Rendering is a process of grinding, heating, partial separation of fat, and drying of a wide array of inedible animal and carcass tissues, including blood, feathers, muscle, bones, fat, and offal. In the U.S., the rendering industry processes over 20…
Recovery of phosphorus and fine particles as fertilizer from swine manure by electrocoagulation
Pork production is one of the most important agricultural activities in the United States, and 75% of the swine operations are geographically located in the Upper-Midwest. The environmental effects of swine manure storage systems and land application are raising significant…
Assessment of Injuries in Pork Production Facilities
Working with pigs has its own inherent risks. The occurrence of injury in people working in agriculture is often higher than most other industries due to the changing nature of the workplace, the unpredictability of the animals, and the wide…
Systematic Review of Antibiotic Resistance of Public Health Importance in Environments near Swine Operations
Systematic reviews are a rigorous knowledge synthesis technique first developed in the health sciences to summarize information from numerous randomized trials examining the clinical efficacy of an intervention. In contrast to a narrative review, this method permits the evaluation of…
Environmental stability of PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus)
Extent of contamination, quantification and survival of PEDV in fomites and effect of disinfectants on swine coronaviruses
This study was designed to assess the survivability of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in fomites and determine the efficacy of four commonly used disinfectants against the three swine enteric coronaviruses; porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine delta coronavirus (PDCoV)…
National Swine Health Monitor project: incidence and factors associated with transmission and control of PED virus
The short term objective of this project was to yield better understanding of the epidemiology and field ecology of PEDv and the relative impact of specific management decisions on the risks of infection. The long term objective was to facilitate…
Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in pigs in the USA
Over the last 10 years, concerns have grown about the possible importance of livestock reservoirs as a source of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). S. aureus is a normal bacterial inhabitant of healthy people as well as many animal species…
Miscellaneous studies on PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) survival
This study was undertaken to determine the effect of lime and pH on three porcine enteric coronaviruses;porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV),porcine delta coronavirus (PDCoV) and transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV).The results indicated that PDCoV was the least sensitive to lime powder.…