Swine Health - PRRS
Predictors of response and genetic resistance/susceptibility in pigs to infection with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus
May 4, 2009By Donald G. Levis PhD
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has caused devastating losses to swine herds on a worldwide basis. It has been estimated that PRRSV costs the United States pork industry...
Environment - Air
Facilitating Use of the Odor Footprint Tool by Nebraska Pork Producers
July 5, 2008By Richard R. Stowell
The goal of this project was to make Odor Footprint Tool (OFT) resources readily usable by pork producers and their technical advisors as a planning and screening tool when siting swine facilities....
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Corn distillers dried grains (DDGS) for growing-finishing swine
July 3, 2008By Philip S. Miller
A nutrition study was conducted to investigate the feeding value of DDGS for growing-finishing swine. Specifically, growing-finishing diets were developed that contain 0 (control), 5, 10, and 15%...
Swine Health - General Disease
Characterizing level of PCV type 2 virus in serum and expression of PMWS in different populations of pigs
May 19, 2008By Rodger Johnson
Selection for resistance to PCV2 virus is possible. It can be accomplished by serially scoring pigs for symptoms of PCVAD from 60 to 125 d of age, weighing pigs at these ages, and measuring serum...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Adding Value to Swine Manure Through Accurate Prediction of Organic Nitrogen Availability
March 20, 2008By Charles Wortmann
Swine slurry contains nitrogen primarily in organic and ammonium forms. Ammonium-N is immediately crop available following land application if not lost to volatilization which should be minimal if...
Environment - Air
Laying the Groundwork for Odor Control and Setback Estimation in Nebraska
July 8, 2007By Richard R. Stowell
Animal Science
Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Sow Lifetime Productivity of Two Prolific Maternal Lines
November 6, 2006By Rodger Johnson
Animal Well-being
Effect of Feeding System Failures on Grow-Finish Performance and Welfare
February 8, 2006By Michael Brumm
Results of these 2 experiments document the impact of repeated out-of-feed events on grower-finisher pig performance. Repeated out-of-feed events that are 20 hours long results in a decrease in daily...
Animal Science
Zone Heating for Wean-to- Finish Facilities: A Peformance Comparison
May 3, 2004By Richard R. Stowell
The University of Nebraska conducted on-farm research trials in 2003 and 2004 to de-termine the impacts of zone-heating options for wean-to-finish operations. Modulated LP gas-fired brooders were...
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic Resistance to Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)
February 10, 2004By Rodger K. Johnson
In the experiment pigs of two distinctly different populations were challenged with PRRS virus. The lines differed in physiological responses to virus (body temperature, weight gain, ability to...
