Pork Checkoff Research
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Animal Well-being
Evaluating the welfare of piglets after weaning and transport during heat stress
Weaning is a complex stressor associated with social, environmental and metabolic stress in pigs, that can be compounded by the negative effects of transport and thermal stress. To combat these...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Working toward a CSFV oral fluid antibody ELISA: defining oral fluid antibody (IgA, IgG) kinetics against envelope glycoproteins (E2, Erns)
Classical swine fever (CSF) is a highly contagious disease causing significant economic losses to swine producers in many part of the world. Although the US has been recognized as a CSFV-free area,...
Animal Well-being
Optimizing on-farm management of non-infectious sow lameness during the farrowing and lactation period
Modern commercial sow facilities are built with durability and cleanliness in mind. Floors in these facilities are often built using slatted concrete to ensure better ease in cleaning and manure...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Energy and nutrient digestibility in 11 sources of wheat middlings
Wheat middlings and red dog are co-products from the wheat processing industry and are the high-fiber leftovers from production of wheat flour. There is an estimated total annual production of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Applying Enzyme Technology to Optimize the Utilization of Fibrous Feed Ingredients in Swine Diets – Applied Feeding Studies
The long-term goal of this project was to improve the utilization of fibrous ingredients in swine through the strategic application of enzymes. We hypothesized that supplementation of enzymes to...
Swine Health - PRRS
Epitope Inclusion: Enhancing porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv) vaccine cross-protective efficacy
Producers need better vaccines for controlling disease and spread associated with PRRSv infection. This has been an extremely different task because the face of PRRSv is constantly changing making an...
Animal Well-being
Tail-biting in growing-finishing pigs
Background: Tail biting is a common problem in swine production. Tail biting not only causes economic losses for pork producers, but also results in major negative implications for welfare of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Gut physiology and metabolomics profile of pigs fed diets with carbohydrases enzymes and distillers dried grains with solubles
Feeding high fiber feed ingredients (e.g. wheat middlings and corn distillers dried grains with solubles) significantly decreases feed efficiency of pigs. However, the addition of carbohydrase...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Swine Manure Nutrient Fate and Pathogen Reduction for Midwestern Corn Production with Cover Crop Utilization
Recently the Midwestern US has seen a push has seen a movement to improve water quality for waters eventually reaching the Gulf of Mexico; this is in an effort to reduce the hypoxic zone. Cover...
