Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Tetracycline Concentrations and Circulation of tet Genes in Swine Feeding Operations and Adjacent Environments
February 10, 2009By Andrei Barkovskii
Farm animal manure-associated, antibiotic (AB)-resistant microorganisms and genes encoding this resistance are viewed as important sources for the observed increase of AB resistance in humans and...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Pharmacokinetics and tissue residues of procaine penicillin G in sows after administration of 33,000 IU/kg intramuscularly and by needle-free injection in the hip
February 9, 2009By DACVCP|Mike Apley DVM|PhD
Forty sows were utilized in a study to determine the plasma concentration profile and tissue residues of procaine penicillin G after injection by two methods (20 sows each method). A target dose of...
Swine Health - General Disease
Comparison of the efficacy of sow vaccination versus piglet vaccination for PCV2 and evaluation of the impact of revaccination with a homologous PCV2 vaccine
February 6, 2009By R. Butch Baker
The objectives of this study were (1) to compare the efficacy of two different PCV2 vaccination protocols (maternally derived antibodies versus piglet vaccination) in a conventional PCV2 growing pig...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Net energy of three sources of distillers dried grains with solubles fed to growing and finishing pigs
February 5, 2009By Hans Stein
In North America, when energy is considered in formulation of swine diets, it is usually expressed as either digestible energy (DE) or metabolizable energy (ME). An energy system includes energy...
Animal Well-being
Impact of Auto-sort Systems on Pig Welfare
February 2, 2009By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
A series of studies were designed to determine any impact of various autosort layouts on pig productivity and welfare. To accomplish this, Exp 1, we compared food-court, fast-lane, and water-pen...
Swine Health - General Disease
Molecular Epidemiology of Porcine Circovirus in the US Swine Herd
February 2, 2009By Michael Murtaugh
Data from 187 finishing herds shows that PCV2 is nearly universally present as an active infection in finishing herds, often at moderate to high levels of viremia in the presence of anti-capsid...
Swine Health - General Disease
Head-to-head comparison of the level of protection and duration of immunity induced by different commercial and an autogenous PCV2 vaccine
January 30, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
The study objectives were to compare the duration of immunity of commercially available, one and two dose, killed porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines. Sixty, 3.5-week-old pigs were randomly...
Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the amount of PCV2 needed for intrauterine transmission and assessment of effect of PCV2 exposure (natural and vaccine) prior to insemination
January 30, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is associated with reproductive failure in pregnant female pigs; however, the role of PCV2 in semen has not been elucidated. To determine the significance of semen in...
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
Pork Industry Health and Safety Training – Seminars and Online Courses
January 30, 2009By Kelley Donham
This program was designed to provide training in occupational health and safety to managers and workers while enhancing the National Pork Board’s occupational health and safety materials...
Animal Well-being
An Industry Education Program for Understanding the Basics of the Space Allocation Debate in Pig Production
January 30, 2009By James Kliebenstein
The efficient use of facility space for swine production has been a key economic and production issue since the introduction of confinement production facilities. Stocking density decisions have...
