Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Further Characterization of Salmonella and Campylobacter Isolates from NARMS Study
May 28, 2015By Timothy Frana
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
May 18, 2015By Eric Van Heugten
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
May 13, 2015By Wayne W. Campbell
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.
May 12, 2015By Richard Hesse
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
May 8, 2015By Michael Oglesbee
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
May 1, 2015By Anoosh Rakhshandeh
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
May 1, 2015By Thomas Parsons
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
April 29, 2015By Dale Woerner
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...
Other
Pork fibrin used as a meat binder in pork variety and offal meats
April 29, 2015By Dale Woerner
The objective was to conduct a proof of concept for the use of fibrin from pork blood to create value-added export items from various pork offal items and variety meats. Fibrin is a cold set...
Swine Health - General Disease
Defining PEDV maternal humoral immunity and correlates of neonatal protection
April 29, 2015By Luis Gimenez-Lirola
Through the proposed approach we tried to the answers PEDV serology questions from the field regarding the association between maternal anti-PEDV antibody and protection of neonates against PEDV. It...
