Animal Well-being
Pattern of injury and death rates in transported early-weaned pigs: a retrospective study
June 14, 2005By Robert Morrison
The mean rate of injuries calculated in this population was only 0.45 pigs dead or injured per 1000 pigs transported, with only .09% dead or euthanized. This increased slightly during quarters 3 and...
Animal Well-being
Comparison of Housing Systems for Gestating Sows
June 8, 2005By John Deen
As expected, there are benefits and challenges to all the sow housing gestation systems studied. The aim of this study was to identify and understand these benefits and challenges of each gestation...
Swine Health - PRRS
Proof-of-Concept -Anti-Idiotype Induces Anti-PRRSV Neutralizing Antibodies in Swine
June 7, 2005By En-Min Zhou
PRRS is the most costly disease U.S. swine producers confront and little progress has been made in recent years to mprove the situation. In studying swine antibody responses, we discovered the...
Swine Health - General Disease
A prospective observational study of periparturient sow mortality
February 11, 2005By John Deen
In this study, as well as others, it has been shown that the probability of dying is seven times as high during the period from day 111 of gestation to weaning (approximately 21 days) as compared to...
Animal Well-being
Evaluation of the effect of group size and structure on welfare of gestating sows in pens with electronic sow feeders
January 18, 2005By John Deen
The present research was an attempt to see how the existing system of commercial group houses with ESF can be made more welfare friendly by modifying the group size and structure. The groups studied...
Swine Health - General Disease
Efficacy of Multiplex SIV TaqMan? RT-PCR and PRDC Microarray Hybridization in Predicting Swine Influenza Virus Genotype
November 1, 2004By Kay S. Faaberg
New Multiplex TaqMan? RT-PCR genotyping assays for HA and NA genes of SIV were developed. These new diagnostic tests will advance available SIV diagnostics, both in speed and accuracy. We found that...
Animal Well-being
Enhancing Sow Welfare with High Fiber Diets and Frequent Feeding
October 13, 2004By G.C. Shurson|J.L. Johnston|J.P. Holt|Sam Baidoo
In this experiment, we attempted to employ a diet and feeding regimen that could be easily implemented in commercial production units while improving welfare as measured by occurrence of stereotypic...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Nutrient and Pathogen losses to Tile Lines as Influenced by Source of N
June 15, 2004By Gyles Randall
Land application of swine manure on tile-drained soils has become a controversial issue in some swine producing areas because of uncertainties regarding the leaching of nitrates, phosphorus, and...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Evaluation of Emerging Technologies in Swine Manure Management
October 22, 2003By Samuel K. Baidoo
Our findings in the project indicates that in a wean to finish system: Antibiotics may not be necessary for performance of pigs in a wean to finish system. Antibiotics modifies the micro-flora of the...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Inoculation of Bacterial Pathogens to Control Disease
October 1, 2003By Carlos Pijoan
This study compared 3 different interventions to control Haemophilus parasuis mortality in nursery pigs. Both a commercial and an autogenous vaccine had no significant effect in this farm system. In...
