Environment - Other
Demonstrating Innovative Use of Precision Farming Technologies to Optimize Manure Nutrient Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns
March 1, 2010By Richard Wolkowski
Precision Agriculture Technologies are here to stay as more combines, applicators, and tractors are equipped with GPS receivers, steering systems and data recording systems. These technologies offer...
Animal Well-being
Assessment of lameness, pain and culling risk in sows
February 25, 2010By John Deen
Lameness has long been identified as a concern in sow herds. It is usually recognized as a painful condition and as potentially detrimental to the future productivity of that sow. Lameness is...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Large-Scale Association Analyses of Candidate Genes for Feed Efficiency Traits in Pig
February 25, 2010By Max Rothschild
This study was conducted with the objectives of identifying genes which impact feed efficiency in pigs, quantifying those effects, and informing producers of how to utilize this information in...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Association of genetic markers with structural soundness and its relationship to gilt development and sow longevity
February 25, 2010By Max Rothschild
Sow longevity or sow productive life (SPL) is an important complex trait for total profitability of pig production. Proper gilt development and selection are important means to reduce the culling and...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Large scale SNP association analyses of feed efficiency and longevity
February 25, 2010By Max Rothschild
Many traits financially important to hog producers are either expensive or time-consuming to measure or difficult to successfully select animals for based on low heritability of the targeted traits....
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Swine Manure Applications for Soybean Production – Environmental and Pathological Implications
February 25, 2010By Robert Mullen
The application of manure to soybeans has been identified as a potential environmental threat due to the fact that soybeans are legumes and do not require nitrogen supplementation. Thus, the...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Food Safety Research And Response Network Web Site And Training Program
February 23, 2010By Jay Levine
The Food Safety Research and Response Network is a national consortium of food-safety researchers and food safety practitioners. Funding from the Pork Board was provided to support the development of...
Public Health - Salmonella
Salmonella sample cryopreservation enables epidemiologic study, quantification of bacteria and further characterization of bacterial isolates.
February 17, 2010By Peter Bahnson
Salmonella control requires practical means to reliably test for shedding of the organism. Fecal samples offer the potential to sample on farms or at slaughter plants. However, methods to culture...
Swine Health - General Disease
Do capsid mutants with the PCV-2 genotype variations induce virulence differences in vitro and in vivo?
February 15, 2010By Beatrice Grasland
The porcine circovirus of type 2 (PCV-2) is involved in porcine circovirus diseases such as post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), reproduction disorders, porcine dermatitis and...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Campylobacter Colonization Dynamics in Pigs
February 15, 2010By Gireesh Rajashekara
Campylobacter are known human pathogens that are capable of causing disease ranging from diarrhea to serious neurological disorders. These bacteria are majorly transmitted to humans via consumption...
