Animal Well-being
Pork Checkoff Research
Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
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Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Lipidome markers used for gilt selection
Other
Workforce Needs Assessment
A study of future human capital needs in swine production for producer needs, academia and allied industry.
Application of Electrocution in Suckling Pigs for Mass Depopulation
Animal Science
Developing an automated, real-time pig counting technology
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Rapid, Pen-side Molecular Diagnostic Tool for Foreign Animal Disease
Pork Quality
Determining the temporal and spatial regulation of marbling development in the longissimus muscle of porcine offspring from weaning through finishing
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of carrier state and protection against a contemporary Senecavirus A isolate in pigs previously infected with an historical strain
Human Nutrition
Effects of red meat on type 2 diabetes risk factors and markers of chronic inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Swine Health - PRRS
