Environment - Air
Feeding amino acids to reduce air emissions and the carbon footprint of swine production
November 19, 2013By Wendy Powers
Reduced crude protein (CP) diets with synthetic amino acid (AA) supplementation has proven to be an effect way to reduce ammonia (NH3) emissions from swine housing. However, there are very...
Swine Health - General Disease
Early detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in live pigs: Comparison of current methods and development of new assays
November 5, 2013By Maria Pieters
Detection of M. hyopneumoniae infections in live pigs is difficult for the producer, the field veterinarian and the diagnostician. This study was designed and performed with the objective to compare...
Swine Health - General Disease
Generating swine influenza virus (SIV) oral fluid diagnostic Reference Standards for community use
November 4, 2013By Jeffrey Zimmerman
Influenza A virus is an important component of the porcine respiratory disease complex (Thacker et al., 2001) and a pathogen with a major economic impact on swine production. Holtkamp (2007a,b)...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving fiber digestibility in DDGS from ethanol production
October 31, 2013By Sabrina Trupia
The objective of this project was to assess effects of pretreatment methods (chemical, enzymatic, and mechanical) on the digestibility of energy in DDGS. Combinations of different methods were...
Animal Well-being
Systematic literature review and needs assessment of housing systems for gestating sows in group pens with group feeding
October 25, 2013By Mhairi Sutherland
Gestation sow housing is a current contemporary animal welfare issue. The current political atmosphere is driving producers to consider changing back to group housing systems for gestating sows. It...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Determining the biological and metabolic differences between slow and fast growing pigs raised in commercial conditions
October 22, 2013By John Patience
With escalating feed prices, increasing litter sizes, and ever-evolving disease challenges, the difficulties of transitioning pigs during the weaning process is a major priority for pork producers....
Swine Health - PRRS
An Interferon-inducible Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Isolate
October 14, 2013By Yan-Jin Zhang
The objective of this project was to determine the full length sequences of an interferon-inducible PRRSV strain A2MC2 and determine whether it can induce neutralizing antibodies. Type I interferons...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Animal Production: Partnership between National Antimicrobial resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and Academia
October 3, 2013By Wondwossen Gebreyes
Collaborative partners including four Universities (Ohio State, Minnesota, North Carolina State and Iowa State), industry and federal...
Animal Well-being
Reviewing the State of Scientific Evidence and Developing Recommendations about Pain Mitigation Strategies in Piglets Undergoing Routine Processing Procedures
September 23, 2013By Annette O’Connor
The following non-technical summary describes the recommendations from a review and decision-making process conducted between August 2012 and August 2013 by the panel at the request of the...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Occurrence and Movement of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Tile-Drained Agricultural Fields Receiving Swine Manure Application
September 20, 2013By 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...
