Swine Health - General Disease
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Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of two procedures to aid in the diagnosis of PRRS in aborted fetuses and examination of the dynamic of PRRSV shedding in vaccinated and unvaccinated gilts infected with various doses of PRRSV
Pork Quality
Feeding CLA to Improve the Production and Quality Characteristics of Pork
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Characterization of the Bacterial Community in Stored Swine Waste Slurry Using 16S rDNA and PCR, with Emphasis on Odor Producing and Odor Destroying Bacteria
Characterization of the Bacterial Community in Stored Swine Waste Slurry Using 16S rDNA and PCR, with Emphasis on Odor Producing and Odor Destroying Bacteria
Swine manure slurry is a very complex microbial ecosystem because the microbial community evolves from many different sources (e.g., intestinal tract, soil, water, feed); and the decomposition of the...
Treatment of swine wastewater in marsh-pond-marsh constructed wetlands
Swine waste is commonly treated in the USA by flushing into an anaerobic lagoon and subsequently applying to land. This natural system type of application has been part of agricultural practice for...
Odor emissions from commercial swine nurseries
Air samples from 2 commercial pig nursery buildings were taken from March to May 1999. Odour threshold was analysed with dynamic forced-choice olfactometry. Odour intensity and offensiveness were...
Swine Health - General Disease
Experimental Reproduction of Porcine Post Weaning Mortality Syndrome (PWMS)
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
The Effect of Feed Withdrawal on Pork Quality & th e Incidence of Gastric Ulcers at Slaughter
Effects of dietary ingredients on manure characteristics and odorous emissions from swine
Two feeding studies were conducted to examine the impact of dietary inclusion of specific feed ingredients on manure characteristics and manure odour. In one study, 72 finishing pigs were used to...
