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Environment - Air
Testing soybean peroxidase for swine manure treatment and mitigation of odorous VOCs, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and greenhouse gas emissions
The control of odor, odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), ammonia (NH3), and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions associated with commercial swine production is a critical...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of genetic diversity and dynamics of virus infection in a wean-to-finish pig population. Identification
Influenza A virus (IAV) can persist in populations for prolonged periods of time. The objectives of this study were to estimate the diversity of IAV in an infected growing pig population, and...
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
The Impact of Pig Health on Public Health: Quantitative Data for Risk Assessments
The objectives of this study were three-fold: (i) develop a national estimate for peelout prevalence in swine carcasses, (ii) determine if...
Pork Quality
National Pork Retail Benchmarking Study
The primary objective of this project was to benchmark fresh pork quality at the retail store level. A great deal of variation in pork quality exists in the retail marketplace, leaving consumers with...
Animal Well-being
Identifying best operating procedures for CO2 gas euthanasia of suckling and nursery age pigs – effects of stocking density
Gas euthanasia methods are commonly chosen when large groups of animals need to be humanely and efficiently put to death, such as during disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, previous research by our...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Salmonella serovar distribution and persistence in finisher sites
There is a paucity of data explaining the persistence ofSalmonella serovars on swine...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
A longitudinal assessment of the impact PRRSV has on grow-finisher pig tissue accretion and digestibility in commercial production
This research examined the impact PRRSV infection had on grow-finisher gilt performance, apparent total tract digestibility and tissue accretion rates. Thirty littermate pairs of Choice Genetic...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The effects of PRRSV infection in commercial pigs on growth performance, energy and nutrient digestibility
The research herein is an extension of the PRRS Host Genetics Consortium (PHGC), which is a national effort to identify genomic markers and host response pathways in response to PRRSV infection. The...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Defining the energy content (DE, ME, and NE) of drought-stressed corn and identifying risk factors that lower energy
Record-breaking heat and lack of rainfall during the 2012 growing season resulted in drastically reduced corn yield and the prospects of a very poor quality corn crop. Unfortunately, there was...
Development and validation of isolation and diagnostic testing detection for PEDv
Since the introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the Unites States, millions of piglets have died. Key items are needed to be address to further initial PEDV research, such as...
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