Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Phage therapy to reduce transport and lairage associated increases in Salmonella infections: evaluation of delivery methods
November 4, 2010By Paul Ebner
Bacteriophages are naturally occurring microorganisms that target and destroy bacteria. Our laboratory previously demonstrated that administering bacteriophages to pigs reduces Salmonella...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of DDGS Particle Size on DM, Energy, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Digestibility in Diets for Growing Pigs
October 22, 2010By G.C. Shurson
The objectives of this study were to determine DE and ME content, and evaluate the effect of different particle sizes of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) at a 30% dietary inclusion...
Environment - Air
Development of a National Air Quality Self Assessment Tool (NAQSAT) for swine producers; project number
October 17, 2010By Wendy Powers
Funding from this project was pooled with funding received by industry groups across the U.S. and funding received from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program. As a result, an online tool was...
Swine Health - General Disease
Influence of PRRSV viremia on PCV2-vaccine efficacy in conventional growing pigs with maternally derived anti-PCV2-antibodies
October 1, 2010By Tanja Opriessnig
Several porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines are now commercially available and have been shown to be effective at decreasing the occurrence of porcine circovirus associated disease...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of new risk assessments and enhancements to the web application for the Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program
September 30, 2010By Derald Holtkamp
The American Association of Swine Veterinarian’s (AASV) Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program (PADRAP) is an epidemiologically-based initiative to help producers and veterinarians...
Animal Well-being
Effect of a softer floor surface in the farrowing crate on the expression of lameness and subsequent sow performance
September 28, 2010By John Deen
The aim of this study was to explore the effect of providing rubber mats in farrowing crates on the impact of lameness on sow welfare and performance. The study was conducted at Southern Research...
Swine Health - PRRS
Mechanisms of Failed Protection Against PRRS in Sow Herds
September 21, 2010By Michael Murtaugh
Serum inoculation of gilts with on-farm isolates is used to protect endemically infected sow herds against reproductive PRRS. However, outbreaks still occur in which the offending virus is...
Animal Well-being
Determine and Validate the Optimal Requirements and Duration of Time to Achieve Unconsciousness and Euthanasia in Pigs from Birth to 15 Pounds with a Novel Electrocution Device
September 3, 2010By Sarah Probst-Miller
It is inevitable in every swine production system young pigs not recovering from disease, weakness, or trauma will need to be euthanized in a timely, humane, and safe manner. The industry...
Public Health - MRSA
Prevalence and characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in pigs and farm workers on conventional and antibiotic-free swine farms in the USA.
August 27, 2010By Peter Davies
This report combines the results of collaborative projects between the University of Minnesota (Dr. Peter Davies), University of Iowa...
Environment - Air
Effectiveness of Biofilters in Reducing Aerial Pollutant Emissions
August 25, 2010By Teng Teeh Lim
The objectives of this research were to evaluate the effectiveness of two wood chip biofilters in reducing particulate matter, ammonia,...
