Animal Well-being
What is the optimum age for processing neonatal pigs?
June 29, 2007By Stephanie Torrey
Multiple producer groups recommend that piglets be tail docked and ear notched within 24 hours of birth because the procedures are considered less stressful for the piglet at that age. However, there...
Swine Health - General Disease
Assessment of viral load in clinical and subclinical pigs naturally infected with the novel PCV2b: implications for the control & prevention of PMWS/PCVD
June 29, 2007By John Harding
After its discovery in the mid-1990’s postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was noted only sporadically in North America for about a decade. However, since late 2004, the porcine...
Animal Science
Development of an Allergenicity Model in Swine – Year 1
June 29, 2007By Mark Winkle
Allergens affect pigs by contributing to increased morbidity and decreased efficiencies of gain. The allergens found in feed ingredients like soy can be genetically removed from the soybean, thereby...
Swine Health - PRRS
Investigation of factors impacting the rate of PRRSV transmission in nursery and finisher pig flows and assessment of transmission rate and timing on economic performance
June 18, 2007By Locke Karriker
As stated in the contract, we require a lay interpretation of the project, suitable for public release by the Board. Please include contact information, should the public want to contact you...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Manure-Phosphorus in Soil: Detection and Mobility of Phytate
June 5, 2007By Shiping Deng
Annual swine effluent application in western Oklahoma for 11 consecutive years did not lead to significant accumulation of soil phosphorus. Similar trend was shown in a century-old field experiment...
Estimation of the mass balance of nutrients for specific production phases and the flow of nutrients through a swine farm
June 5, 2007
Three experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, seventy-six crossbred pigs (28 kg body weight) were used to evaluate the effects of reducing dietary crude protein (CP), phosphorus (P), and trace...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
The effects of water delivery of probiotics or organic acids on weanling pig performance, intestinal health and integrity, and immune status
June 1, 2007By John Scott Radcliffe
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Management guide for reduced usage of antibiotics in swine production
May 31, 2007By Hans Stein
A summary of research conducted to investigate possibilities for reducing the negative impact of discontinuing the use of antibiotic growth promoters has documented that many management tools are...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Impacts of growth promoting antibiotics on growth performance, economics, and the development and persistence of antibiotic resistance in nursery and finishing pigs
May 30, 2007By Eric Van Heugten
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of a Broadly Protective PRRS Vaccine
May 27, 2007By Gregory Tobin
The current vaccines against PRRSV protect pigs exposed to the strain used to make the vaccine, but not to the many field strains that herds encounter. The lack of protection against heterologous...
