Swine Health - General Disease
Determination of the virulence of a mutant PCV2 (PCV2d) recently identified in cases of apparent vaccine failure and the ability of commercial PCV2a vaccines to protect against PCV2d
July 4, 2014By Tanja Opriessnig
PCV2d (formerly known as mutant or mPCV2) emerged in the U.S. in 2012 and important questions on virulence of this novel strain and vaccine protection by currently used vaccines needed to be...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of a genus-specific virulence gene PCR panel for Brachyspira spp.
June 26, 2014By J. Glenn Songer
In the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, strongly beta-hemolytic Brachyspira spp. not identified as B. hyodysenteriae by published polymerase chain reaction assays were recovered with...
Feed transmission of PEDV to neonatal pigs
June 19, 2014By Angela Pillatzki
The objective of this research was to evaluate the potential transmission of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) to neonatal pigs from PEDV-contaminated feed components. Feed components...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The effects of disease challenge (PRRS) on pig growth and metabolic pathways
June 10, 2014By Nicholas Gabler
While significant advances have been made through research efforts to enhance the health, productivity, and well-being of swine, the detrimental effects associated with disease outbreaks remains a...
Pork Quality
Relationship of Fat Quality to Meat and Eating Quality Traits of Pork
June 2, 2014By Tom Baas
Fat quality is an important component of overall pork quality and consumer acceptance of pork, but, prior to this research, little was known about genetic differences, relationships amongst...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Development of Strategies to Improve Sow Productive Lifetime
June 1, 2014By Jason W. Ross
Numerous factors, including herd-life (length in days), removal parity, total piglets born and the number of piglets weaned, impact sow productive lifetime. Like many complex traits that are...
Human Nutrition
The effect of increasing the protein content of breakfasts on satiety and cognitive function in undergraduate students
May 19, 2014By James Hollis
This study investigated the effect of protein consumption at breakfast on appetite and cognitive performance. Participants were provided with one of four breakfast treatments: no breakfast, No-pork,...
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Production Scale Midwestern Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing Facility
May 6, 2014By Hongwei Xin
Gaseous emissions from livestock production continue to receive increasing attention due to concerns over their environmental and health impacts. Local concerns over gaseous emissions are...
Environment - Air
Testing soybean peroxidase for swine manure treatment and mitigation of odorous VOCs, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and greenhouse gas emissions
May 6, 2014By Jacek Koziel
The control of odor, odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), ammonia (NH3), and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions associated with commercial swine production is a critical...
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
The Impact of Pig Health on Public Health: Quantitative Data for Risk Assessments
May 1, 2014By Alejandro Ramirez|Scott Hurd
The objectives of this study were three-fold: (i) develop a national estimate for peelout prevalence in swine carcasses, (ii) determine if...
