Environment - Environmental Footprint
A Life Cycle Analysis of Land Use in US Pork Production
July 12, 2015By Greg Thoma
The goal of this study was to analyze land use in the production of US pork using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a comprehensive methodology for quantitatively analyzing potential...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
A Life Cycle Analysis of Water Use in U.S. Pork Production
May 23, 2014By Marty Matlock
The goal of this study was to analyze water use in the U.S. pork industry using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. LCAs are quantitative analyses of complex systems for the evaluation of...
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Integrated GHG Emissions and Tradeoff Cost Model for Swine Barn Operations
January 31, 2014By Richard K. Ulrich
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Efficacy of direct-fed microbials administered from lactation through the nursery as an alternative to antibiotics in swine diets: an evaluation of performance, gastrointestinal microbial populations, and immune response
January 31, 2005By Charles Maxwell
Direct-fed microbials may hold promise as an alternative to growth promoting additions of antibiotics added to swine diets. A study conducted at the University of Arkansas evaluated the effects of...
Animal Well-being
Effect of weaning age and commingling after the nursery phase on humoral and behavioral indicators on humeral and behavioral indicatiors of well-being and on growth performance
November 30, 2003By Charles Maxwell|Jason Apple
Age at weaning impacts growth performance as well as behavioral and immunological responses to management stressors, such as weaning and commingling after the nursery phase. A study conducted at the...
