Animal Well-being
Impact of group size and diet on behavior and physiology of sows
February 25, 2011By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
A major public issue on a global scale is farm animal welfare; with the most critical issue facing the swine industry being how the pregnant sow should be kept in commercial pork production. Despite...
Swine Health - PRRS
Molecular Identification of Type I Interferon Antagonistic Components of PRRSV Proteins
February 25, 2011By Kay S. Faaberg
Basic knowledge of PRRSV infections and clues to successful PRRSV control have led to the discovery of type 1 interferon inhibition by several viral strains, which is purported to be instrumental in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical evaluation of commercially available enzymes, and processing on nutrient digestibility of swine diets containing DDGS
February 24, 2011By Brian Kerr
Application of enzymes in an effort to improve nutrient digestibility of plant-based feed ingredients for swine and poultry has been studied for decades. Essentially, an enzyme(s) must match the...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of exogenous phytase on the apparent total tract digestibility of energy and phosphorus, and on the standardized total tract digestibility of P in corn, DDGS, HP DDG, and corn germ
February 21, 2011By Hans Stein
The objective of this research was to measure the effects on energy and P digestibility of adding 4 levels of exogenous enzyme to corn, DDGS, HP DDG, and corn germ when fed to growing pigs. The 4...
Swine Health - PRRS
An assessment of air filtration for reducing the risk of PRRSV infection in large breeding herds in swine dense regions
February 16, 2011By Scott A. Dee
As the US swine industry moves towards regional control and elimination of PRRSV, a critical component is the ability to reduce the risk of the airborne spread of the virus between herds....
Animal Well-being
The use of different gases and gas combinations to humanely euthanize young suckling pigs
February 14, 2011By Mhairi Sutherland
There are times on a swine farm when pigs become ill or injured, and the animal care person must decide if euthanasia is necessary, and if so what method of euthanasia is most humane for the pig,...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Phenotypic and genotypic comparison of toxigenic Clostridium difficile isolates from a semi-closed population of swine and humans in a vertically integrated swine operation
February 8, 2011By Roger B. Harvey
In recent years, there has been increased incidence and severity of human disease associated with the bacterium Clostridium difficile...
Environment - Other
Comparison of efficacy, emissions, compost characteristics, and costs of in-vessel rotating drum and open static pile composting of swine carcasses, whole and ground.
February 7, 2011By Dale Rozeboom
In the U.S. the use of composting to manage on-farm swine mortality has increased from 10.5 to 35.9% from 1994 to 2006 (USDA:APHIS, VS, CEAH 2001 and 2007). Very little is known about the emissions...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Serological Surveillance of Wild Boars for Trichinella spiralis
February 4, 2011By Dolores Hill
Trichinella spiralis and Toxoplasma gondii are important zoonotic parasites, occurring in warm blooded animals and humans worldwide. Among domesticated food animals, domestic pigs and wild carnivores...
Swine Health - PRRS
Application of FTA based technology for the collection and transport of clinical samples to detect PRRSV by RT-PCR
February 1, 2011By Montse Torremorell
The ability for producers to succeed depends in part, on their ability to rapidly respond to emerging and existing disease challenges. Submission of fresh samples to diagnostic laboratories in a...
