Pork Quality
Determination of the correlation of loin quality parameters with fresh belly characteristics and fresh and processed ham quality
February 1, 2016By Dustin Boler
One of the key challenges currently facing the pork industry is a lack of insight into the relationship between loin, belly, and ham quality. Most published research focuses on loin, belly, or...
Animal Well-being
Optimized Minimal Floor-space for Group-Pen System Using Feeding Stalls and Diet Strategy to Improve Well Being
October 8, 2015By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD
Sow aggression is a common problem associated with group-housing systems especially during feeding and mixing of sows. Grouped-housed sows establish a social hierarchy upon mixing which often reduces...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
The impact of the timing of relocation of replacement gilts from pens to stalls on gilt fertility and sow longevity
February 23, 2015By Robert V. Knox
This research addressed uncertainties involving the effects of the timing of transition from pen housing to stalls on replacement gilt fertility and longevity. In most US farms, replacement gilts are...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Identification of Protective Antigens of African Swine Fever Virus
January 2, 2015By Daniel Rock
African swine fever (ASF) is arguably the most significant emerging disease threat for the swine industry worldwide. Devastating ASF...
Swine Health - PRRS
Viral structural components that enable vaccine-induced protective immunity against contemporary high morbidity and high mortality PRRS virus
September 18, 2014By Federico A. Zuckermann
The production of interferon (IFN)- by an animal in response to a viral infection is known to be a principal determinant of the animal’s ability to fight the infection. In addition, this...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of pelleting and extrusion on energy and nutrient digestibility in diets fed to pigs
September 15, 2014By Hans H. Stein
The objective of the present work was to determine if extrusion, pelleting or the combination of extrusion and pelleting has the ability to...
Swine Health - PRRS
PRRS Virology Literature Review
July 1, 2014By Dongwan Yoo
Pork producers face many different challenges to the health of their pigs, and PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) is one of such challenges. PRRS emerged in the US for the first...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Comparative Digestibility of energy and nutrients in gestating sows and growing pigs
March 7, 2014By Hans H. Stein
The objective of this research was to compare DE and ME values and values for the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of energy and...
Animal Well-being
Establishing Bedding and Boarding Requirements for Finisher Pigs Through Scientific Validation – Micro-study
December 1, 2013By Angela Green
Transport is a critical factor affecting swine welfare in modern U.S. commercial pork production. Broad temperature ranges encountered during transport can challenge pig welfare and have been...
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Identification of genetic signatures for African swine fever virus serologic group specificity
July 1, 2013By Daniel Rock
African swine fever (ASF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease in domestic swine with mortality rates approaching 100%. Devastating ASF disease outbreaks and the continuing disease epidemic in...
