NEWS FROM THE NPPC
Year 2000 Pork Check-Off Funded Research Grants
The National Pork Producers Council, in cooperation with the National Pork Board, financially supports and encourages research that will create more efficient production and marketing of higher quality pork products in a safe and responsible manner. This industry-sponsored research has strong positive impact on the enhancement of pork producers' opportunity for profit, at the same time assisting them in the production of a high-quality, safe, nutritious product that is desired by consumers.
From checkoff funds, pork producers allocated $1,500,000 in competitive grant research projects during 1999. The contracts for these projects begin in 2000. The research funds are allocated in the following areas:
- Swine Health
- Swine Nutrition
- Swine Care and Wellbeing
- Economics
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Breeding and Genetics
- Reproductive and Growth Physiology
- Production Management
- Meat Science and Pork Quality
- Human Nutrition
In most cases, additional funding from other sources enhances producer funding, including the federal government. That makes the total impact much greater than the initial producer checkoff grant. Below and continuing on the next page is a listing of the projects funded for the year 2000, with the investigating institution and primary investigator.
Organization |
Primary Investigator |
Project Title |
| ECONOMICS | ||
| Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station | Jeffrey Gillespie | Selection of Business Arrangements and Support for the Pork Checkoff Program by United States Pork Producers |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
| University of Minnesota | Michael A. Schmitt | Agronomic Feasibility of Growing Low-Phytate Corn |
| North Carolina State University | Jerry Spears | Effect of Dietary Boron Supplementation on Phosphorus and Nitrogen Excretion in the Growing Pig |
| North Carolina State University | Theo van Kempen | Alternative Calcium and Phosphorus Sources for Reducing Ammonia Emission Through Manipulation of Excreta pH |
| Michigan State University | Nathalie L. Trottier | Interactive Effect of Crude Protein Reduction and Fermentable Fibers on Nitrogen Metabolism, Ammonia Utilization, and Slurry Composition in the Growing Pig |
| USDA, ARS, Midwest Area | Thomas J. Sauer | Measurement and Prediction of Phosphorus Transport from Swine Manure at the Watershed Scale |
| Arise Research and Discovery, Inc. | Roy M. Stephen | Phosphorus Level Loading by Swine Effluent in a Field Injected Laboratory to Examine River Basin and Watershed Water Quality in Surface Water Runoff and Tile Water Discharge |
| Michigan State University | R.D. von Bemuth | Impact of Odor and Dust on Pig Performance |
| Iowa State University | Wendy Powers | Protocol Development for Measurement of Trace Gases Associated with Odor |
| ENVIRONMENTAL/PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| The Ohio State University | Gary L. Bowman | Evaluation of Dust and Pathogens in Air Exhausted from Swine Facilities |
| SWINE HEALTH | ||
| Iowa State University | F. Chris Minion | Evaluation of a New Vaccine Approach Against Mycoplasma pneumonia |
| University of Minnesota | Scott A. Dee | Assessing the Efficacy of Test and Removal for the Elimination of PRRSV from a 2500-Sow Herd with a History of PRRSV Vaccination |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Robert W. Wills | Relationship of Distributions of Serological Responses to Occurrence of Respiratory Disease in Finisher Pigs |
| Iowa State University | Patrick G. Halbur | Development of Improved Streptococcus suis Vaccines for Control of PRRS Virus and S. suis Co-infection |
| Iowa State University | Kyoung-Jin Yoon | Genetic and Antigenic Stability of PRRS Virus in Persistently Infected Pigs |
| North Carolina State University | Monte B. McCaw | Characterization of PRRSV Antibody and rtPCR Responses Following Challenge with High Doses of Homologous (Same) Strain Virus in Pigs that are ELISA Seronegative after Multiple Low Dose Immunizations |
| The Ohio State University | Linda J. Saif | Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus (TGEV) and Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus (PRCV): Detection, Differentiation, and Molecular and Pathologic Characterization of Recent Field Strains |
| The Ohio State University | Steven Krakowka | Macrophage Activation and Development of Porcine Circovirus Wasting Disease |
| Iowa State University | Steven D. Sorden | Role of Maternal Immunity to Type-2 Porcine Circovirus and PRRSV Co-infection in the Pathogenesis of PMWS |
| Iowa State University | Patrick G. Halbur | Transmission of Swine Hepatitis E Virus in Frozen Pork |
| USDA, ARS, Midwest Area | Ronald D. Wesley | Long-Lasting, Vaccine-Induced Immunity for Swine Flu (H3N2) |
| University of Minnesota | Carlos Pijoan | Use of Uncapsulated Haemophilus parasuis Vaccine in Pigs |
| Tuskegee University | Ogi E. Okwumabua | Efficacy of a Streptococcus suis Vaccine for the Prevention of Streptococcus suis Infection |
| Purdue Research Foundation | Sandra F. Amass | Human Transmission of Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus from Infected to Noninfected Pigs |
| University of Minnesota | Scott A. Dee | A Model for Determining the Efficacy of Biosecurity Protocols for Preventing the Transmission of PRRSV |
| Purdue Research Foundation | Sandra F. Amass | Development and Implementation of an On-Farm Cleaning and Disinfection Audit |
| Florida Department of Agriculture | Jay Levenstein | Evaluation of Brucella abortus strain Rb51 Vaccine Administered in Oral Bait as an Immunologic Agent to Reduce or Eradicate Infection From Naturally Infected Feral/Wild Swine |
| Florida Department of Agriculture | Jay Levenstein | Field Trial Evaluation of the Ability of a Vaccine Oral-delivery System to Assist with Brucellosis and Pseudorabies Vaccine Immunization of Penned Swine |
| ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE/ALTERNATIVES | ||
| University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station | Alan G. Mathew | Characterizing the Origin and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance |
| Kansas State University | J. Ernest Minton | Growth and Immunomodulatory Effects of the Seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum in Salmonella-Infected Pigs |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Jeffrey T. Gray | Characterization of the Distribution and Development of Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Resident Microbial Flora of Swine |
| Iowa State University | D. L Hank Harris | Applied Studies on Immune Stimulation by Lactobacilli for the Reduction of Human Foodborne Salmonella and Replacement of Subtherapeutic Antimicrobials |
| USDA, ARS, Southern Plains | Kenneth Genovese | Effect of Competitive Exclusion on Postweaning Escherichia coli Infection |
| PORK SAFETY: PREHARVEST | ||
| USDA, ARS, Beltsville Area | M. Rhoads | Identification of Diagnostic Proteins of Toxoplasma gondii by Targeted Proteome Analysis |
| Iowa State University | James D. McKean | Evaluation of Antemortem Salmonella Detection Procedures in Market Weight Swine |
| Iowa State University | Isabel Turney-Harris | Evaluation of Methods to Differentiate Herd Responses to Salmonella |
| University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station | Sharon Patton | Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Sows and Market Weight Pigs in the United States and its Potential Impact on Consumer Demand for Pork |
| USDA, ARS, Midwest Area | Irene V. Wesley | Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in United States Market Weight Hogs |
| USDA, ARS, Southern Plains | Robin C. Anderson | Effect of Sodium Chlorate on Salmonella Typhimurium in the Pig Gut |
| PORK SAFETY: POSTHARVEST | ||
| Pennsylvania State University | Catherine N. Cutter | Effects of Chilling Methods for Bacterial Recovery and Reducing Bacteria on Pork Carcasses |
| USDA, ARS, Beltsville Area | J.P. Dubey | Development of Methods for Surveillance of Retail Meat for Toxoplasma gondii |
| Iowa State University | James S. Dickson | Model for the Reduction of Salmonella on Swine Carcasses in Slaughter Facilities I. Location of Probable Sources and Sites of Contamination |
| USDA, ARS, Beltsville Area | Joan K. Lunney | Development of a Sensitive Molecular Assay to Detect Toxoplasma gondii DNA in Biological Samples |
| PORK SAFETY: PROGRAMS | ||
| Michigan State University | Evangelyn E. Alocilja | Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Contamination in Pork for HACCP Monitoring |
| Iowa State University | Tim S. Stahy | Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptide Precursors as an Antibiotic Alternative in Pigs |
| PORK QUALITY | ||
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Carol L. Lorenzen | Do Pork Loin Light Reflectance and Tenderness Affect Consumer Preference? |
| Ag Research | Nicola Simmons | Modification of Pig Stunning Procedures to Improve Meat Quality |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Jess L. Miner | Regulation of Fat Synthesis by ASP in the Pig |
| Iowa State University | Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan | Influence of Early Postmortem Factors on Water-Holding Capacity and Tenderness of Fresh Pork |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Steven J. Jones | Identification of Unique Protein in PSE Pork Using Proteomics |
| Michigan State University | Matthew E. Doumit | Biochemical Characterization of Superior Quality Pork |
| Purdue Research Foundation | David E. Gerrard | RSE Development and Detection |