Swine Health - General Disease
Pork Checkoff Research
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Animal Science
Identification of putative factors contributing to pelvic organ prolapse in sows
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
The development of on-farm and in-plant methods to eliminate needle hazards
Animal Well-being
Providing humane on-farm handling tools to move non-ambulatory grow-finish pigs
Environment - Air
Cover crops, timing, and compaction: Evaluating practices to improve manure nitrogen management
Swine Health - General Disease
Development and evaluation of antibody detection methods in oral fluids for cost-effective and efficient surveillance and control of Senecavirus in swine population.
Swine Health - General Disease
Efficacy of a novel intramammary vaccine delivery system for PEDV to decrease pre-weaning mortality and enhance mechanisms of immunity
Animal Well-being
Determining the Topical and Oral Pharmacokinetics of Flunixin Meglumine in Pre-wean Piglets and Developing Tools for Drug Study in Pre-Wean Piglets
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Replacement gilt candidate feet, leg and reproductive trait evaluation using digital analysis and visual observation.
Public Health - Influenza
