Human Nutrition
Effect of pork ingestion on postprandial mitochondrial protein synthesis and inflammation in healthy weight, overweight, and obese adults
October 5, 2017By Dr. Nicholas Burd
Pork Quality
Prediction of pork quality using online computer vision system
October 4, 2017By David Newman|Dr. Xin Sun (Rex)
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
October 2, 2017By Dr. Herek Clack
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,...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comprehensive Literature Review on the current knowledge for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Porcine Deltacoronavirus
August 31, 2017By Dr. Megan Niederwerder
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Use of oral fluid (OF) samples to monitor virus shedding and antibody responses in pigs experimentally infected with high consequence swine viruses (foot and mouth disease, African swine fever, swine vesicular disease and classical swine fever viruses)
August 2, 2017By Dr. Charles Nfon PhD
Animal Well-being
Determining the Minimal Floor Space Allowance for Gestating Sows Kept in Pens with Electronic Sow Feeders
August 1, 2017By Yuzhi Li
Human Nutrition
Effects of Incorporating Red Meat into a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern on Cardiometabolic and Emotional Well-Being
July 31, 2017By Wayne Campbell, PhD
The purpose of the proposed research study was to assess the effects of including greater amounts of lean unprocessed red meat (pork and beef) into a Med Pattern on cardiometabolic and emotional well-being.
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Field-to-Fork Pork Supply Chains in the United States and the European Union
July 29, 2017By Dr. Gregory J. Thoma Phd
The goal of this study was to compare impacts of pork production and consumption in the US and EU. The impacts were calculated using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The LCA provides...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Impact of vaccination on transmission of Lawsonia intracellularis in pigs
July 17, 2017By Dr. Fabio Augusto Vannucci Ph.D.
Studies determining transmission rates and probability of infection in naïve and vaccinated animals proven to have great value in driving important decisions to control important swine diseases,...
Animal Well-being
Effect of short term high tryptophan diet fed to sows on subsequent piglet behavior
July 10, 2017By Donald Lay Jr
Laws have been passed in several states requiring group housing for pregnant sows. However, the predominant problem with group housing sows is aggression. Different approaches, such as changing group...