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An Updated Economic Assessment of New Swine Gestation Facility Investment
July 31, 2023By Dr. Lee L. Schulz
The overriding objective of this study is to conduct, within the limitations of current knowledge, an economic analysis of investing in new gestation housing facilities for a farrow to wean operation. There is still much that is not known about increasing the square feet per sow in group housing. This holds at least as much for the costs as it does for the productivity impacts. Hence, the assessment to be presented here is more demonstrative than definitive. Still, using available data, the analysis employs a detailed and transparent method to assess new facility investment alternatives.
Swine Health - General Disease
Optimization and Viability of Lung Homogenate for Successful Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Exposure in Gilts During Acclimation
June 29, 2022By Maria Pieters
Gilt acclimation has become a common practice in the United States swine industry to control Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections. The goal of gilt acclimation is to achieve uniform exposure of gilts...
Swine Health - PRRS
Evaluation of Air Filters as a Novel Surveillance Method to Assess Spread of Airborne PRRS Viruses
May 23, 2022By Montse Torremorell
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and influenza A virus (IAV) are two major respiratory pathogens of pigs that can be transmitted through the air. In this study, we...
Swine Health - General Disease
Does prevalence of influenza A virus at weaning influence disease transmission rates, clinical manifestation of disease, and production performance?
February 26, 2021By Montse Torremorell
Influenza is a major respiratory disease of pigs. Influenza causes reduction in pig’s performance and is a public health concern given that strains with pandemic potential can emerge in pigs. The...
Environment - Air
Evaluating gas and particulate matter emissions and downwind concentration impacts using the EPI Air Filter Wall system
February 23, 2021By Erin Cortus
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Rapid, Pen-side Molecular Diagnostic Tool for Foreign Animal Disease
July 1, 2020By Cheryl Dvorak
Swine Health - General Disease
Evaluation of carrier state and protection against a contemporary Senecavirus A isolate in pigs previously infected with an historical strain
May 28, 2020By Dr. Fabio Augusto Vannucci Ph.D.
Swine Health - PRRS
Using genomic tools to link PRRSV quasispecies to disease severity in pigs infected with contemporary virulent isolates
March 4, 2020By Montse Torremorell
Swine Health - General Disease
Estimating the seroprevalence of Senecavirus A (SVA) in the United States Swine Industry
December 6, 2019By Cesar A. Corzo
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effects of early-life antibiotic administration on porcine respiratory microbiota and piglet immunity
October 4, 2019By Dr. Maria Pieters DVM
