University of Calgary Archives - Pork Checkoff

Skip to content

Search

Pay Pork Checkoff
Training Login

News
Research
- Pork Research
- Requests for Proposals
Markets
Pork Production &
Management
Certification
& Tools
Pork Branding
About
Contact
- Contact Us
- Subscribe to News from the Pork Checkoff

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.

Contribute to Pork Research

Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.

View Research RFPs

Sign Up for RFP Alerts

Animal Well-being

Development of a practical, cost-effective pain mitigation technique for castration of piglets

June 17, 2015By Erin Fierheller

There is a growing trend towards the development of “welfare-friendly” management practices in production animals....

Sort and Filter

Search
Sort and Filter By
Category
- Animal Science(61)
- Animal Science – Breeding & Genetics(20)
- Animal Science – Heavy Market Pig(1)
- Animal Science – Reproductive & Growth Physiology(11)
- Animal Science – Sow Lifetime Productivity(25)
- Animal Science – Swine Nutrition(112)
- Animal Well-being(144)
- Animal Well-being – Depopulation(4)
- Animal Well-being – Euthanasia(3)
- Animal Well-being – Pain Management(2)
- Environment(2)
- Environment – Air(91)
- Environment – Environmental Footprint(18)
- Environment – Manure Storage / Application(44)
- Environment – Other(22)
- Environment – Water Usage / Conservation(14)
- Human Nutrition(65)
- Other(7)
- Pork Quality(92)
- Pork Safety(5)
- Pork Safety – Post-Harvest(62)
- Pork Safety – Pre-Harvest(139)
- Public Health(5)
- Public Health – Antibiotics & Resistance(56)
- Public Health – Community Health(4)
- Public Health – Influenza(11)
- Public Health – MRSA(14)
- Public Health – Other(13)
- Public Health – Other Zoonotic Diseases(12)
- Public Health – Salmonella(4)
- Public Health – Worker Health & Safety(6)
- Swine Health(11)
- Swine Health – Foreign Animal Disease(70)
- Swine Health – General Disease(281)
- Swine Health – PRRS(187)
Publication Year
- 2024(15)
- 2023(46)
- 2022(48)
- 2021(56)
- 2020(45)
- 2019(59)
- 2018(48)
- 2017(69)
- 2016(70)
- 2015(96)
- 2014(103)
- 2013(58)
- 2012(67)
- 2011(63)
- 2010(104)
- 2009(85)
- 2008(93)
- 2007(84)
- 2006(131)
- 2005(81)
- 2004(91)
- 2003(108)
- 2002(96)
- 2001(100)
- 2000(129)
- 1999(105)
- 1998(39)
- 1997(42)
- 1996(19)
- 1995(11)
- 1994(9)
- 1993(13)
- 1992(12)
- 1991(8)
- 1990(9)
- 1989(3)
- 1988(2)
- 1987(4)
- 1986(2)
- 1985(4)
- 1984(1)
- 1983(3)
- 1982(2)
- 1981(2)
- 1980(5)
- 1979(2)
- 1978(1)
- 1977(4)
- 1976(2)
- 1975(3)
- 1974(3)
- 1973(2)
- 1972(2)
- 1971(1)
Institution
- Afssa)(1)
- Ag Health and Safety Alliance™(1)
- Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments (French Food Safety Agency(1)
- AgResearch(2)
- Agriculture & Agri-Food(1)
- Aimpoint Research(1)
- American Association of Swine Veterinarians(1)
- American Meat Institute Foundation(1)
- AMVC Nutritional Services(1)
- Animal and Natural Resources Institute(1)
- ANRI(1)
- Arise Research & Discovery(1)
- ARS(104)
- ARS-NADC(2)
- ARS-Nat'l Laboratory for Agricultural and the Environment(1)
- ATG Laboratories(1)
- Beltsville Area(16)
- Biological Mimetics(2)
- Biosciences Research Laboratory(1)
- BioStone Animal Health LLC(1)
- Brigham Young University(1)
- Camco(1)
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)(2)
- Carthage Innovative Swine Solutions(1)
- Carthage Veterinary Service(5)
- Carthage Veterinary Services(1)
- CEEZAD(1)
- Center for Food Safety and Department of Food Science and Technology(1)
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)(2)
- Chulalongkorn University(4)
- Circle H Animal Health(1)
- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota(1)
- Colorado State University(12)
- Cornell University(3)
- Cox Associates(1)
- CSIC(1)
- Decisionalysis Risk Consultants(1)
- Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, Office of National Labs, Targeted Advanced Development Group, Plum Island Animal Disease Center(1)
- DePauw University(1)
- Duke University Medical School(3)
- EpidStat Institute(1)
- Exponent(5)
- Exponent, Inc.(1)
- Faculté de Médecine La Timone(1)
- Fayetteville(5)
- Food & Feed Safety Research Unit(1)
- Food and Feed Safety Research Unit(11)
- Food Animal Consultation & Testing Services(1)
- Food Safety Net Services(3)
- Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Plum Island Animal Disease Center(1)
- G.A. Flory Consulting, LLC(2)
- George Mason University(1)
- Georgia College & State University(1)
- Ghent University(1)
- Hamilton(2)
- Harper Consulting(1)
- Illinois State University(1)
- Inc.(15)
- Informa Economics IEG(1)
- InnovaConsult ApS(1)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)(1)
- Intricate Group, Inc.(1)
- Iowa Pork Industry Center(1)
- Iowa State University(402)
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine(1)
- Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory(1)
- J. Woods Livestock Services(1)
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University(2)
- Kansas State(1)
- Kansas State University(92)
- Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory(1)
- Livestock Behavior Research Unit(6)
- Livetec Systems, Ltd.(1)
- LLC(3)
- Lowe Consulting(1)
- Ltd(3)
- MARC(10)
- Market Economics(1)
- Massey Univesity(1)
- MetaFarms(3)
- Michigan State University(37)
- Midwest Area(27)
- Midwest Biomedical Research: Center for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health(1)
- Minnesota Veterans Research Institute(1)
- Mississippi State University(3)
- MS-Nutrition(1)
- MS-Nutrition, Marseille, France(2)
- MWA(11)
- NADC(8)
- National Animal Disease Center(15)
- National Center for Foreign Animal Diseases (NCFAD)(3)
- National Centres for Animal Disease (NCAD)(2)
- National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC)(1)
- National Soil Tilth Laboratory(7)
- National Swine Research & Information Center(1)
- NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services(1)
- New Zealand(2)
- North Atlantic Area(3)
- North Carolina State University(49)
- North Dakota State University(8)
- North East Area(1)
- NPA(3)
- NutriScore LLC(1)
- Nutrition Impact, LLC(1)
- Ohio State University(36)
- Oklahoma State University(12)
- Organizational Effectiveness Research Group(1)
- P.A.(5)
- PA(1)
- Pennsylvania State University(8)
- Pig Improvement Company(1)
- Pipestone Research(5)
- Pipestone Veterinary Services(5)
- Plains Area(1)
- Plum Island(1)
- Plum Island Animal Disease Cente(1)
- Plum Island Animal Disease Center(7)
- Prairie Swine Centre(11)
- Purdue University(64)
- Regents of the University of Minnesota(6)
- Reicks Veterinary Research & Consulting(1)
- Risk Sciences International(1)
- RRC(1)
- Rural Technologies(2)
- SmithBucklin Corporation(1)
- South Atlantic Area(1)
- South Dakota State University(40)
- Southern Atlantic Area(2)
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale(1)
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville(3)
- Southern Plains Area(10)
- Swine Health Information Center(1)
- Swine Vet Center(6)
- Texas A&M Agrilife Research(5)
- Texas A&M University(12)
- Texas Tech University(20)
- The Ecological Society of America(1)
- The Ohio State University(11)
- The Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF)(10)
- The University of Arizona(1)
- The University of Georgia(3)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch(1)
- Think Healthy Group, LLC(3)
- Tufts University(2)
- Tuskegee University(1)
- U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action(1)
- United Soybean Board-SmithBucklin(2)
- Universite Laval(1)
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania(1)
- University of Alberta(3)
- University of Arkansas(10)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences(1)
- University of Calgary(1)
- University of California(1)
- University of California – Davis(2)
- University of Colorado(1)
- University of Connecticut(1)
- University of Georgia(6)
- University of Guelph(8)
- University of Hawaii(1)
- University of Hong Kong(1)
- University of Illinois(79)
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign(6)
- University of Iowa(6)
- University of Kentucky(10)
- University of Leeds(3)
- University of Manitoba(2)
- University of Maryland(5)
- University of Melbourne(1)
- University of Michigan(2)
- University of Minnesota(171)
- University of Missouri(3)
- University of Missouri-Columbia(18)
- University of Nebraska(58)
- University of Nebraska – Lincoln(21)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(1)
- University of Pennsylvania(2)
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine(1)
- University of Plymouth(1)
- University of Rhode Island(1)
- University of Saskatchewan(9)
- University of South Dakota(2)
- University of Tennessee(15)
- University of Victoria(1)
- University of Wisconsin – River Falls(1)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison(13)
- University of Wyoming(1)
- USDA(108)
- USDA-ARS(21)
- USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit(2)
- USDA-ARS National Animal Disease Center(4)
- USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory(1)
- USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC)(1)
- USDA-ARS-SPA(10)
- USDA, ARS – Plum Island Animal Disease Center(3)
- Value-Added Science and Technologies(1)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University(14)
- Virginia-Maryland college of Veterinary Medicine(1)
- Washington State University(2)
- Washington University(1)
- Washington University in St. Louis(1)
- Wayne State University(1)
- West Central Research and Outreach Center(2)
- West Virginia University(1)
- WPF Technical Services(3)
- Yale University School of Medicine(1)
Funded By
- Almond Board of California(1)
- American Egg Board-Egg Nutrition Center(1)
- American Meat Institute Foundation(1)
- Beef Checkoff(4)
- Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Clinical Research Center(1)
- Indiana Pork(1)
- Iowa Pork Producers Association(150)
- Minnesota Pork Board(1)
- Missouri Pork Association(1)
- Missouri Pork Association|Pork Checkoff(1)
- National Pork Board(1,959)
- National Pork Producers Council(2)
- Nebraska Pork Producers Association(26)
- Pork Checkoff(117)
- Pork Checkoff and CEEZAD(2)
- Pork Checkoff and Swine Health Information Center(1)
- Purdue University Ingestive Behavior Research Center.(1)
- Texas AgriLife Research(1)

You’re viewing the website for Pork Checkoff and The National Pork Board.

Find information about sustainability and pork industry ethical principles at porkcares.org.

Find pork cooking inspiration at pork.org.

CONTACT
Question for the National Pork Board?
Contact us: Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm CST
For General Contact: 1-800-456-7675

Sign up for Email

Copyright National Pork Board © 2025, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions of Use