Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Characteristics and Eating Quality of Bacon and Sausage from Finishing Pigs Fed Medium and High Levels of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) from Ethanol Production
July 30, 2010By G.L. Cromwell
An experiment involving 60 crossbred pigs was conducted at the University of Kentucky to assess the effects of feeding high levels of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on...
Animal Well-being
Effect of Timing of grouping of sows during early gestation on welfare and performance of sows and group pens with electronic sow feeders
July 16, 2010By John Deen
This study proposed to look into the effect of the timing of mixing of sows in large groups during early gestation on sow performance by...
Animal Well-being
Developing best management practices for on-farm euthanasia of young pigs using carbon dioxide gas
July 14, 2010By Mhairi Sutherland
The use of carbon dioxide has the potential to be a practical method of on-farm euthanasia for young pigs in farrowing as an alternative to blunt force trauma, where the pigs’ small...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Incidence and severity of Arcanobacterium pyogenes injection site abscesses with needle or needle-free injection methods
July 14, 2010By Terry Houser
The pork industry loses a substantial amount of money each year due to the trimming of pork carcasses in processing plants. A large portion of carcass trimming is due to the presence of abscesses on...
Swine Health - PRRS
Subverting the function of PRRSV nucleocapsid protein for innovative vaccine design.
July 13, 2010By Julian Hiscox
This research proposal was conceived as a three-year project, with this report encompassing Year 1. PRRSV is recognized as one of the major virus threats facing the swine industry in the...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Identification of markers associated with sow lifetime productivity for whole genomic selection
July 11, 2010By Daniel Ciobanu
Sows are more productive today than ever before. However, concurrent with increased prolificacy, high sow death losses and replacement...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Use of cationic peptides as feed additives to improve innate immunity and reduce gut colonization with Salmonella and Campylobacter in weaned pigs
July 9, 2010By Kenneth Genovese
The objectives of this study were to determine if the addition of a cationic peptide to the feed formulation of weaned pigs decreases Salmonella and Campylobacter colonization of the pig’s...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin on Hepatic Gene Expression in Swine
June 30, 2010By Kristi Cammack
Aflatoxins, especially aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), can be high in dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) when concentrated during the ethanol production process. Increased use of DDGS in...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Electronic Veterinary Prescription Certificates
June 30, 2010By Scott Hurd
Producing healthy pigs is essential for food safety, animal well-being, and the competitiveness of the swine industry. Antibiotics play an important role in the production of healthy pigs....
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
Hydrogen Sulfide Spatial Distribution and Worker Exposure in Swine Houses
June 24, 2010By Robert Burns
Hazards conditions to human and animal health can occur in swine barns due to sudden bursts of high concentration hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas released when manure slurry is agitated during...
