University of Tennessee Archives - Pork Checkoff

Pork Checkoff Research

Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.

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Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Novel molecular approaches for the rapid detection of Salmonella from pork products and the pork processing environment
Novel rapid, sensitive, and simple detection assays that can be routinely used to prevent the transmission of Salmonella in the pork industry are in high-demand. Reverse-transcriptase Loop-mediated...
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effects of egg yolk antibiotics and antibiotic regimens on carriage and shedding of Salmonella Typhimurium
Salmonella may reside in pigs during all stages of growth and may later contaminate pork products, thus presenting a foodborne hazard for humans. Often, salmonella are passed among hogs during...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Water Source and Delivery Method as a Risk Factor for Swine Infection with Toxoplasma gondii
The relative importance of a variety of on-farm risk factors needs to be understood to reduce T. gondii infection in swine. This study demonstrates that a variety of risk factors, including the...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Effect of antibiotic regimens on resistance in salmonella and other bacteria in swine
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
A Rapid and Specific Test for Salmonella Serovars with Particular Reference to Salmonella choleraesuis serovar C1
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Sows and Market-Weight Pigs in the United States and its Potential Impact on Consumer demand for Pork
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
The effect of the hydrogen ion concentration evaluation mathematical methodology on genetic prediction and fixed effects estimation when assessing muscle quality in pork
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Characterizing the Origin and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance
Pork Quality
Determinants of ultimate pH and qulaity of pork
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