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...
Animal Science
The impact of pad cooling on barn environment, finishing pig performance and producer profitability
July 4, 2017By Mark Knauer
Use of evaporative cooling pads are common on sow farms in the Southeastern U.S., yet their potential use on grow-finish facilities to alleviate seasonality in growth performance has yet to be characterized.
Public Health - Influenza
Continuation of evaluation of influenza dynamics in exhibition swine at jackpot shows
July 1, 2017By Andrew Bowman
Public Health - Influenza
Evaluation of influenza dynamics in exhibition swine at jackpot shows
July 1, 2017By Andrew Bowman
Pigs play a critical role in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza A viruses (IAVs) by serving as a source of novel reassortant viruses infecting humans. Agricultural fairs and livestock...
Human Nutrition
A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Trial to Assess the Effects of a Lean Pork-containing, High-protein Breakfast on Indices of Satiety and Metabolic Health In Men and Women with
June 22, 2017By Kevin Maki
Experimental studies in humans designed to test the impact of pork consumption on glucose homeostasis and other elements of the cardiometabolic risk factor profile are limited. Previous research on...
Evaluation of cross-protective immunity induced by porcine intestinal mesenchymal stromal cell-adapted PEDV
June 16, 2017By Mahesh Khatri
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) which was isolated in 2013 in the US is causing huge economic losses to Pork Industry. PEDV causes an acute enteric infection in pigs of all ages but infection...
Pork Quality
National Pork Retail Benchmarking Study
May 31, 2017By David Newman
The primary objective of this project was to benchmark fresh pork quality at the retail store level. A great deal of variation in pork quality exists in the retail marketplace, leaving consumers with...
Pork Quality
Prediction of Pork Quality using Raman Spectroscopy
May 30, 2017By Steven Lonergan
The objective of the project was to develop an approach to use Raman spectroscopy to predict sensory quality of fresh pork loins. Pork loins (n=200) were selected during fabrication on seven...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Improvement of Interferon Biotherapeutics for Foot-and-mouth Disease in Swine
May 26, 2017By Dr. James Zhu
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Novel feed processing methods of cold pelleting and fine ground corn segregation to maximize feed efficiency, nutrient utilization and economic return
May 22, 2017By Charles Stark
Swine producers continue to grind to extremely fine particle sizes, which inherently produces a significant portion of the diet that is fine powder. The fine particles (< 150 microns) create...
