Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Corn Particles Size and Pelleting Influence on Fecal Shedding and Enteric Colonization of Salmonella Typhimurium
September 22, 2003By Steve S. Dritz
Grinding corn to a finer particle size has been shown to have beneficial effects on growth, feed efficiency, and digestibility. The trial demonstrated improvements in growth and efficiency. However,...
Animal Well-being
Factors affecting the behavior of early-weaned piglets
September 19, 2003By Stephanie Torrey|Tina Widowski
Early weaned piglets often develop belly-nosing and sucking or chewing on the navels or ears of other pigs. This behavior is considered a problem because recipient pigs can develop lesions, and those...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Effect of chlorate treatment on transmission of Salmonella in swine during lairage and transport
September 15, 2003By Todd R. Callaway
Chlorate can be used to reduce Salmonella in pigs. However, it must reach the lower gut in order to kill Salmonella. Therefore, although chlorate will work to reduce Salmonella during the lairage...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of a Chlorate Treatment on Post-Weaning Diarrhea Caused by E. Coli in Weaned Pigs
September 15, 2003By Tom S. Edrington PhD
In a series of five experiments, we evaluated the effect of chlorate on reducing gut populations of the E. coli capable of causing post-weaning diarrhea. In three of the experiments, we had a model...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
The Role of Sub-Therapeutic Chlorotetracycline on the Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Enterica Isolated from Swine
September 9, 2003By Julie Funk
There is increasing scrutiny regarding the use of antimicrobials in animals as a result of increasing antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens, and in particular foodborne outbreaks caused by...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Vaccination to Prevent Acute Infection by Salmonella in Transport and Lairage Prior to Slaughter
September 2, 2003By Paul E. McNamara
Currently available Salmonella Choleraesuis live avirulent vaccines are efficacious for the prevention of disease caused by S. Choleraesuis. This research was conducted to determine if these same...
Pork Quality
Biochemical Characterization of Pork Quality
September 2, 2003By Matthew Doumit
Sires from Duroc, Berkshire, Yorkshire and Pietrain breeds were used to produce crossbred progeny, free of the HAL-1843TM gene, that exhibit pork quality differences. Loin muscle temperature, color,...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Investigating the genetic relatedness among Salmonella species isolated in transportation trucks, holding pens and from swine at slaughter
July 31, 2003By Annette O’Connor
Previous studies have suggested strongly that the lairage is a source of Salmonella to swine. Using more refined tools to determine relatedness between isolates we have reinforced this finding. More...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Water Source and Delivery Method as a Risk Factor for Swine Infection with Toxoplasma gondii
July 31, 2003By Dr. Sharon Patton
The relative importance of a variety of on-farm risk factors needs to be understood to reduce T. gondii infection in swine. This study demonstrates that a variety of risk factors, including the...
Environment - Air
Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane Emmisions from Deep Bedded Hoop Structures
July 28, 2003By Thomas Richard
Swine hoop structures are an alternative housing system where the pigs are raised on a bedded manure pack. This bedded pack begins a natural composting process inside the building, providing...
