Animal Well-being
Development of a practical, cost-effective pain mitigation technique for castration of piglets
There is a growing trend towards the development of “welfare-friendly” management practices in production animals....
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Human Nutrition
Comparison of red meat versus high carbohydrate diet as a means of preventing tissue-specific down-regulation of insulin receptors
The effect of diet on physiological and chemical balance was assessed when mature, obese gilts were fed either a high fat ground beef (GB) or a high carbohydrate corn/soybean diet (CON). A pool of 21...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Further Characterization of Salmonella and Campylobacter Isolates from NARMS Study
The primary objective of this research was to examine the potential impact of normal lairage practices on Salmonella, Campylobacter and E....
Animal Science
Sow performance in response to dietary betaine fed in lactation and weaning-to-35 d post-insemination during moderate heat stress
Heat stress has serious negative consequences for the swine industry by reducing feed intake and reproductive performance of sows. Based on commercial observations, heat stress during the summer...
Human Nutrition
Effects of pork vs. chicken/fish in a DASH diet on blood pressure regulation in older adults with hypertension
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most commonly treated condition in primary care settings and is a major and modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular and kidney diseases [1]. The most...
Tissue localization, shedding, virus carriage, antibody response, and aerosol transmission of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) following inoculation of 4 week old feeder pigs.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has recently emerged in the US. The purpose of this investigation was to determine tissue...
The pathogenesis and characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine enteric deltacoronavirus (PdCV) in neonatal gnotobiotic (Gn) swine
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine enteric deltacoronavirus (PdCV) emerged recently in the United States and caused significant economic loss in the swine industry. Currently, the...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of disease on amino acid requirements of growing pigs
A total of 40 gilts (initial BW 9.4 ± 0.9 kg) were used in three experiments (Exp) to evaluate the impact of disease induced either by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or porcine...
Animal Well-being
Improving the Welfare of Group Housed Sows Fed via Electronic Sow Feeding
This study was designed to examine different ways of mixing sows into a large dynamic pen equipped with electronic sow feeders.
Other
An evaluation of the suitability of porcine lung tissue for human
The objective of this study was to provide evidence of the safety of pork lungs for human consumption via determining the prevalence of potentially pathogenic bacteria and infectious agents known to...
