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Vaccination Against Lawsonia intracellularis Decreases Shedding of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in Co-Infected Pigs and Alters the Gut Microbiome

    *Salmonella enterica* is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide and pork can serve a source of infection. In this study, we investigated if vaccinating pigs against L*awsonia intracellularis*, a common pathogen of swine that has previously been shown to favor *Salmonella enterica* infection, confers protection against *Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium*. We investigated the underlying changes in the gut microbiome mediated by single *S. Typhiumurium* infection compared to co-infection with *L. intracellularis* as well as the effect of vaccination on the microbiome.

    Risk prioritization of pork supply movements during an FMD outbreak in the US - Data and Materials

      This study recruited experts from production, harvest, retail, and allied pork industries to assess 30 common pork supply movements for their industry criticality. Movements spanned five categories: equipment, live animal production, genetics, harvest, and people. Experts were recruited via email to the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) mailing list and their assessments were collected via an online survey. The Data.csv file contains the raw survey responses.

      Changes in the Porcine Intestinal Microbiome in Response to Infection with Salmonella Enterica and Lawsonia Intracellularis

        Salmonella enterica is a leading cause of food borne illness. Recent studies have shown that S. enterica is a pathogen capable of causing alterations to the composition of the intestinal microbiome. A recent prospective cross-sectional study of French pork production farms found a statistically significant association between Lawsonia intracellularis and carriage of S. enterica. The ZIP file includes 51 sequence files (FASTA format) and 1 Excel file describing the species, age, sampled tissue, treatment condition, and sample name corresponding to the different file names. The Excel file is converted to a csv for archival purposes. The Readme.txt file describes the context of how the data was created and any codes used in the spreadsheet.

        USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Meat Cuts: Beef, Lamb, Pork and Veal

          The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), in collaboration with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Board, American Lamb Board, and meat scientists at selected universities, has conducted several research studies designed to update and expand nutrient data on retail meat cuts in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR). These studies have provided current and accurate estimates of data to update SR, and the study results have been incorporated into data sets that can be used for nutrient labeling. NDL has developed these data sets, presented in an easy-to-use table format.  

          Development of Life Cycle Inventory Data for U.S. Swine Production Scenarios

            The swine production datasets are the product of ongoing work by the University of Arkansas Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Pork Board. The data documentation in this metadata record describes the project background and nomenclature, in addition to a description of the dataset structure, individual unit processes, and production scenarios. Flow-level metadata descriptions for selected unit processes within the U.S. swine dataset can be found in the Appendix section.