Environment - Environmental Footprint
Meta-Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Swine Operations
May 31, 2011By Zifei Liu
Global warming has been linked to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Swine operations are important sources of GHG, primarily methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The Intergovernmental Panel on...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Quantifying the Effect of Slow-Cooking Operations on the Thermal Resistance of Salmonella in Whole-Muscle Pork Products
March 7, 2011By Bradley Marks
The overall goal of this project was to improve the reliability of thermal process validation tools for Salmonella in pork products, by accounting for stress adaptation that can occur during slow...
Environment - Other
Comparison of efficacy, emissions, compost characteristics, and costs of in-vessel rotating drum and open static pile composting of swine carcasses, whole and ground.
February 7, 2011By Dale Rozeboom
In the U.S. the use of composting to manage on-farm swine mortality has increased from 10.5 to 35.9% from 1994 to 2006 (USDA:APHIS, VS, CEAH 2001 and 2007). Very little is known about the emissions...
Environment - Air
Development of a National Air Quality Self Assessment Tool (NAQSAT) for swine producers; project number
October 17, 2010By Wendy Powers
Funding from this project was pooled with funding received by industry groups across the U.S. and funding received from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant program. As a result, an online tool was...
Animal Science
Oxygen consumption and energy digestibility of soybean meal and corn or corn co-product diets fed to grow-finish swine
January 2, 2008By Wendy Powers
Diets containing corn or corn co-products were fed to swine over 6 feeding phases, starting at 18 kg bodyweight and concluding at market weight. The corn co-product diets contained increasing levels...
Environment - Air
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
July 2, 2007By Melvin Yokoyama
Hazardous gas emissions from stored livestock manure can pose environmental and health issues for both farm workers and animals. Ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions have risen sharply with more...
Environment - Other
Utilization of crystalline amino acids by the gut in growing
October 12, 2006By Nathalie L. Trottier
Conventional diets containing corn and soybean meal fed to growing pigs can be reduced in protein by replacing a portion of the protein with crystalline amino acids. Crystalline amino acids are of...
Environment - Air
Evaluation of Boric Acid and Sodium Tetraborate to Reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions from Swine Facilities
March 27, 2006By Melvin Yokoyama
The experimental results of the first year of this study clearly demonstrates that boron, in the form of boric acid and sodium tetraborate (borax) is very effective in inhibiting the emissions of...
Animal Well-being
Characterization of Sow Longevity and the Developmental Factors that Influence It
March 8, 2006By Ronald Bates
Longevity as a female trait has several different definitions. Each definition has a somewhat different interpretation, depending on the intent. Some definitions are based more on production...
Environment - Air
Comparative Analysis of Odor Evaluation and Aerosol Monitoring Techniques
February 21, 2005By Robert von Bernuth
Relative to this project, what one really wants to know about a swine facility is whether odor from the unit can be predicted, how good the prediction would be, and how difficult it will be to...
