Journal Entries

• The effect of sire line on the feeding patterns of grow-finish pigs.  N. R. Augspurger, M. Ellis,  D. N. Hamilton, B. F. Wolter, J. L. Beverly, and E. R. Wilson. 2002.  Applied Animal Behaviour Science  75:103-114.

• The effect of birth weight and feeding of supplemental milk replacer to piglets during lactation on preweaning and postweaning growth performance and carcass characteristics.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, B. P. Corrigan, and J. M. DeDecker. 2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:301-308.

• Effect of group size and feeder type on growth performance and feeding patterns in finishing pigs.  Y. Hyun and M. Ellis. 2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:568-574.

• Effect of removal and remixing of lightweight pigs on performance to slaughter weights.  M. C. brumm, M. Ellis, L. J. Johnson, D. W. Rozeboom, D. R. Zimmerman, and NCR-89 Committee on Swine Management. 2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:1166-1172.

• Impact of large group sizes on growth performance in pigs.  B. F. Wolter and M. Ellis. 2002.  Pig News & Information  23:1 17N-20N.

• Effects of double stocking rate and weighing frequency on pig performance in wean-to-finish production systems.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, J. M. DeDecker, S. E. Curtis, G. R. Hollis, R. D. Shanks, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel. 2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:1442-1450.

• The impact of longissimus glycolytic potential and short-term feeding of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate prior to slaughter on carcass characteristics and pork quality.  D. N. Hamilton, M. Ellis, M. D. Hemann, F. K. McKeith, K. D. Miller, and K. W. Purser. 2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:1586-1592.

• Weighing affects short-term feeding patterns of growing-finishing pigs.  N. R. Augspurger and M. Ellis. 2002.  Canadian Journal of Animal Science  82:3.

• Measurement and analysis of dust spatial distribution in a mechanically ventilated pig building.  Xinlei. Wang, Y. Zhang, G. L. Riskowski, and M. Ellis. 2002.  Biosystems Engineering:  81(2):225-236.

• The carcass and meat quality characteristics of the progeny of two sire lines reared under differing environmental conditions.  D. N. Hamilton, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, F. K. McKeith, and E. R. Wilson. 2002.  Meat Science  63:257-263.

• Relationship of chilling rate and location within muscle on the quality of ham and loin muscles.  S. Ohene-Adjei, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, and M. S. Brewer. 2002.  Muscle Science  13:239-251.

• Effects of feeder-trough space and variation in body weight within a pen of pigs on performance in a wean-to-finish production system.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, S. E. Curtis, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80:9 2241-2246.

• Effect of early growth as affected by diet program and access to feeder-trough and floor space on subsequent growth performance of pigs in a wean-to-finish production system.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, S. E. Curtis, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  (in press).

• Impact of early post-weaning growth rate as affected by diet complexity and space allocation on subsequent growth performance of pigs in a wean-to-finish production system.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science (in press).

• Influence of dietary lysine content, pre-slaughter fasting and Rendement Napole genotype on fresh pork quality.  B. S. Bidner, M. Ellis, D. P. Witte, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science (Submitted).

• Effect of the Rendement Napole genotype on sensory characteristics of non-pumped, water-pumped, and sodium tripolyphospate-pumped pork longissimus sections cooked to two endpoint temperatures.  B. S. Bidner, M. Ellis, M. S. Brewer, J. Romans, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Meat Science (Submitted).

• Effect of ultimate pH on the quality characteristics of pork.  B. S. Bidner, M. Ellis, M. S. Brewer, D. Campion, E. R. Wilson, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Meat Science (Submitted).

• Effects of the Rendement Napole gene and fasting prior to slaughter on fresh pork quality and sensory characteristics of the longissimus.  B. S. Bidner, M. Ellis, K. D. Miller, T. R. Carr, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Meat Science (Submitted).

• Effect of dietary leucine level on growth performance, and carcass and meat quality in finishing pigs.  Y. Hyun, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, and D. H. Baker.  2002.  Short Communication.  Canadian Journal of Animal Science (Submitted).

• The growth performance of the progeny of two swine sire lines reared under differing environmental conditions.  D. N. Hamilton, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, A. P. Schinckel, and E. R. Wilson.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science (Submitted)

• Effect of level, source, and time of feeding prior to slaughter of supplementary dietary magnesium on pork quality.  D. N. Hamilton and M. Ellis.  2002.  Meat Science (Submitted).

• Effects of environmental temperatures, space allowance, and regrouping on Hematologic and behavioral traits in growing pigs.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science (Submitted).

Abstracts

• Effect of animal handling intensity on blood acid-base balance in slaughter weight pigs.  T. M. Bertol, M. Ellis, D. N. Hamilton, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• A comparison of swine performance when fed diets containing Round up REady (even NK603) or conventional corn lines.  G. Bressner, Y. Hyun, E. Stanisieski, G. Hartnell, and M. Ellis.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• Effects of feed form and placement immediately postweaning on the growth performance of piglets.  B. P. Corrigan, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, J. M. DeDecker, and S. E. Curtis.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• The effect of group size/floor space allowance on pig performance in a wean-to-finish production system.  J. M. DeDecker, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, B. P. Corrigan, S. E. Curtis, and G. R. Hollis.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• The effect of initial stocking rate on pig performance in a wean-to-finish production system.  J. M. DeDecker, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, B. P. Corrigan, S. E. Curtis, and G. R. Hollis.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• Performance of growing-finishing pigs in pens with low or high variation in body weight.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, B. P. Corrigan, J. M. DeDecker, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• Effect of post-weaning growth rate, as affected by diet and floor space, on pig growth to slaughter in a wean-to-finish production system. B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, B. P. Corrigan, J. M. DeDecker, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• Effect of excess dietary leucine on growth and carcass characteristics, intramuscular fat level and pork quality in finishing pigs.  Y. Hyun, M. Ellis, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• Comparison of the glycolytic potential and DNA-based test for predicting Rendement Napole genotype.  D. N. Hamilton, M. Ellis, K. D. Miller, F. K. McKeith, A. D. Higgerson, and J. E. Beever.  2002.  Presented at the American Society of Animal Sciences Mid-Western Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

• The effect of form and placement of feed for newly weaned piglets of growth performance for three weeks postweaning.  B. P. Corrigan, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, J. M. DeDecker, and S. E. Curtis.  2002.  Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 78.

• Effect of removing pigs from a pen at slaughter weight on the growth performance of the remaining animals.  J. M. DeDecker, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, B. P. Corrigan, and S. E. Curtis.  2002.  Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 160.

• Relationship between meat quality and blood acid-base measurements in pigs.  D. N. Hamilton, T. M. Bertol, M. Ellis, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 174.

• Effect of feeding diets with excess dietary leucine to finishing pigs on growth and carcass characteristics, meat quality and intramuscular fat levels.  Y. Hyun, M. Ellis, and F. K. McKeith.  2002.  Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 176.

• Effects of stocking rate and feeder-trough space on pig performance in wean-to-finish production.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, S. E. Curtis, J. M. DeDecker, B. P. Corrigan, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 161.

• Parametric and non-parametric repeated-measure analysis of growth patterns.  X. Li, S. L. Rodriguez-Zas, J. E. Beever, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, and B. A. Bailey.  2002.  Presented at the Annual American Statistics Meetings, New York.

• Effects of removing pigs from pens and floor space allocation on growth performance post-removal in finishing pigs.  J. M. DeDecker, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, B. P. Corrigan, S. E. Curtis, E. N. Parr, and D. M. Webel.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80(1):284.

• Effect of dietary lysine and leucine levels on carcass composition, meat quality, and growth performance in finishing pigs.  J. D. Kim, Y. Hyun, D. N. Hamilton, D. H. Baker, F. K. McKeith, and M. Ellis.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80(1):219.

• Effect of dietary L-carnitine and oil supplementation on the metabolic response to handling in finishing pigs.  T. M. Bertol, M. Ellis, D. N. Hamilton, and E. W. Johnson.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80(1):219.

• Effects of feed form and placement immediately postweaning on growth performance of piglets.  B. P. Corrigan, M. Ellis, B. F. Wolter, J. M. DeDecker, and S. E. Curtis.  2002.  Journal of Animal Science  80(1):229.

• Evaluation of a negatively pressurized swine lagoon cover to reduce gas and odor emissions.  A. Mutla, Y. Zhang, M. Ellis, and G. L. Riskowski.  2002.  ASAE Meeting Paper Number 02-4194.  St. Joseph, MI:  ASAE.

• A survey of farm of origin and processing plant effects on pork quality.  D. N. Hamilton, B. S. Bidner, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, Sosnicki, and J. Hair.  2002.  Presented at the 55th Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference, Michigan State University.

• Effect of ozonation of gas, dust and bacterial levels and swine growth performance.  A. M. Elenbaas, L. Y. Zhao, Y. hyun, G. L. Riskowski, M. Ellis, and A. J. Heber.  2001.  ASAE Meeting Paper Number 01-4072.  St. Joseph, MI:  ASAE.

Research Reports

• Effect of dietary leucine levels on carcass composition, meat quality, and growth performance in finishing pigs.  Y. Hyun, M. Ellis, G. Bressner, and D. Baker. 2002.  University of Illinois Swine Research Reports.

• Effect of level, source, and time of feeding prior to slaughter of supplementary magnesium on pork quality.  D.N. Hamilton, M. Ellis, F.K. McKeith, and J.M. Eggert.  2002.  University of Illinois Swine Research Reports.

• Effect of initial stocking rate on pig performance in wean-to-finish production systems.  B. F. Wolter, M. Ellis, J. M. DeDecker, S. E. Curtis, G. R. Hollis, R.D. Shanks, E. N. Parr and D. M. Webel.  2002.  University of Illinois Swine Research Reports.