Efficacy of a novel intramammary vaccine delivery system for PEDV to decrease pre-weaning mortality and enhance mechanisms of immunity
Comparative genomic and virulence analysis of Streptococcus suis isolates
Advancing Investigations in Swine Reproduction Efficiency at Iowa State
Cover crops, timing, and compaction: Evaluating practices to improve manure nitrogen management
Building a handling course to document sow locomotion when sows are afflicted with different naturally occurring lameness
Sow lameness is a major production disease affecting welfare and profitability. In 2014, Karriker and colleagues created a comprehensive swine lameness diagnostic manual which incorporated several diagnostic tools and pre- and post-mortem assessments.
Salmonella DIVA vaccine for cross-protection against Salmonella serovar I 4,[5],12:i:-: minimizing antibiotic usage and protecting swine and public health
Development of New Barn Commissioning and Building Component Integrity Protocols for Swine Housing Systems
Vegetative Environmental Buffer Builder and Economic Review: A Decision Support Tool for the Pork Industry
This project created a user-friendly online decision support tool for livestock producers (and their advisors) to design and plan for the use of Vegetative Environmental Buffers (VEB) for odor mitigation and improved site aesthetics. The tool, VEB-econ, allows users to…
Effects of genetics and dietary fiber on production variables in response to repeated exposures to heat stress
Despite aggressive heat stress abatement strategies, the U.S. swine industry loses ~$900 million annually. Sources of reduced revenue include: slower growth rates, inefficient feed utilization, increased health care costs, inconsistent market weights, mortality and altered carcass traits. Consequently, heat stress…