Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Comparative Evaluation of Rapid Methods for Salmonella Detection in Pork
February 17, 2010By Irene V. Wesley
The goal of this study was to develop a single-step assay which combined all of the steps of conventional culture of Salmonella into a single well of a 48-deep well microtiter plate. The second goal...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Does pre-slaughter transportation and lairage affect Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence and levels in market pigs?
August 31, 2009By Marcos Rostagno
This research was conducted with the objective of determining the effect of pre-slaughter transportation and lairage on Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence, shedding levels of total...
Environment - Air
Chemical Characterization of both particulates and gaseous emissions from impacted and non-impacted areas associated with swine feeding operations
August 6, 2009By Steven Trabue
Odorants in the air include both volatile organic and volatile sulfur compounds. Movement of these compounds from swine feeding operations to surrounding community is thought to occur either through...
Swine Health - PRRS
Identification of Type I Interferon Antagonists of PRRSV Viral Structural Proteins
August 3, 2009By Kay S. Faaberg
PRRSV is an important swine pathogen and infections caused by this virus have not been efficiently controlled. This is in part due to the lack of knowledge about the insufficient swine immune...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
In vitro estimation and in vivo determination of metabolizable energy in corn co-products
May 21, 2009By Brian Kerr
Energetics will continue to be of great importance to the swine industry because energy contributes a significant expense to feed which contributes more than 60% of pig production costs. Changes in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of crude glycerin in swine
January 22, 2009By Brian Kerr
The objective of the proposed research was to determine the variation in metabolizable energy (ME) content of crude glycerin samples from a several biodiesel production facilities using different...
Environment - Air
Field and Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Vegetative Buffers for Particulate Trapping and Odor Reduction Near Swine Production Facilities
January 14, 2009By Thomas J. Sauer
Growing number of swine operations have turned to natural buffers (also called shelterbelts or vegetative buffers) as part of their odor mitigation strategy. However, there is little to no data on...
Swine Health - PRRS
Implementation of a PRRSV Strain Database (Renewal of NPB project #06-127)
January 7, 2009By Kay S. Faaberg
The PRRSV strain database (http://prrsvdb.org) has been supported by the National Pork Board for four years. The database (PRRSVdb; 9,531 sequences) is...
Animal Science
Evaluation of dietary butyrate as a growth promotant and on the response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in weanling pigs
May 13, 2008By Thomas Weber
Due to traditional feedstuffs for swine being diverted to biofuels, feed costs for pork production have increased dramatically. Consequently, pork producers are seeking ways to increase the...
Swine Health - PRRS
Implementation of a PRRSV Strain Database (Renewal)
November 7, 2006By Kay S. Faaberg
A PRRSV ORF5 database, accessible worldwide, was improved for swine producers, practitioners and researchers (http://prrsv.ahc.umn.edu/). This database, established to fulfill one objective of the...
