Animal Well-being
Transport lairage effects on well-being of 18 kg pigs using a multi-disciplinary approach
March 31, 2006By Susan Eicher
Fifty pound pigs were transported across seasons, January, April, August, and October. Measures of behavior on the truck, during the lairage, and after the transport showed some effects of...
Animal Well-being
Effect of Seasonal Environment, On-Farm Handling Intensity, Transport Stocking Density, and Time in Lairage on Digestive Tract Temperature and Stress Hormone Level of Market Pigs
March 31, 2006By Eric Berg
This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of three seasons of the year: fall, summer, and winter, how pigs were handled on-farm: aggressive yet conventional and very easy, two transport...
Environment - Air
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
March 27, 2006By Melvin Yokoyama
The experimental results of the first year of this study clearly demonstrates that boron, in the form of boric acid and sodium tetraborate (borax) is very effective in inhibiting the emissions of...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Special Call for Review of the Critical Literature: Fate and Transport of Antibiotic Residues and Antibiotic Resistance Genetic Determinants during Manure Storage, Treatment, and Land Application with emphasis on the Environmental Persistence and Transferability of these Determinants
March 24, 2006By Roderick Mackie
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determination of Salmonella Classification Levels for Selected Midwestern Swine Herds Utilizing Abattoir-based Samples and Compare Classification Stability over Time
March 21, 2006By James McKean
Since 1995, the Danish swine industry has conducted an on-farm Salmonella control program to categorize production sites as to their risks for Salmonella contamination. This classification has been...
Animal Well-being
Effects of trailer design, season, and distance moved during loading on the welfare of market weight pigs at the packing plant
March 21, 2006By Michael Ellis
The results of this study suggest that transporting pigs in pot-belly trailers rather than in straight decks results in an increased incidence of pigs exhibiting indicators of stress on arrival at...
Animal Well-being
Characterization of Sow Longevity and the Developmental Factors that Influence It
March 8, 2006By Ronald Bates
Longevity as a female trait has several different definitions. Each definition has a somewhat different interpretation, depending on the intent. Some definitions are based more on production...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Pathogenic and Indicator Bacteria in Agricultural Watersheds
March 8, 2006By Thomas Moorman
Escherichia coli and Enterococcus are indicator bacteria that were measured in Iowa streams that drain land with different levels of swine production. We completed a study monitoring=g these bacteria...
Pathogenic and Indicator Bacteria in Agricultural Watersheds
March 8, 2006By Thomas B. Moorman
Escherichia coli and Enterococcus are indicator bacteria that were measured in Iowa streams that drain land with different levels of swine production. We completed a study monitoring=g these bacteria...
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
March 1, 2006By Melvin T. Yokoyama
Boric acid (BA) and sodium tetraborate (STB) were evaluated for their ability
to inhibit ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions from swine wastewater and manure
slurry in in vitro incubations....
