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.
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Swine Health - General Disease
The influence of maternal PCV2 immune response on piglet infection rates at weaning and the effect of PCV2 infection at weaning on lifetime performance and vaccine efficacy
With the recent development of porcine circovirus vaccines, porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) has become less of a challenge for swine producers. However, much is unknown about the...
Animal Well-being
Determine and Validate the Optimal Requirements and Duration of Time to Achieve Unconsciousness and Euthanasia in Pigs from Birth to 15 Pounds with a Novel Electrocution Device
It is inevitable in every swine production system young pigs not recovering from disease, weakness, or trauma will need to be euthanized in a timely, humane, and safe manner. The industry...
