Swine Health - General Disease
Real-time PCR detection of PRRSv and rapid identification of vaccine in serum and semen
July 28, 2004By Dr. Richard Oberst
The detection of PRRSv in boars is critical for developing and maintaining a biosecure breeding program, however it is complicated by many variables. Correlating the current PRRSv infectious status...
Environment - Other
Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine Housing
July 23, 2004By Dr. Kenneth Bryden Professor|Thomas Richard
Would you fly on airplane that hadn't been tested? Neither would anyone else. Over the past 3 decades, researchers have developed very accurate numerical models for airflow around an airplane...
Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine
July 23, 2004By Dr. Kenneth "Mark" Bryden
Over the past century livestock housing facilities have evolved from
traditional wooden barns to engineered structures made of plastic and steel. Although
building materials have changed dramatically...
Environment - Other
A Nebraska Odor Footprint Tool for Planning Pork Facilities
July 1, 2004By Rick Koelsch
A Nebraska Odor Footprint Tool for Planning Pork Facilities
July 1, 2004By Dr. Richard Koelsch
Pork producers and rural communities are struggling to balance air quality issues (primarily odors) with the presence and growth of the industry. Currently the type of pork facility, odor control...
Environment - Air
Laboratory Evaluation and Field Verification of Single Point Monitors (SPMs) for Measuring Aerial Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Associated with Swine Operations
June 30, 2004By Hongwei Xin
Single Point Monitor is a portable, relatively low cost instrument that can detect relatively low levels of gaseous ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. It is an approved method for measurement of ambient...
Swine Health - General Disease
Environmental Factors that Induce the Expression of Receptors for F18+ Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
June 30, 2004By David Francis
This study was conducted to determine why pigs become highly susceptible to F18+ enterotoxigenic E. coli shortly after weaning. It was suspected that the change in susceptibility was triggered by...
Laboratory Evaluation and Field Verification of Single Point Monitors (SPMs) for Measuring Aerial Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Associated with Swine Operations
June 30, 2004By Dr. Hongwei Xin
Performance of 43-44 Single Point Monitors (SPMs) was evaluated for
measuring aerial ammonia (NH3, 0-30 ppm) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S, 0-90 ppb) under
laboratory and field conditions. Calibration...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of Real-time, multiplex PCR/RT-PCR assays for improved PRDC pathogen detection
June 28, 2004By Steven B. Kleiboeker
A number of pathogens (both viruses and bacteria) cause respiratory disease in swine. Often the clinical signs of disease are similar for infected pigs. Therefore to accurately diagnose the cause,...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Fecal-contaminant indicators in soils and water of a watershed producing swine and other livestock
June 17, 2004By Mark Tomer
This study reports on the presence of the bacterium E. coli in agricultural watersheds, which indicates fecal pollution. We examined its survival in soil and its transport in tile drainage and...
