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...
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...
