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Pork Checkoff Research

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Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Defining the percentage of pigs raised without antibiotics for a label claim
Consumer demand for pork carrying various claims of alternative production practices is constantly changing and determining the size of these markets is critical for research and development efforts...
Human Nutrition
Sources of and Adequacy of Protein Intake Among Pregnant Women in the United States
Abstract Limited information is available on protein intake and adequacy of protein intake among pregnant women. Using data from a sample of 528 pregnant women in the National Health and Nutrition...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Determining how the pelleting process influences amino acid digestibility and availability for growth when feeding varying diets with increased levels of crystalline amino acids
Predicting Pork Quality Using Measurement Collected from Various Locations on the Boneless Loin
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Phenotypic evaluation of the impact of antibiotic use protocols on antimicrobial resistance patterns in PRRS virus infected swine in a naïve environment
Pork Quality
Characterizing the amount, variability and cellular mechanisms of intramuscular fat deposition throughout the loin using barrows and gilts from two genotypes
Environment - Air
Correctly Classifying the Source of Fecal Waste in Surface Waters
Animal Well-being
Validation of a Mobile Electrocution System for Humane Mass Depopulation of Swine
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