Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 22, 2013:
In this paper we will look at some of the research that has been done on Piglet Survival, in hopes of finding some results that can be used on the average commercial breeding unit. The first part of this ...
Article published the May 10, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Lameness in swine, poultry, horses, and cattle have a large negative economical impact to livestock producers (Corr et al., 2003). Multiple definitions of lameness are used. Merriam-Webster (2008)...
Article published the April 8, 2013:
Fumonisins—mycotoxins produced by several Fusarium species, especially Fusarium verticillioides (F. moniliforme) and proliferatum—have been reported in animal foods and corn-based hum...
Article published the March 27, 2013:
Boar taint is one of those pork industry issues that seems to be discussed at length, everyone has an opinion about it and certainly polarises industry when it comes to eliminating it. The consumer has a number...
Article published the February 27, 2013:
1. INTRODUCTION
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) since its first report in the late 1980s in Western Europe (Wensvoort et al., 1991) and North America (Keffaber, 1989) has caused a signifi...
Article published the December 18, 2012:
The increasing need for animal-based food products is not a new challenge for Animal Producers, since during the last 30 years the human population has doubled. However, the current issues associated with this ...
Article published the December 10, 2012:
Introduction
The principal characteristic of Atrophic Rhinitis (AR) is a reduced growth rate due to the atrophy of the nasal turbinates caused by the dermonecrotoxin (DNT) released by Pasteurella multocida tox...
Article published the November 30, 2012:
Introduction
Infection is known to reduce the productive performance of animals. Pathogen-induce immune activation causes fever and reduces protein synthesis rates in skeletal muscle among other symptoms. In t...
Article published the November 28, 2012:
1Harrisvaccines Inc., Ames, IA 50010, USA2Immunobiology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA3Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Io...
Article published the November 28, 2012:
Swine Dysentery (SD), commonly known as bloody scours, is a troublesome disease which had been virtually eliminated through scientific breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s.
But today, likely due to changes in ...