Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Development and Validation of a Standardized Scientific Protocol Evaluating Antibiotic Alternatives in Growing Pigs
January 3, 2018By Dr. Nicholas Gabler Ph.D.
Heightened interest in reducing antibiotic usage in pork production leaves producers looking for effective alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in swine diets. While there are a...
Animal Science
Development of New Barn Commissioning and Building Component Integrity Protocols for Swine Housing Systems
December 29, 2017By Dr. Steven J. Hoff Ph.D.
Swine Health - General Disease
Utilization of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap DNA by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae,
December 4, 2017By chris mi
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Distribution of Discharge from Liquid Manure Applicator Manifolds
December 1, 2017By Dr. Kapil Arora
Animal Science
Advancing Investigations in Swine Reproduction Efficiency at Iowa State
October 13, 2017By Jason W. Ross|Lloyd L. Anderson
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
An analysis of primary research and meta-analysis to investigate temporal changes in serotypes of Salmonella in US-based pigs and pork products.
October 4, 2017By Annette O’Connor
Animal Science
Effects of genetics and dietary fiber on production variables in response to repeated exposures to heat stress
May 31, 2017By Lance Baumgard
Despite aggressive heat stress abatement strategies, the U.S. swine industry loses ~$900 million annually. Sources of reduced revenue include: slower growth rates, inefficient feed utilization,...
Environment - Air
Vegetative Environmental Buffer Builder and Economic Review: A Decision Support Tool for the Pork Industry
May 30, 2017By John Tyndall
This project created a user-friendly online decision support tool for livestock producers (and their advisors) to design and plan for the use of Vegetative Environmental Buffers (VEB) for odor...
Pork Quality
Prediction of Pork Quality using Raman Spectroscopy
May 30, 2017By Steven Lonergan
The objective of the project was to develop an approach to use Raman spectroscopy to predict sensory quality of fresh pork loins. Pork loins (n=200) were selected during fabrication on seven...
Swine Health - PRRS
Improving the performance of PRRSV oral fluid diagnostics
May 10, 2017By Jeffrey Zimmerman|Luis Gimenez-Lirola
