Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Preparing for the inevitable increase in fiber content in practical pig diets
September 1, 2011By John Patience
Our approach was to evaluate the best ways to characterize dietary fiber from corn co-products, and to determine the site of digestion of dietary fiber in the pig to better understand its...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The influence of increasing dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acid concentration on postpartum hypophagia and energy output in the milk via alterations in lipolytic activity and insulin sensitivity of the adipose tissue.
August 31, 2011By Denise Beaulieu
Introduction:In the hog industry it is imperative that we maximize the reproductive performance of sows in order to optimize pig flow and thus improve the economics of pork production....
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Using objective mechanical and physiologic measurement to build robust producer tools for detecting, scoring and treating lameness in sows
August 3, 2011By Locke Karriker
The main objectives of this study were: 1) To produce a robust observational lameness scoring system with accompanied visual educational material, (2) to assess sodium salicylate and flunixin...
Public Health - MRSA
Occurrence and molecular epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on-farm, at slaughter and pork.
August 3, 2011By Wondwossen Gebreyes
This study was conducted on ten conventional swine farms in Ohio to investigate the occurrence and prevalence of specific bacteria known to be resistant to methicillin called methicillin-resistant...
Animal Well-being
Regulating Feed Intake of Group Housed Replacement Gilts by Altering Dietary Cation/Anion Difference
July 28, 2011By Paul Walker
The swine industry is currently facing an enormous amount of public pressure to eliminate the use of individual gestation stalls in favor of group housing for gestating sows. Since over...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of diagnostic assays for detecting PRRSV infection using oral fluid samples as an alternative to serum-based assays
July 26, 2011By Ying Fang
Currently, diagnosis of PRRSV infection is by virus antigen, nucleic acid or antibody detection in serum samples. Thus, serum is the standard sample for diagnostic evaluation. However,...
Swine Health - PRRS
Assessment of the Economic Impact of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus on U.S. Pork Producers
July 25, 2011By Derald Holtkamp
An economic analysis published in 2005 estimated that productivity losses from clinical porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus infections cost U.S. pork producers $560...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of PCV2 vaccine efficacy in 5 and 21 day old piglets
July 19, 2011By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines have become widely used since approved in 2006. It is not uncommon for producers to use PCV2 vaccines in pigs younger than what is approved or recommended by...
Swine Health - PRRS
Structural characterization of the PRRSv glycan shield
July 15, 2011By Michael P. Murtaugh
Knowing the composition and structure of PRRSV is an important prerequisite for development of immunological prevention and control strategies, just as knowing what a spark plug looks like is...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of Mycoplasma hyorhinis transmission and spread within endemically infected populations
July 7, 2011By Simone Oliveira
Bacterial diseases create a significant economic impact in today’s swine industry by causing an increase in mortality rates and a reduction in feed efficiency and growth. Polyserositis is one...
