Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Optimal dietary energy and protein for the development of gilts
August 13, 2014By Jeffrey Vallet
Sow longevity is a key component for efficient and profitable pig farming and efforts to improve it should start with the adequate management of replacement gilts. A key factor in gilt management is...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Influence of grass hedges on the transport of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance genes, and antimicrobial resistant pathogens after land application of swine manure
August 13, 2014By Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Pork production is a significant component of the US economy. Swine manure has commonly been applied to land as a soil amendment for crop production, as it provides a valuable source of nutrients...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
National Animal Health Monitoring Survey for Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis
August 11, 2014By Dolores Hill
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) in 1983 to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on animal health, management, and...
Animal Well-being
Establishing Bedding and Boarding Requirements for Finisher Pigs Through Scientific Validation – Macro Study
August 11, 2014By John McGlone
1. Establishing bedding requirements during transport and monitoring skin temperature over seasons after transport for finishing...
Pork Quality
Improving carcass fat quality by manipulating the amount and timing of feeding dietary fats with different iodine values
August 7, 2014By John Patience
This project speaks directly to the primary objectives of the Improving Fat Quality program, by seeking to maximize production efficiencies through optimizing the use of dietary fat and...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
sessing predominant transmission routes for Toxoplasma gondii using NHANES 2007-2010
August 1, 2014By Dolores Hill
Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic infections of humans and other warmblooded animals. It has been found worldwide, and nearly one third of humanity has...
Swine Health - General Disease
Advances in Vaccine Design: Developing A Cross-conserved Influenza Vaccine for Swine
July 28, 2014By Anne De Groot
The overall goal of this project was to implement the innovative iVAX suite of immunoinformatics vaccine design tools that have been extensively validated in pre-clinical studies of human...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Occurrence and Movement of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields Receiving Swine Manure Application
July 23, 2014By Michelle Soupir
The use of antibiotics by the swine industry to increase production efficiency and treat disease is thought to contribute to antibiotic resistance in the environment. When manure from hog operations...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRS Immunology Literature Review
July 16, 2014By Crystal Loving
PRRSV infection is a chronic infection, persisting in an animal for months. While the early stages of disease are associated with virus in the blood, that virus is eventually cleared; however,...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of Genetic Mutations that Confer Escape from Innate or Adaptive Host Immune Responses During PRRSV Infection In Vivo
July 15, 2014By Susan Carpenter
The major goal of the proposed study was to identify specific genetic mutations in the PRRS virus genome that confer escape from host immune responses during PRRSV infection in vivo. The study used...
