues detected in swine at slaughter (FSIS 2014). Recently, the United State Department of Agriculture Food Safety...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) oral fluid antibody ELISA based on the detection of antibodies to APP ApxIV toxin in oral fluid specimens
May 14, 2015By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a significant respiratory pathogen of swine, causing acute death in finishing pigs and adding significant treatment costs to the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Age related changes in the intestinal microbiome protect neonatal piglets from Clostridium difficile infection
April 22, 2015By Nancy Cornick
Clostridium difficile has been recognized as a significant cause of illness in neonatal pigs, but is not encountered in piglets older than 1 week of age. We hypothesized that this age related...
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED): Development of tests and reagents for diagnosis and disease management
April 8, 2015By Kyoung-Jin Yoon
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), a coronavirus-mediated enteric disease, emerged in US swine unexpectedly in 2013. While introduction pathway of disease to the US was unknown, the US swine industry...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Investigation of the impact of increased dietary insoluble fiber through the feeding of dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) on the colonic microbiota of pigs with and without Brachyspira-associated colitis
February 23, 2015By Eric Burrough
The diversion of an increasing portion of the U.S. corn crop to ethanol production has resulted in increased feed costs for pork producers. To mitigate this trend, many pork producers have...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Understanding the effects of increased fiber from corn origin on the supply of energy and nutrients to the pig
February 8, 2015By John Patience
Objective: An experiment was conducted, using the ileal-cannulated animal model, to determine the nutrient value of fiber from corn and its co-products, and the effect of its increase in the...
Swine Health - General Disease
A study to assess the correlation between plasma, oral fluid and urine concentrations of flunixin meglumine with the tissue residue depletion profile in finishing age swine
February 1, 2015By Hans Coetzee
The United States is the world’s leading exporter of pork. In recent years, several of these pork export destination countries have implemented more stringent monitoring protocols...
