Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Epidemiology, Toxino- and Geno-typing of Clostridium difficile in swine at farm, slaughter and retail
July 22, 2009By Wondwossen Gebreyes
We investigated the role of pigs in carrying important strains of C. difficile and the main goal was to determine the prevalence and compare strains of human and porcine origin. Samples were...
Swine Health - General Disease
Transmission of PCV2: Comparison of shedding patterns between PCV2a and PCV2b, evaluation of routes of transmission (fecal, oral, nasal, mechanical) and understanding the roles of spray-dried plasma and transport vehicles
July 22, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
Temporal evidence correlated the emergence of PCV2b in the U.S. in 2005 with more frequent and severe porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) cases. Information on the quantity and duration of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Role of Cachectic Cytokines in PMWS
July 17, 2009By Carlos Pijoan|Thomas W. Molitor
An opportunity was presented whereas sequential samples were collected in the midst of a natural outbreak of PMWS. This provided the basis to evaluate immunological and virological events in the...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
White Paper on Human Illness Caused by Salmonella from all Food and Non-food Vectors
July 8, 2009By Charles Kaspar
Salmonellosis continues to be an important foodborne disease in the U.S. and worldwide. Even though illness caused by salmonellae is usually not very severe, there are such a large number of cases...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Ileal and total tract apparent and true digestibility of fat in distillers dried grains with solubles and other corn oil products fed to growing pigs
July 7, 2009By Hans Stein
The objective of this research was to test the hypothesis that oil in distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and other co-products from the ethanol industry such as high protein distillers...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs, pork products and swine veterinarians
July 6, 2009By Peter Davies
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria found commonly on the skin and mucous membranes of mammals that can occasionally cause superficial or severe infections. Strains resistant to methicillin (MRSA)...
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae diagnostic tests using samples from naturally and experimentally infected pigs
July 6, 2009By Simone Oliveira
The objective of this study was to compare the performance of different diagnostic tests for the detection of pigs subclinically infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. To address this...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Survey of Injection Methodologies and Carcass Defects in Pork Production
July 3, 2009By C. Scanlon Daniels
The first objective of this project was to determine the current state of practice of injection methods on swine farms as reported by swine veterinarians. For breeding animals, the neck was the most...
Animal Science
Association of compositional traits and structural soundness with the ability ofcommercial line of sows to complete parities two and three A continuation of the original project titled: Association of compositional,structural soundness, and health with the ability of a commercial line of youngsows to successfully complete parity one (NPB#05-081)
July 1, 2009By Ken Stalder
Poor sow longevity has both economic and welfare ramifications for the commercial swine industry. According to PigCHAMP ™ reports, between years 1998 and 2008, the average culling frequency of...
Human Nutrition
Effect of a High-Protein Diet on Ghrelin, Growth Hormone, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Binding Proteins 1 and 3 in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
July 1, 2009By Mary Gannon
It is well known that type 2 diabetes is a major health problem in the United States, and indeed in the world. With the aging population, it is likely to increase. Therefore, there are a significant...
