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.
Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.
The objective of this experiment was to mitigate the adverse effects of early life transport stress on subsequent immune challenges by providing supplemental Tryptophan (Trp) during the nursery period.
The present goal was to examine the sustainability of pork meat protein with reference to nutrition, affordability, environmental impact, and future food demand.
The study highlights the versatile flavor nuances and textures of pork and demonstrate the possibilities of the various traditional and untraditional cuts and the effect of various preparation methods on flavor and texture.
In this study we aimed to identify proteins in ASFV using serum containing antibodies from animals with live-attenuated vaccinated animals, that could be used as targets for a serological assay to differentiate between vaccinated and infected animals, these identified proteins were attempted to be deleted from a field isolate of highly pathogenic ASFV, to determine if they could be deleted.
The purpose of this literature review was to identify the pathways by which feral swine might transmit ASFV to domestic pigs in the US.
The benefit of this research to the Industry is to determine if worker COVID-19 infection and severity of recovery is linked with swine confinement dust inhalation.
Overall results indicate that precision livestock technology has the ability to provide accurate identification of compromised pigs and there is potential for precision livestock technology to provide caretakers with an early-alert system for the identification of compromised pigs.
The objective of this article is to develop a time-efficient screening tool for antimicrobials against Salmonella Typhimurium on pork loin ends. To use a statistical model (Response Surface Methodology) to study the effect of combinations of effective antimicrobial compounds to inhibit Salmonella Typhimurium cell counts on pork. To validate the results from the model using a laboratory-scale validation.
The objective of this study was to determine if a tailored swine euthanasia training tool based on the Predictive Index (PI) Behavioral Assessment improves caretaker euthanasia attitudes, perceptions, and supports improved caretaker mental welfare.
This project addresses the need to develop and validate a CSF diagnostic test with DIVA capabilities, and improving specificity and sensitivity compared to current methods.
You’re viewing the website for Pork Checkoff and The National Pork Board.
Find information about sustainability and pork industry ethical principles at porkcares.org.
Find pork cooking inspiration at pork.org.