Iowa State University Archives - Page 24 of 41 - Pork Checkoff

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.

Contribute to Pork Research

Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.

Swine Health - General Disease
Development of new risk assessments and enhancements to the web application for the Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program
The American Association of Swine Veterinarian’s (AASV) Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program (PADRAP) is an epidemiologically-based initiative to help producers and veterinarians...
Animal Science
Association of compositional traits and structural soundness with the ability of commercial line of sows to complete parities four and five – NPB#06-192. (A continuation of the original project 2005 titled: Association of compositional, structural soundness, and health with the ability of a commercial line of young sows to successfully complete parity one (NPB#05-081) and the 2006 project titled:
 Poor sow longevity has both economic and welfare ramifications for the commercial swine industry. According to PigCHAMP™...
Animal Well-being
The influence of small versus large pens on the welfare of the grow-finisher pig
Industry accounts have suggested that growth performance traits and morbidity / mortality may be compromised when pigs are reared in large pen configurations. Therefore, the objective of this study...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Electronic Veterinary Prescription Certificates
Producing healthy pigs is essential for food safety, animal well-being, and the competitiveness of the swine industry. Antibiotics play an important role in the production of healthy pigs....
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
Hydrogen Sulfide Spatial Distribution and Worker Exposure in Swine Houses
Hazards conditions to human and animal health can occur in swine barns due to sudden bursts of high concentration hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas released when manure slurry is agitated during...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Water Consumption and Conservation Techniques Currently Available for Swine Production
Water conservation is important in any industry and swine production is no exception. Many water conservation technologies and practices...
Swine Health - PRRS
Vaccination of pigs with alphavirus replicon particles expressing PRRSV ORF 3, 4, 5 and 6
  The objective of this project was to evaluate alphavirus replicon particles (RP) expressing various PRRSV proteins as vaccine candidates. Previous work has identified the minor structural...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of the relationship between hoof abnormalities and breeding herd female longevity and well-being when housed in gestation and farrowing stalls
Objective I; Increased hoof abnormality prevalence (e.g. toe and dew claw overgrowth, hoof wall cracks, and hoof pad abrasions) in sow populations observed at harvest suggest that these hoof...
Swine Health - General Disease
Development of an improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-specific ELISA
       Serology due to its low cost and ease of sample collection is the most common tool used to monitor the status of M. hyopneumoniae infection...
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic and antigenic characterization of a recent PRRSV isolate
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) NC16845 was isolated from porcine tissue submitted to the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in 2006. The isolate...
Sort and Filter
  • Sort and Filter By

  • Category

  • Institution

  • Funded By