Swine Papers is a collection of our more recent research findings and popular press articles.
Documents below published before April 2026 were created before current policy requirements took effect, and therefore may not be accessible. To request this content in an accessible format, contact [email protected].
Behavior and Well-Being
- Understanding Pain in Piglets to Improve Welfare
- 3 Tips to Prevent Tail Biting
- Minnesota Impacts Swine Welfare (Video)
- Welfare, Meat Quality & Performance of Pigs Housed in Large-Group, Deep Litter Systems (.pdf)
- Defining and Assessing Animal Welfare (.pdf)
- Docking the tail or not: Effect on welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs
- Protecting Low Ranking Sows (.pdf)
- Minimizing Aggression Among Group-Housed Gestating Sows at Mixing
- Alternative farrowing options in the swine industry
- Effects of tryptophan supplementation (.pdf) on aggression among group-housed gestating sows
- Is maternal fear associated with piglet survival in loose farrowing systems? (.pdf)
- Association of sow fear, parity and season on piglet mortality in loose farrowing systems (.pdf)
- Pre-weaning mortality of piglets - How can we solve the problem? (.pdf)
- Behavior and performance of pigs previously housed in large groups (.pdf)
- Behavioral response of nursery pigs to reduced nocturnal temperature (.pdf)
- Effects of familiarity and weight variation on aggression among grow-finish pigs following regrouping (.pdf)
- Indicators of Slow Growing Pigs (.pdf)
- Identifying factors contributing to slow growth in pigs (.pdf)
- Heat Stress Study (.pdf)
Housing
- Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs not affected by Water Delivery System
- Does Water Quality Impact Nursery Pig Performance and Health? (National Hog Farmer)
- Farrowing Environment and Piglet Microbiomes
- How much floor space to group housed sows need? (National Hog Farmer)
- Do old floor space allowances apply to modern finishing pigs marketed at 300 lb? (.pdf)(Final Report)
- Are finishing hogs getting enough space? (National Hog Farmer)
- Determining Feeder Space Requirements for Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Ample Feeder Space Benefits Slow-growing Pigs in Nursery Phase
- Growth Performance & Carcass Quality of Pigs House in Hoop Barns (.pdf)
- Welfare, Meat Quality & Performance of Pigs Housed in Large-Group, Deep Litter Systems (.pdf)
- Alternative farrowing options in the swine industry
- Managing Gestation Sows in Groups
- Retrofitting Gestation Stalls to Group Housing
- Management options for gestating sows, group-housed in an electronic sow feeder system (.pdf)
- Research on group housing for sows (.pdf)
- Animal-related factors affecting piglet mortality in loose farrowing systems (.pdf)
- Effect of lactation housing on growth performance of pigs (.pdf)
- Group Sow Housing: Practical Considerations
Nutrition
- Water & Zinc: Improving Pig Performance? (Podcast on YouTube)
- Wean-to-estrus interval: Is full feeding beneficial?
- Zinc in late-gestation diets for sows improves piglet survival
- Feeding camelina meal to pigs
- Can dietary zinc help pigs cope? (.pdf)
- Feeding Algae to Pigs: Really?
- Immunological castration and ethanol co-products studied to improve pork production (.pdf)
- Evaluation of Glycerol, a Biodiesel co-product, in grow-finish pigs diets to support growth (.pdf)
- Determining Feeder Space Requirements for Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Feeding By-Products High in Concentration of Fiber to Nonruminant (.pdf)
- Value of Selected Flowability Agents for DDGS (.pdf)
- Use of crude glycerol, a biodiesel co-product in diets for lactating sows (.pdf)
- Nutritional Effects on Fetal Imprinting in Swine (.pdf)
- Assessment of Energy Content of Low-Solubles Corn Distiller's, Dried Grains & its effects on growth performance (.pdf)
- Fat Hardness in Swine Products, Dietary Challenges and Opportunities (.pdf)
- Long-term feeding of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to sows (.pdf)
- Does frequent inclusion and removal of dietary DDGS affect pig performance? (.pdf)
- Effects of rapid introduction and removal of high and low digestibility corn distillers dried grains on pig performance (.pdf)
- Can additives improve flowability of DDGS in commercial systems? (.pdf)
- Influence of storage bin design and feed characteristics on flowability of pig diets (.pdf)
- Management and Feeding of Group-Housed Gestating Sows (.pdf)
- Interactive effects of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and housing system on sow performance and longevity (.pdf)