Animal Well-being
Translactational analgesia to reduce pain during piglet castration
July 19, 2013By Jennifer Brown
Commercially reared piglets receive a number of routine management procedures including castration, tail docking, teeth clipping, and vaccination. Castration of pigs is done primarily to avoid boar...
Environment - Air
Meta-Analysis of H2S, NH3, VOCs, PM10 and PM2.5 Emissions from Swine Production Facilities in North America
July 1, 2013By Wendy Powers
Industry Summary:Air emissions from livestock production facilities are receiving increased attention due to potential human health and environmental implications. The goal of this project...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of novel reassortant swine influenza viruses
July 1, 2013By Wenjun Ma
Since the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus (pH1N1) was found to transmit to pigs worldwide including in the USA, subsequent reassortment events between pH1N1 and endemic swine influenza viruses (SIVs)...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Longitudinal study to determine Salmonella serovars and identify risk factors associated with their dissemination in commercial swine farm
July 1, 2013By Siddhartha Thakur
The purpose of this study was to determine what Salmonella serotypes are present in pigs and their environment on commercial swine farms, and...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Identification of genetic signatures for African swine fever virus serologic group specificity
July 1, 2013By Daniel Rock
African swine fever (ASF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease in domestic swine with mortality rates approaching 100%. Devastating ASF disease outbreaks and the continuing disease epidemic in...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Epidemiology of STEC in Swine
June 25, 2013By Julie Funk
Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important foodborne pathogens. Although most STEC infections in humans are attributed to beef products, outbreaks of STEC have been associated with...
Swine Health - General Disease
Exploiting the potential of leader proteinase coding sequence of foot-and-mouth disease virus to derive attenuated strains suitable for pathogenesis studies and development of improved countermeasures
June 2, 2013By Teresa De Los Santos
FMD is the one of the most feared viral diseases that can affect swine. Although this disease appeared to be eliminated from most developed nations by the end of last century, recent outbreaks...
Swine Health - General Disease
Reverse Vaccinology and Genomics Towards Controlling Post-Weaning Diarrhea
May 1, 2013By Timothy Johnson
Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) in pigs is a continuing problem for the swine industry. The goal of this study was to utilize a concept known as reverse vaccinology towards the identification of novel...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Increased Accuracy of Selection for Nutrient Utilization in Duroc Pigs by Application of Genomic Tools
April 29, 2013By Joe Cassady
The pig industry continues to face many challenges with regard to costs of production. Feed costs continue to be the largest variable cost. One way of reducing feed costs is by increasing the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of porcine high fever disease isolates of PRRSV to US isolates for their ability to cause secondary bacterial infection in swine
April 18, 2013By Susan Brockmeier
The appearance of highly-pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) isolates in Asia necessitates...
