Background A Tonsil-Oral-Scrubbing (TOSc) method was developed to sample the sow’s oropharyngeal and tonsillar area without snaring and has shown comparable porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) RNA detection rates with tonsil ...
Peng Li +14 more
doaj +1 more source
Utilizing productivity and health breeding-to-market information along with disease diagnostic data to identify pig mortality risk factors in a U.S. swine production system. [PDF]
Magalhães ES +11 more
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Size‐based regulation and water quality: Evidence from the Iowa hog industry
Abstract The growing prevalence of animal feeding operations (AFOs) in the United States raises concerns among the public and regulators about their impact on local environmental quality. By linking historical regulatory records of AFOs in Iowa to downstream surface water pollution monitors, this paper studies the effects of the 2003 Clean Water Act ...
Chen‐Ti Chen +3 more
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Optimal Application of Swine Effluent under Stochastic Weather Conditions in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles [PDF]
Ammonia Volatilization, Animal Waste, Irrigation, Swine Effluent, Target MOTAD, Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Hattey, Jeffory A. +3 more
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A Comparative Analysis of the Fecal Bacterial Communities of Light and Heavy Finishing Barrows Raised in a Commercial Swine Production Environment. [PDF]
Fowler EC, Samuel RS, St-Pierre B.
europepmc +1 more source
ABSTRACT Background Study aimed to obtain insights into physiological responses to immunocastration in pubertal boars by evaluating effects of alternative vaccination protocols and identifying a reliable immunocastration biomarker. Objectives It was hypothesized that the timing of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) suppression by immunocastration ...
Nina Batorek Lukač +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Use of Nanostructured Silica SBA-15 as an Oral Vaccine Adjuvant to Control Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in Swine Production. [PDF]
Storino GY +11 more
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Sperm Sexing in Selected Animals and Humans: Methods, Applications, and Future Prospects
ABSTRACT Background Sperm sexing is a technique that enables the selection of offspring sex by sorting spermatozoa based on their sex chromosomes. This technology has gained increasing attention due to its potential applications in both animal breeding and human‐assisted reproduction.
Domrazek Kinga, Jurka Piotr
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Antimicrobial resistance monitoring in the Danish swine production by phenotypic methods and metagenomics from 1999 to 2018. [PDF]
Duarte ASR +9 more
europepmc +1 more source
Complex network analysis to understand trading partnership in French swine production. [PDF]
Hammami P +5 more
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