Pork Quality
Pork Checkoff Research
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Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of Porcine Cytomegalovirus as a Conventional and Disseminating Vaccine for Classical Swine Fever – A Pilot Study
Human Nutrition
Effects of consuming red meat on the gut microbiome in young adults
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Negative cohort study plan for the estimation of diagnostic specificity of Two PCR assays for the detection of Classical Swine Fever, African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth disease viruses in oral fluid samples
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Influence of antibiotic administration routes on the development of antimicrobial resistance in gut and nasal bacteria of swine
Environment - Other
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Nutritionally Equivalent Meals with and without Pork
Pork Quality
Revision of the Porcine Myology Website
Swine Health - General Disease
Mucosal Delivery of HA-Stalk Focused Vaccine Using Lactobacillus to Induce Broadly Cross Protection Against Swine Influenza Infections
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Development of a bELISA for serological diagnostics and surveillance of SVA infection.
Senecavirus A (SVA) is a member of the Picornaviridae family and is associated with vesicular disease and neonatal mortality in swine. The primary concern of SVA associated disease is the development...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of Analgesia Efficacy in Piglets Undergoing Castration and Processing
Surgical castration is routinely performed on commercial pig farms in North America to prevent boar taint and aggression. This procedure is known to be painful for piglets, yet is typically done...
