Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Identification of biological factors responsible for differences in feed efficiency between selection lines for residual feed intake- NPB 07-161, Selection lines to enhance genetic selection for feed efficiency – NPB 07-139
September 18, 2009By Jack C.M. Dekkers
Feed for the growing phase is the largest variable cost in pork production and these costs are on the rise. Thus, research that reduces feed required for pork production can result in substantial...
Swine Health - PRRS
Estimating the infectious dose for transmission of PRRSV by aerosol exposure
August 11, 2009By Jeffrey Zimmerman
The objective of this research was to quantify the likelihood of PRRSV transmission via aerosols as a function of exposure dose. This information is important because it reveals the process by which...
Swine Health - General Disease
International collaboration to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae PCR assays
July 31, 2009By Eileen Thacker
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (MHYO) remains a significant source of economic loss for today’s swine industry. Reliable diagnosis of this organism continues to be a challenge as demonstrated by the...
Swine Health - General Disease
Transmission of PCV2: Comparison of shedding patterns between PCV2a and PCV2b, evaluation of routes of transmission (fecal, oral, nasal, mechanical) and understanding the roles of spray-dried plasma and transport vehicles
July 22, 2009By Tanja Opriessnig
Temporal evidence correlated the emergence of PCV2b in the U.S. in 2005 with more frequent and severe porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) cases. Information on the quantity and duration of...
Animal Science
Association of compositional traits and structural soundness with the ability ofcommercial line of sows to complete parities two and three A continuation of the original project titled: Association of compositional,structural soundness, and health with the ability of a commercial line of youngsows to successfully complete parity one (NPB#05-081)
July 1, 2009By Ken Stalder
Poor sow longevity has both economic and welfare ramifications for the commercial swine industry. According to PigCHAMP ™ reports, between years 1998 and 2008, the average culling frequency of...
Animal Well-being
Comparison of chute design on the ease of loading finisher pigs. How does this affect their performance, welfare parameters and overall economics to the producer?
June 8, 2009By Anna Johnson
Marketing and transportation stress not only costs the industry due to fatigued, injured and dead pigs, but has a direct impact on the quality of pork delivered to the consumer. The loading process...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Improving the Safety of Pork Products (Hams, Bacon and Frankfurters)Processed to Simulate Traditionally Cured Pork but Without Addition Of Nitrite or Nitrate
May 15, 2009By Joseph Sebranek
Natural and organic processed pork products such as frankfurters, bacon and hams are required to use modified meat curing methods to qualify as natural or organic because traditional preservatives...
Pork Quality
Selection for increased intramuscular fat and its effect on other quality traits and the fatty acid composition of pork
April 2, 2009By Tom Baas
Long-term selection for increased lean has come at the expense of meat quality traits, namely IMF percentage, objective loin color, and eating quality traits such as flavor and off-flavor. Results...
Environment - Air
Simultaneous treatment of swine odor and airborne pathogens by UV254 light –
March 21, 2009By Jacek Koziel
A 1-year feasibility study was conducted, aiming to explore the effectiveness of UV light for simultaneous treatment of odor, odorous VOCs and airborne pathogen emissions from swine operations....
Swine Health - General Disease
Role of Role of F4/F18 negative E. coli in post-weaning diarrhea and edema disease
February 19, 2009By Nancy Cornick
Veterinary diagnostic laboratories recover E. coli strains from sick piglets (with and without other pathogens) that do not encode for commonly encountered fimbrial adhesins but do contain genes for...
