Animal Science - Reproductive & Growth Physiology
Effects of betaine and heat stress on lactation and post-weaning reproductive performance on sows
June 27, 2016By Kara Stewart
Heat stress has multiple negative impacts on animal metabolism and physiology and is thought to cost the swine industry more than $360 million per...
Swine Health - General Disease
Live-animal assay for identifying correlates of cross-protection for swine influenza virus vaccines when vaccinated in the presence of maternal antibody.
June 21, 2016By Crystal Loving
Experimental live-attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vaccines, delivered into the nose, have been shown protect pigs against influenza infection, more so than traditional inactivated commercial...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of on-farm PRRSV surveillance guidelines for the modern pork industry
June 2, 2016By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Oral fluids (OF) are a convenient surveillance sample because they (1) are easily collected by a single person; (2) can be collected frequently without stress to pigs or people; and (3) provide...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Animal welfare implications resulting from movement restriction for foreign animal disease outbreak management in the pork industry
May 31, 2016By Hsin-Yi Weng
Trends in the U.S. swine industry show that over the years, there has been an increase in improved producer efficacy and the appearance of fewer but larger pig farms. These changes are reflected...
Animal Well-being
Caring for compromised swine – an assessment swine marketed through buying stations and development of fitness for transport guidelines
May 31, 2016By Suzanne Millman
Swine welfare during marketing, defined as the phase during which the pig is in transit between the farm and the meat processing plant, continues to be a priority for the swine industry. Buying...
Swine Health - PRRS
Evaluation of immunodominant B- and T-cell epitopes as inducers of protective immunity against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
May 2, 2016By Diego Diel
Since its emergence in domestic pigs in the late 1980’s, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has caused significant economic losses to swine producers worldwide. A...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Use of Lactococcus lactis as a probiotic feed additive against porcine postweaning enteric colibacillosis
April 28, 2016By Elemir Simko
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is considered to be one of the most important problems currently encountered in animal and human health. According to the World Health Organization, "Our...
Human Nutrition
A High Protein Weight Loss Treatment for Sarcopenic Obesity: Using Pork as a Meal Supplement to Improve Muscle Mass and Functional Status in Women
March 18, 2016By Connie Bales
The impact of obesity on women’s health is an important research priority for the National Pork Board; relative to men, women have higher rates of obesity and sustain greater physical...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
An Integrated Evaluation of the Nutrient Uplift Provided by Xylanase in Finishing
March 10, 2016By Merlin Lindemann
The current study evaluated the efficacy of xylanase and phytase supplementation to growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing a high amount of by-products (corn DDGS, corn germ meal and wheat...
Swine Health - PRRS
The effect of PRRSv infection on the thymus – a source of immune dysregulation?
March 7, 2016By Crystal Loving
PRRSv infection has been shown to cause an acute lymphopenia (loss of cells in the blood), lymphadenopathy (increased size of lymph nodes due to increased cell numbers) and thymic atrophy (decreased...
