Animal Science
Pork Checkoff Research
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.
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Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Post-Harvest Hurdle Interventions to Reduce Salmonella in Pork Trimming
Swine Health - PRRS
Characteristics of Unusually Virulent Contemporary PRRSV Isolates
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic modifications in CD163 that confer complete resistance of pigs to infection with PRRSV
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of the Transmammary Delivery of Firocoxib in Sows to Alleviate Pain Associated with Piglet Castration, Teeth Clipping, & Tail Docking
Swine Health - General Disease
“Senecavirus A in sows: Impact of transportation stress on early development of vesicular lesions, transmission and recurrence of clinical disease in persistently-infected animals.”
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effects of early-life antibiotic administration on porcine respiratory microbiota and piglet immunity
Environment - Air
Evaluate the representativeness of the NAEMS air emission data for swine operations in a changing industry
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Environmental Footprints for Regional Swine Production Systems Now and in the Future – A Demonstration Pilot Project
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
