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Pork Checkoff Research

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Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Evaluating the prevalence and distribution of African swine fever virus during feed manufacture, as well as feed mill decontamination measures
The feed supply chain can be a significant risk of pathogen transfer. While historically, farms have evolved to have biosecurity limiting farm-to-farm interaction, there continues to be gaps in swine...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving performance of finishing pigs with supplemental Val, Ile, and Trp: Validating a meta-analysis model
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are a collective group of amino acids (AA) made up of Leucine (Leu), Valine (Val), and Isoleucine (Ile). These three AA all share the first steps of catabolism, and...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Determining how the pelleting process influences amino acid digestibility and availability for growth when feeding varying diets with increased levels of crystalline amino acids
Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Influence of antibiotic administration routes on the development of antimicrobial resistance in gut and nasal bacteria of swine
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Understanding ecology and distribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and Non- O157 in US swine feed mills
Animal Science
Developing an automated, real-time pig counting technology
Swine Health - PRRS
Genetic modifications in CD163 that confer complete resistance of pigs to infection with PRRSV
Environment - Air
Evaluate the representativeness of the NAEMS air emission data for swine operations in a changing industry
Swine Health - Foreign Animal Disease
Improving African swine fever diagnostics through the use of Multi Antigen Print Immunoassay (MAPIA) technology.
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