Swine Health - PRRS
Pork Checkoff Research
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Animal Well-being
Determining the Minimal Floor Space Allowance for Gestating Sows Kept in Pens with Electronic Sow Feeders
PED virus re-infection rate of sow herds, associated risk factors, production impact and time to achieve stability
The purpose of this study was to quantify the rate of sow herds re-breaking with PED virus and evaluate the impact on performance. The study involved participants’ data from an existing...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Characterizing a U.S. swine movement network to enhance epidemiological modeling and response to transboundary animal diseases
Animal Well-being
Tail-biting in growing-finishing pigs
Background: Tail biting is a common problem in swine production. Tail biting not only causes economic losses for pork producers, but also results in major negative implications for welfare of...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Gut physiology and metabolomics profile of pigs fed diets with carbohydrases enzymes and distillers dried grains with solubles
Feeding high fiber feed ingredients (e.g. wheat middlings and corn distillers dried grains with solubles) significantly decreases feed efficiency of pigs. However, the addition of carbohydrase...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Use of animal movement data and epidemiological modeling to identify premises at high risk of infection in the event of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most contagious and economically relevant diseases affecting livestock and is rapidly transmitted between hosts. Fortunately, the US swine industry has...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of "Nutritional Tools" to Estimate ME Content in Rendered Animal Protein By-products for Swine – Revised with Expanded Objectives
Rendering is a process of grinding, heating, partial separation of fat, and drying of a wide array of inedible animal and carcass tissues, including blood, feathers, muscle, bones, fat, and...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Recovery of phosphorus and fine particles as fertilizer from swine manure by electrocoagulation
Pork production is one of the most important agricultural activities in the United States, and 75% of the swine operations are geographically located in the Upper-Midwest. The environmental effects...
Public Health - Worker Health & Safety
Assessment of Injuries in Pork Production Facilities
Working with pigs has its own inherent risks. The occurrence of injury in people working in agriculture is often higher than most other...
