Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.
The objective of this project was to evaluate the nutritional value of hybrid rye as an alternative to corn in pig diets and to assess its impact on greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen (N) excretion in pig manure.
This research evaluates whether low-quality carbon feedstocks can be used effectively in SBC systems, providing critical information for swine producers looking for practical solutions during disease emergencies. It also investigates the impact of grinding carcasses on the SBC process, exploring whether pre-processing can accelerate decomposition and further mitigate environmental risks.
This project will address several concerns related to composting slurry/manure.
This study was to evaluate the ability of the vaccine to be lyophilized, and the stability of the vaccine under different storage conditions.
Overall, this study provides data on novel diagnostic sample types in a unique natural consumption model with potential benefits towards enhanced surveillance and early ASFV detection.
This project was designed to determine the current nitrite and nitrate content in foods other than processed meats.
This study was used to develop a Hispanic version of the USDA Thrifty Food Plan 2021 (H-TFP 2021) that was more closely linked to the observed eating patterns of that population.
This study was conducted to explore the distributions of class A water-based foam and high-expansion nitrogen foam within the respiratory tract of pigs using computed tomography (CT), which is a real-time imaging technology. Through this, the goal was to further describe how foam-based swine depopulation methods, specifically water-based foam and high-expansion nitrogen foam, work in depopulated pigs.
The objective of this experiment was to mitigate the adverse effects of early life transport stress on subsequent immune challenges by providing supplemental Tryptophan (Trp) during the nursery period.
The present goal was to examine the sustainability of pork meat protein with reference to nutrition, affordability, environmental impact, and future food demand.
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