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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 Well-being
Evaluation of the Kinect v2 motion-sensing camera to develop a rapid and effective tool for identifying compromised pigs
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Assessment of alternatives for monitoring antimicrobial use in the swine industry and design and implementation of a pilot system
Societal concerns about antibiotic use (ABU) and antibiotic resistance are a major vulnerability for the US swine industry. National and international events have led to increasing pressures for...
Animal Science
Trans-generational effects of in utero heat stress on reproduction in the gilt and sow
Public Health - Influenza
Adaptation of a human seasonal H3 influenza A virus to efficiently infect and replicate in the swine host
Swine Health - General Disease
Heterologous prime-boost vaccination protocols using whole inactivated influenza A virus vaccines to drive improved heterologous cross-protection
Animal Science
Advancing Investigations in Swine Reproduction Efficiency at Iowa State
Human Nutrition
Effect of pork ingestion on postprandial mitochondrial protein synthesis and inflammation in healthy weight, overweight, and obese adults
Pork Quality
Prediction of pork quality using online computer vision system
With the increasing demand of high quality of pork products from the global market the United States pork industry needs to seek new solutions for determining quality of pork products.
Swine Health - PRRS
Demonstration of Airborne PRRSv Inactivation by a Non-Thermal Plasma
Two of the primary goals in the National Pork Board (NPB) strategic plan call for the development and deployment of mitigation strategies capable of eliminating the top domestic swine diseases,...
