Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Does the inclusion of distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) in the diet of grow-finish pigs affect their susceptibility to and colonization with Salmonella enterica?
April 1, 2013By Marcos Rostagno
As an alternative to counteract the increased feed costs, dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been increasingly included in pig diets. Much research has been conducted recently to...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of lipid source and peroxidation level on digestible and metabolizable energy concentration, and the impact of lipid peroxidation on intestinal barrier function
August 9, 2012By Brian Kerr
BACKGROUND: A better understanding of methods to assess quality and feeding value of feed fats and oils is needed because of variability in composition and quality. Commonly used lipid...
Swine Health - General Disease
Rational design of attenuated foot-and-mouth disease virus strains for development of improved disease countermeasures
June 14, 2012By Teresa De Los Santos
FMD is the one of the most feared viral disease that can affect livestock, including swine. Although this disease appeared to be eliminated...
Animal Well-being
Innovative scientific techniques to evaluate alternatives to the use of carbon dioxide euthanasia procedures
June 1, 2012By Donald Lay Jr
The identification and validation of a humane method to euthanize piglets is critical to address the public’s concern that current...
Swine Health - PRRS
Comparison of early immune responses of pigs which are genetically PRRS resistant/tolerant using a swine-specific immune protein (cytokine) multiplex assay
March 27, 2012By Joan K. Lunney
PRRS causes major economic losses to the US pig industry, as reflected in debilitating respiratory syndromes, major reproductive losses and unthrifty piglets; economic losses were calculated to...
Swine Health - General Disease
Contribution of prior SIV infection in enhancing secondary Haemophilus parasuis disease
July 25, 2011By Crystal Loving
Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is a multifactorial disease process with a variety of infectious agents contributing to disease. The complex cannot be simply explained as infection with...
Pork Quality
Post-harvest Prediction of Pork Tenderness
June 1, 2011By Steven Shackelford
To ensure high eating quality of pork, the industry has relied on “enhancing” the product by pumping it with a solution...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical evaluation of commercially available enzymes, and processing on nutrient digestibility of swine diets containing DDGS
February 24, 2011By Brian Kerr
Application of enzymes in an effort to improve nutrient digestibility of plant-based feed ingredients for swine and poultry has been studied for decades. Essentially, an enzyme(s) must match the...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
Serological Surveillance of Wild Boars for Trichinella spiralis
February 4, 2011By Dolores Hill
Trichinella spiralis and Toxoplasma gondii are important zoonotic parasites, occurring in warm blooded animals and humans worldwide. Among domesticated food animals, domestic pigs and wild carnivores...
Swine Health - General Disease
Expanding the immune toolkit for assessing pig health and improving swine disease and vaccine studies NPB project
June 21, 2010By Joan K. Lunney
Keeping pigs healthy and productive is a major goal for producers and researchers. Preventing disease, using biosecurity and planned vaccinations, are hallmarks of well-managed swine facilities....
