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Pork Checkoff Research

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Animal Science
Characterization of porcine parvovirus type 3 (PPV3) infection in growing pigs
In recent years increasing usage of molecular biology tools has resulted in identification of a variety of previously unknown virus species. Porcine parvovirus type 3 (PPV3) is considered an emerging...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterization of porcine astrovirus infection in the U.S. pig population
Many astrovirus (AstV) species are associated with enteric disease. In this study, the prevalence rates of porcine AstV types 1–5 (PAstV1–PAstV5) in the U.S. pig population were...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of a Practical Net Energy System (productive energy) that allows for the Capture of Ingredient Cost Savings Expected from NE systems with Predictable Performance
The purpose of the current study was to determine if the NE system proposed in the NRC, 2012 can be an effective replacement for the ME...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Effect of Lairage on Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in market swine
Industry Summary The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is a commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of a wide range of mammals; and usually exists in a non-clinical state.  One...
Swine Health - PRRS
Development of standard methods to compare surveillance between regional porcine reproductive and respiratory virus control projects
The North American Swine industry is engaged in a conversation on a national porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) strategy. The parties involved in the conversation...
Swine Health - General Disease
Generating swine influenza virus (SIV) oral fluid diagnostic Reference Standards for community use
Influenza A virus is an important component of the porcine respiratory disease complex (Thacker et al., 2001) and a pathogen with a major economic impact on swine production. Holtkamp (2007a,b)...
Animal Science
Investigating Biological Reasons for Seasonal Infertility
The US swine industry suffers major economic losses to heat stress during the summer months. Reasons for this fiscal hardship include seasonal infertility and poor sow performance during and...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Evaluating Nutrient (nitrogen and ortho-phosphate) Export with Subsurface Drainage Water from Spring Applied Swine Manure to Soybean Planted Micro-watersheds
The objective of this project is to evaluate the impact of spring applied swine manure for soybean crop on sub-surface drainage water quality from non-replicated micro-watersheds. To evaluate this...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Determining the biological and metabolic differences between slow and fast growing pigs raised in commercial conditions
With escalating feed prices, increasing litter sizes, and ever-evolving disease challenges, the difficulties of transitioning pigs during the weaning process is a major priority for pork producers....
Swine Health - General Disease
Quality control assessment of blended source vitamin D supplied to feed manufacturers for use in swine diets
Clinical cases of metabolic bone disease in swine, such as rickets and osteomalacia, have been linked to hypovitaminosis D.  Since...
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