Pork Quality
The Impact Of Marbling On Consumer And Trained Taste Panel Acceptability
June 1, 2006By Floyd K. McKeith
There is discussion within the meat industry as to whether increased marbling in fresh pork loin chops leads to increased eating satisfaction in the final product. While some believe that pork with...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Carbohydrate and Bacterial Non-antibiotic Production Enhancers
June 1, 2006By John A. Patterson
Although there is a relatively small data set on specific probiotic or prebiotic treatments, especially when the experiments also have an antibiotic treatment as a positive control, there is an...
Environment - Air
Quantification of gas and odor emissions from swine wean-finish facilities
May 15, 2006By Alan Sutton
The most significant change seen in the swine industry has occurred over the last sixty years. We have seen a shift from many farms producing a limited number of pigs to a small number of large...
Environment - Air
Development of a user-friendly database and decision tree for selecting air quality BMPs
May 15, 2006By Ken Stalder
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Comparison of Cereal Grains in Diets for Nursery Pigs:Microbiology, Health and Performance
May 1, 2006By James Pettigrew
As increasingly severe restrictions on the use of antimicrobials in pig production loom, it is imperative that the industry find alternate ways to enhance pig performance and health. These ways will...
Environment - Air
Quantification of gas and odor emissions from swine wean-finish facilities
May 1, 2006By Alan Sutton
A total of 960 pigs (equal barrows and gilts) were used in a 2 x 2 factorial, wean to finish
experiment to determine the effects of diet (control, CTL vs. low nutrient excretion, LNE)
and manure pit...
Swine Health - PRRS
Porcine adenovirus 3 based vaccine for porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS)
April 17, 2006By Dr. Suresh K. Tikoo
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus imposes devastating effects on swine health and productivity. In the U.S., PRRS virus causes approximately $560 million in losses each year....
Swine Health - PRRS
An assessment of 3 sanitation protocols for PRRSV-positive transport vehicles
April 4, 2006By Scott Dee
Transport is a risk factor for the spread of PRRSV between farms. To reduce this risk, several sanitation protocols have been scientifically validated. Based on these results, producers now have...
Animal Well-being
The impact of routine piglet processing on well-being
March 31, 2006By Donald Lay Jr
The major finding of this research project is that any processing technique that can be carried out quickly and with minimal tissue damage is likely to be least stressful for the piglet. Alternative...
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...
