Animal Well-being
Development and validation of a research protocol to assess the efficacy of interventions intended to mitigate pain associated with surgical castration in neonatal piglets
December 14, 2020By Sherrie Webb
The objective of this study was to establish a research protocol to reliably evaluate efficacy of pain mitigation interventions in nursing male piglets during castration.
Animal Well-being
Identifying barriers and implementing solutions to practical on-farm pain management during castration
November 18, 2020By Monique Pairis-Garcia
Animal Well-being
Automated computer vision system for tracking individual pig activity and locomotion in nursery/finisher group housing
November 6, 2020By Benny Mote
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of Sodium Nitrite for mass euthanasia of commercial pigs
November 4, 2020By Aaron Lower
Pork Quality
New Insights on Cellular Events and Gene products to Predict Pork Quality
September 30, 2020By Elizabeth Huff Lonergan
Animal Well-being
Validation of scan sampling techniques for pain behaviors in castrated piglets
September 30, 2020By Monique Pairis-Garcia
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Virus Survival in Preprocessed Compost Under Cold Conditions
June 12, 2020By Brent Pepin
Animal Well-being
Automating Detection of Social Behavior Phenotypes and Improving Modeling of Indirect Genetic Effects to Breed for Less Aggression in Group-Housed Pigs
April 30, 2020By Dr. Juan Steibel Ph.D.
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Replacing dietary antibiotics with L-glutamine and synbiotics following weaning and transport in pigs
February 5, 2020By Jay S. Johnson
Swine Health - PRRS
Role of the viral ovarian domain protease in PRRSV pathogenesis
January 24, 2020By Dr. Kay S. Faaberg Ph.D.