Environment - Other
Implementing Mass Nutrient Balance Procedures on Swine Production Facilities, NPB Award
April 13, 2008By Rick Koelsch
The purpose of this project is to collect the necessary data for creating the nutrient balances on 12 swine operations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. The project will evaluate the producer’s...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Adding Value to Swine Manure Through Accurate Prediction of Organic Nitrogen Availability
March 20, 2008By Charles Wortmann
Swine slurry contains nitrogen primarily in organic and ammonium forms. Ammonium-N is immediately crop available following land application if not lost to volatilization which should be minimal if...
Swine Health - PRRS
Enhancement of efficacy of PRRSV vaccines by altering the glycosylation pattern of viral glycoproteins
October 15, 2007By Asit Pattnaik
In previous studies, we have demonstrated that virus-neutralizing antibodies are important for protective immunity against PRRSV. These neutralizing antibodies constitute a significant correlate for...
Swine Health - PRRS
Rational Design of a New Generation of PRRSV Differential (Marker) Vaccines
July 13, 2007By Fernando Osorio
This project is based on two main premises: 1) the conviction that the use of vaccines will always be a cost-efficient method and the preferred approach to control PRRSV infections, and 2) the notion...
Environment - Air
Laying the Groundwork for Odor Control and Setback Estimation in Nebraska
July 8, 2007By Richard R. Stowell
Animal Science
Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Sow Lifetime Productivity of Two Prolific Maternal Lines
November 6, 2006By Rodger Johnson
Swine Health - PRRS
ub-typing of PRRSV isolates by means of measurement of cross-neutralization reactions
November 3, 2006By Fernando Osorio
One of the major obstacles for PRRSV control is the significant variability of this virus in the field. Such variability of PRRSV is expressed at the level of the genetic information of the strains (...
Animal Well-being
Effect of Feeding System Failures on Grow-Finish Performance and Welfare
February 8, 2006By Michael Brumm
Results of these 2 experiments document the impact of repeated out-of-feed events on grower-finisher pig performance. Repeated out-of-feed events that are 20 hours long results in a decrease in daily...
Swine Health - PRRS
Rational Design of a New Generation of PRRSV Differential (Marker) Vaccines
October 21, 2005By Fernando Osorio
We started this project with the conviction that the use of vaccines will always be a cost-efficient method and the preferred approach to control PRRSV infections , provided the efficacy and safety...
Environment - Air
A Planning Tool for Assessing the Relative Contribution of Facility Components to Air Quality Surrounding Pork Production Sites
January 20, 2005By Dennis D. Shulte
This National Pork Board project resulted in new odor planning tools called “odor roses” and “odor footprints” that provide visual representation of the frequency, direction and extent of...
