1Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
2Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, Amarillo, TX, United States
3Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
4Department...
In October 2024, veterinarians across the country received the following letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
Dear Veterinarian:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration understands that veterinarians and dairy farmers may be treating lactating dairy cattle for pyrexia and...
Tim Burnside, swine farm manager at I & S Furrer Farms in Wolcott, Indiana, spoke at the Four Star Veterinary Service Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, to share his experience as a swine farm manager.
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Weaned pig isolates had lesser associations with MIC values and both enrofloxacin or ceftiofur compared to older pig isolates.
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Isolates from farms with greater antibiotic purchases had greater associations with MIC values than farms with lesser purchases.
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As the pork industry faces challenges in attracting young talent, partnerships like those between Zoetis and the Oklahoma Pork Council are paving the way for a stronger future. With fewer individuals pursuing careers in agriculture, these initiatives focus on...
How to keep baby pigs alive while making them bulletproof
Dr. Larry Coleman, veterinarian, spoke to attendees at the Annual Four Star Pork Industry Conference held in Muncie, Indiana in September 2024. His message focused on the four key steps...
During the November 20 SHIC/AASV webinar, Dr. Locke Karriker, AASV president-elect, provided an update on aspirin and sodium salicylate use in swine from a US regulatory perspective.
Previously, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated that aspirin use was of...
The US swine industry is vulnerable to the introduction of emerging pathogens and routine swine disease monitoring provides early warnings of global challenges that could negatively impact US swine producers. As part of its mission to identify emerging disease...
Streptococcus suis negatively impacts swine health, posing diagnostic and preventative challenges. S. suis can induce disease and also quietly reside on mucosal surfaces. The limited use of diagnostic tools to identify disease-associated strains and rule out differential diagnoses, alongside the complex ecology...
Have you ever had a disease pop up and you’re 99% confident that you know what it is only to have diagnostics come back and tell you you’re wrong?
Becca Riggs, DVM with Four Star Veterinary Service in Rushville, Indiana,...