Swine Reports 2002

Breeding Physiology


Nanoscale Dynamics of Growth Hormone Secretion in Pigs

Lloyd L. Anderson and Jin-Sook Lee

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Performance of Growing Pigs Fed Using Electronic Versus Commercial Feeders

David S. Casey and Jack C.M. Dekkers

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

New Alleles in the Calpastatin Gene Associated with Improved Tenderness in Pork

D. C. Ciobanu, Steven M. Lonergan, Massoud Malek, J. R. Woollard, Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan and Max F. Rothschild

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Introgressing Multiple Quantitative Trait Loci through Backcross Breeding Programs

Napapan Chaiwong, Jack C.M. Dekkers, Rohan L. Fernando and Max F. Rothschild

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Molecular Genetic Studies of Porcine Genes for Obesity

Kwan-Suk Kim, James M. Reecy, Lloyd L. Anderson and Max F. Rothschild

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Detection and Characterization of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and Meat Quality Traits in a Berkshire-Yorkshire Cross

Hauke Thomson, Jack C.M. Dekkers and Max F. Rothschild

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Food Safety


Experimental Model for Porcine Circovirus and Porcine Parvovirus Coinfection of Specific-Pathogen-Free Pigs

T. Opriessnig, Patrick G. Halbur, S. Yu, E. Thacker, X.-J. Meng and Kelly M. Lager

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Evaluation of Reverse Transcriptase 5' Nuclease Polymerase Chain Reaction assay for the Detection of Viable Heat-Injured and Resuscitated Listeria monocytogenes in Ground Pork

Sandhya Boyapalle, Irene V. Wesley and Aubrey F. Mendonca

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Potential of bacteriophage application as an intervention strategy against Salmonella in pigs

N. Lee and D.L. Hank Harris

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Molecular Characterization of Recent and Archived Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolates

T. Opriessnig, Lorraine J. Hoffman, Patrick G. Halbur, D.L. Hank Harris and S. B. Gaul

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

The Prevalence of L. monocytogenes in Cull Sows

I. V. Wesley, S. T. Larsen, H. S. Hurd, James McKean, T. Frana, M. Cox, M. G. Johnson, R. Nannapaneni, A. Pinkerton-Hogness and F. Rivera

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Experience with the Danish Mix-ELISA in the United States

Michael J. Daniels, Yuhua Zhang, Matthew M. Erdman and Isabel Turney Harris

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Feasibility of Transdermal, Needleless Injections for Prevention of Pork Carcass Defects

T. A. Houser, Joseph G. Sebranek, Tom J. Baas, B. J. Thacker, D. Nilubol and E. L. Thacker

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Reaching Consumers and the Food Industry with Effective Food Safety Messages

James Huss and Daniel Henroid

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Virulence Determination for Rapid Extraintestinal Dissemination (Acute Infection) of Common Salmonella Serotypes in Swine

A. T. Loynachan, J. M. Nugent, Matthew M. Erdman and D.L. Hank Harris

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Isolation of Salmonella using pooled pen feces from 37 U.S. swine farms

Matthew M. Erdman, Isabel Turney Harris and D.L. Hank Harris

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Management Economics


Economics of Finishing Pigs in Hoop Structures and Confinement: A Summer Group under Different Space Restrictions

Ben Larson, James B. Kliebenstein, Mark S. Honeyman and Arlie Penner

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Economics of Finishing Hogs in Hoop Structures and Confinement: Seasonal and Annual Comparison

Ben Larson, James Kliebenstein, Mark S. Honeyman and Arlie Penner

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Oat Based Diets for Market Pigs in Deep-bedded Hoop Barns

Mark S. Honeyman, Zebblin Matthew Sullivan and Wayne B. Roush

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Sow and Litter Performance for Individual Crate and Group Hoop Barn Gestation Housing Systems: A Progress Report

Mark S. Honeyman, John W. Mabry, Colin Johnson, Jay D. Harmon and D. Hummel

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Cost of Pork Production with Nonsubtherapeutic Use of Antibiotics

Ben Larson and James B. Kliebenstein

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Nutrition


Effects of Dietary Echinacea purpurea on PRRSV-infected Nursery Pigs

J. R. Hermann, Mark S. Honeyman, Palmer J. Holden, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, B. J. Thacker and C. C. Chang

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Effect of Ractopamine on the Optimum Dietary Phosphorus Regimen for Pigs

T. R. Lutz and T. S. Stahly

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Role of Dietary Trace Minerals on Mineral Excretion in Pigs

T. S. Stahly, T. R. Lutz, Jim Zahn and David Laird

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Comparison of Grain Sources (Barley, White Corn, and Yellow Corn) for Swine Diets and Their Effect on Production and Carcass Traits

Jay F. Lampe, Tom J. Baas, J. W. Mabry, Palmer J. Holden and C. Schwab

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

High Fortification of B Vitamins for Increased Grow-Finish Performance of Pigs

Larry K. McMullen and Arlin Karsten

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Pig Performance by Using Paylean®

Larry K. McMullen and Arlin Karsten

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002

Teaching


Update from Animal Science Teaching Section

M. Douglas Kenealy

2003-01-01 Swine Reports 2002