Animal Well-being
Enhancing Sow Welfare with High Fiber Diets and Frequent Feeding
October 13, 2004By G.C. Shurson|J.L. Johnston|J.P. Holt|Sam Baidoo
In this experiment, we attempted to employ a diet and feeding regimen that could be easily implemented in commercial production units while improving welfare as measured by occurrence of stereotypic...
Swine Health - General Disease
Protective Immunity against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)Obtained by Passive Administration of Antibodies: Optimization of the Conditions
October 7, 2004By Fernando Osorio
Neutralizing antibodies are those antibodies produced by a pig infected with PRRSV which, when mixed with PRRSV in a test tube, render it uninfectious by inactivation. Based on the results of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Clostridium difficile as a Cause of Enteritis in Neonatal Pigs
October 5, 2004By J. Glenn Songer
Strains of C. difficile from piglets are quite uniform genetically, which suggests that a single immunoprophylactic product, when developed, will be effective across the industry. Furthermore, the...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effects of egg yolk antibiotics and antibiotic regimens on carriage and shedding of Salmonella Typhimurium
October 1, 2004By Alan Mathew Ph.D.
Salmonella may reside in pigs during all stages of growth and may later contaminate pork products, thus presenting a foodborne hazard for humans. Often, salmonella are passed among hogs during...
Pork Quality
BACON STUDY – PHASE II
September 30, 2004By Roger W. Mandigo
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Cloning of an 18kd oocyst-specific protein from Toxoplasma gondii for serological detection of human infection
September 28, 2004By Dolores Hill
Animal Well-being
Acute and chronic effects of ammonia on inflammation, immunology, endocrine function, performance, and behavior of nursery pigs
August 27, 2004By F. M. Mitloehner
Public Health - Salmonella
Risk Factors for the Occurance of drug resistant Salmonella spp. in commercial swine production
August 27, 2004By Peter Bahnson
Resistance to two antimicrobial drugs frequently used in swine production, tetracycline and sulfa drugs, was common among Salmonella isolates from commercial farms. Since these isolates were from...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Bioinformatics Based Genome Comparison of Six Salmonella spp. to Provide a Foundation for the Development of Reliable Molecular Epidemiological Methods.
August 3, 2004By Scot Dowd
Salmonella research is the top priority for the pig industry especially related to pre-harvest reduction of pathogens with potential public health significance. The pre-harvest food safety research...
Swine Health - General Disease
Optimization of Methods for the Study of Swine Viral Pathogens in Aerosols
July 30, 2004By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Understanding the routes of PRRSV transmission and doses required to cause infection within and between herds is critical for control and eradication of PRRSV. Aerosol research is dynamic and...
