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Herd Health Management

• Effects of Piglet Birth Weight and Litter Size on the Preweaning Growth Performance of Pigs on a Commercial Farm
  
  
• Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccination Strategy, Birth Weight, and Gender on Postweaning Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs Reared in a Commercial Environment
  
  
• Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccines on Nursery Pig Performance
  
  
• Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Vaccination on Nursery and Finishing Pig Performance under a PRRS Challenge
  
  
• Effects of Sirrah-Bios PRRSV-RS Vaccine on Mortality Rate and Finisher Pig Performance

Sow Herd Nutrition and Management

• Effects of Increasing Feeding Level During Late Gestation on Sow and Litter Performance

Nursery Pig Nutrition and Management

• Effects of Creep Diet Complexity on Individual Consumption Characteristics and Growth Performance of Neonatal and Weanling Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Copper Sulfate and Zinc Oxide on Weanling Pig Growth and Plasma Mineral Levels
  
  
• Effects of Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, and NeoTerramycin on Weanling Pig Growth and Antibiotic Resistance Rate for Fecal Escherichia coli
  
  
• An Evaluation of Peptone as a Specialty Protein Source in Diets for Nursery Pigs
  
  
• Evaluation of PEP2 in Nursery Pig Diets
  
  
• Effects of Experimental Design and Its Role in Interpretation of Results
  
  
• Efficacy of Different Commercial Phytase Sources and Development of a Phosphorus Release Curve
  
  
• Comparison of Different Antimicrobial Sequences on Nursery Pig Performance and Economic Return

Finishing Pig Nutrition and Management

• Effects of Feeding Varied Levels of Balanced Protein on Growth Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing and Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Increasing Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine:Calorie Ratio on the Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Vaccine and Increasing Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine:Calorie Ratio on Growth Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing and Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Increasing Hominy Feed in Diets on Finishing Pig Performance
  
  
• Determination of Amino Acid Digestibility and Calculated Energy Values in High-Protein Sorghum Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles in Growing Pigs
  
  
• Effect of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles Withdrawal Regimens on Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
  
  
• Effects of Adding Enzymes to Diets Containing High Levels of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Growth Performance of Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Mycotoxin Binders and a Liquid Immunity Enhancer on the Growth Performance of Wean-to-Finish Pigs
  
  
• Effect of a Commercial Enzyme (Nutrase) on Growth Performance of Growing Pigs Fed Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles
  
  
• Effects of an Enzyme Blend (Livestock Answer) in Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Growth Performance of Nursery and Finishing Pigs
  
  
• A Meta-Analysis of Supplemental Enzyme Studies in Growing-Finishing Pigs Fed Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles: Effects on Growth Performance
  
  
• Effects of Feeding Ractopamine HCl (Paylean) for Various Durations on Late-Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
  
  
• Effect of Constant or Step-Up Ractopamine HCl (Paylean) Feeding Programs on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Late-Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Dietary Astaxanthin on the Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Effects of Meal or Pellet Diet Form on Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
  
  
• Effects of Feeder Design, Gender, and Dietary Concentration of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on the Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing-Finishing Pigs
  
  
• Economic Impact of Removing Pigs Before Marketing on the Remaining Pigs' Growth Performance

Meat Quality Research

• Incidence and Severity of Arcanobacterium pyogenes Injection Site Abscesses with Needle or Needle-Free Injection Methods
  
  
• Sensory Characteristics of Loins from Pigs Fed Glycerol and Ractopamine HCl During the Last 28 Days of Finishing