Environment - Air
    Protocol Development for Measurement of Trace Gases Associated with Manure Storage and Odor
    October 18, 2012By Wendy Powers
          
        As concerns surrounding livestock production shift from nuisance concerns to public health concerns, it is increasingly important to have a suitable means of quantifying odors and concentration of...      
       
      
    Animal Well-being
    Evaluation of a novel means to euthanize piglets
    October 18, 2012By Eric Berg
          
        Electromagnetic (EM) energy transmitting devises that operate in the microwave frequency have been approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association for the specific use in euthanasia of...      
       
      
    Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
    Influence of on-site manure storage and land application strategy on the fate and transport of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment
    October 1, 2012By Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
          
        The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of manure storage on antimicrobial and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in swine manure and to quantify the transport of these constituents in...      
       
      
    Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
    Evaluating the sources of Salmonella after carcass chilling
    October 1, 2012By James S. Dickson
          
        This study evaluated several aspects of salmonella contamination of pork after slaughter but prior to retail. First, a comparison was made between the USDA-FSIS carcass swab procedure and two other...      
       
      
    Human Nutrition
    Increased protein intakes from predominantly meat- versus soy protein/pulses-based foods: Effects on daily and postprandial appetite during energy restriction-induced weight loss
    September 24, 2012By Wayne W. Campbell
          
        The objective of this study was to assess if the amount of protein an overweight or moderately obese adult consumes while reducing their...      
       
      
    Human Nutrition
    The effects of protein quantity and source on postprandial satiety and plasma amino acid concentrations
    September 24, 2012By Wayne W. Campbell
          
        The objective of this study was to assess if the amount of protein an overweight or moderately obese adult consumes while reducing their...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Investigation and characterization of pathogenic and molecular differences in atypical Brachyspira spp. clinical isolates versus classic strains
    September 24, 2012By Eric Burrough
          
        Swine dysentery (SD), or bloody scours, has historically been associated with the presence of the strongly beta-hemolytic spirochete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; however, Brachyspira spp. not...      
       
      
    Animal Well-being
    Understanding and reducing aggression using pre-exposure, when sows are mixed in a grouped gestation system
    September 20, 2012By Jeremy Marchant-Forde
          
        The largest single challenge of keeping sows in groups is that of inter-sow aggression. We know that sows will fight when mixed and when...      
       
      
    Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
    Risk informed management of Salmonella in deep tissue lymph nodes
    September 6, 2012By Scott Hurd
          
        The objectives of this project were to build and parameterize a quantitative risk model of the Salmonella prevalence along the pork production chain, and therefore to apply the model in...      
       
      
    Swine Health - General Disease
    Impact of Influenza vaccination of growing pigs on bioaerosol generation. Identification
    August 31, 2012By Montse Torremorell
          
        The 2009 influenza pandemic and the recent H3N2v events have highlighted the constant threat that influenza viruses represent for people and animals. Because influenza viruses are shared between...