Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effect of selection for feed efficiency during the growing period on sow feed efficiency and reproductive performance
March 14, 2011By Jack C.M. Dekkers
Feed efficiency is increasingly important because of the high cost of feed. Residual feed intake (RFI) is a measure of feed efficiency that is defined as the difference between observed feed...
Animal Well-being
Effectiveness of non-penetrating captive bolt (Zephyr) and restraint for euthanasia of piglets from birth to 9 kg
March 11, 2011By Tina Widowski
Timely euthanasia of low birth weight and compromised piglets prevents unnecessary suffering, provides littermates with a greater chance at success, and offers some economic benefits by reducing...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccine efficacy in a PCV2 positive production environment with concurrent porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) circulation
March 9, 2011By Darryl Ragland DVM|PhD
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Quantifying the Effect of Slow-Cooking Operations on the Thermal Resistance of Salmonella in Whole-Muscle Pork Products
March 7, 2011By Bradley Marks
The overall goal of this project was to improve the reliability of thermal process validation tools for Salmonella in pork products, by accounting for stress adaptation that can occur during slow...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Molecular Basis of Salmonella Competition in Broth Culture
March 1, 2011By Randall Singer
Salmonella remains an extremely important bacterial pathogen to the swine industry. It is a significant pathogen affecting swine health...
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....
