Feed transmission of PEDV to neonatal pigs
The objective of this research was to evaluate the potential transmission of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) to neonatal pigs from PEDV-contaminated feed components. Feed components...
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Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Validation of Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Prediction Equations, and Determination of Net Energy of Corn DDGS Sources Varying in Fat and Fiber Content in Growing Pigs
Use of alternative feedstuffs in feed formulation is increasingly important with elevated grain prices and the availability of alternative ingredients, largely corn-dried distillers grains with...
Pork Quality
Determining Pork Fat Quality as Measured by Three Methods with an Industry Standard Marketing Plan for Pigs Fed 20% DDGS
Fat quality affects the entire pork chain as both fresh and further processed products are subject to fat oxidation, color change, and shortened shelf-life in light of poor fat quality. The...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of novel foot and mouth disease virus with multiple mutations for evaluation as live attenuated DIVA vaccine candidates
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an extremely contagious viral disease of a variety of wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals, including pigs. The disease is distributed worldwide and has great...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Evaluation of a Physiological Test for Sow Longevity
A gilt’s response to early boar exposure has been shown to be a viable option for estimating her lifetime productivity as a sow. Unfortunately, providing adequate boar exposure at...
Pork Quality
Relationship of Fat Quality to Meat and Eating Quality Traits of Pork
Fat quality is an important component of overall pork quality and consumer acceptance of pork, but, prior to this research, little was known about genetic differences, relationships amongst...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Development of Strategies to Improve Sow Productive Lifetime
Numerous factors, including herd-life (length in days), removal parity, total piglets born and the number of piglets weaned, impact sow productive lifetime. Like many complex traits that are...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a broadly protective PRRS vaccine candidate: Application of non-toxic enterotoxin and E. coli as the adjuvant-delivery system
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) continues to be a threat to the swine industry. Currently, both modified live virus (MLV) and inactivated PRRS vaccines have been licensed for use...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
A Life Cycle Analysis of Water Use in U.S. Pork Production
The goal of this study was to analyze water use in the U.S. pork industry using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. LCAs are quantitative analyses of complex systems for the evaluation of...
Propagation of PEDv in tissue culture and development of standardized reference samples for use in diagnostic testing
The highly contagious and deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus (PEDv) was first discovered in the US in April-May 2013. Since then the virus has spread rapidly nationwide causing high...
