Animal Well-being
Validation and Application of a Survey of On-Farm Hispanic Worker Attitudes Towards Pig Euthanasia
February 8, 2023By Dr. Arlene Garcia
This study used an 83-item survey instrument developed to identify caretakers' attitudes toward pig euthanasia.
Pork Quality
Evaluating Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) as a Real-Time Method for Classifying Pork Quality in Bacon and Fresh Pork Bellies
May 23, 2022By Dale Woerner
Rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) is a novel, in-situ analysis technology that measures the metabolomic profile in real time. The objective of this study was to evaluate REIMS as...
Animal Well-being
Towards an improved method of piglet castration to reduce pain: the use of one incision in combination with the use of Vapocoolant and Metacam™
July 29, 2019By Dr. Arlene Garcia
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Efficacy of Interventions to reduce Salmonella on Fresh Pork Products to Improve Food Safety
January 3, 2019By Dr. Mindy Brashears Ph.D.
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of disease on amino acid requirements of growing pigs
May 1, 2015By Anoosh Rakhshandeh
A total of 40 gilts (initial BW 9.4 ± 0.9 kg) were used in three experiments (Exp) to evaluate the impact of disease induced either by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or porcine...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Determining the Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella Serovars Isolated from U.S. Retail Ground Pork
April 28, 2015By J. Chance Brooks
Salmonella is a foodborne pathogen that may be associated with meat products. The goal of this project was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in ground pork at retail, and to evaluate...
Animal Well-being
Weaned pig transport: animal welfare impact of duration of trip, and provision of feed and water
October 28, 2014By John McGlone
Weaned pigs are transported on many USA farms. Some are transported short distances and others many hours. During transport...
Animal Well-being
The use of bedding in ramp to reduce slipping and falling while loading and unloading weaned and finishing pigs
September 18, 2014By John McGlone
Transport is a potentially stressful event that almost all piglets/pigs go through at least once in their life considering multi-site production systems and location of packing plants. Handling...
Animal Well-being
Establishing Bedding and Boarding Requirements for Finisher Pigs Through Scientific Validation – Macro Study
August 11, 2014By John McGlone
1. Establishing bedding requirements during transport and monitoring skin temperature over seasons after transport for finishing...
Animal Well-being
Systematic literature review and needs assessment of housing systems for gestating sows in group pens with group feeding
October 25, 2013By Mhairi Sutherland
Gestation sow housing is a current contemporary animal welfare issue. The current political atmosphere is driving producers to consider changing back to group housing systems for gestating sows. It...
