Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Pork Checkoff Research
Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
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Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Effects of supplementing transition sow diets with 3 levels of zinc on pre-wean mortality and lifetime productivity of pigs under commercial rearing conditions
Animal Well-being
Towards an improved method of piglet castration to reduce pain: the use of one incision in combination with the use of Vapocoolant and Metacam™
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development and validation of two anti-CSFV-specific antibody competitive ELISAs with an emphasis on the differentiation of infected from C-strain vaccinated animals
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Targeted use of mega-doses of phytase in late finishing pigs to improve overall growth performance and profits
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparing the whole genome sequences of historical and recent Streptococcus suis strains to identify virulence factors, genes or markers responsible for pathogenesis
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Antimicrobial Residues and Antimicrobial Resistance as Affected by Swine Manure Pit Storage Additives
Human Nutrition
Digestible indispensable amino acid score for pork products at various stages of processing
Animal Science
Identification of putative factors contributing to pelvic organ prolapse in sows
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
