Farmscape for February 2, 2024
Full Interview 11:34
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A professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says a program developed to enable foreign trained veterinarians to become certified in Canada is a win for the foreign trained...
Join swine industry experts from the around the nation for a SowBridge webinar about herd veterinarians and what they want to know about your operation on May 29 beginning at 11:15 a.m. CDT.
The monthly webinar series, hosted via Zoom,...
AASV Swine Medicine Talk February 6th - Dr. Henry Johnson, "Path to Success for New Graduates and Gaining Trust on a Farm"
The Iowa State University AASV Student Chapter is excited to extend the invitation for all AASV members to...
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Solutions (VPS) has successfully acquired Diamond Animal Health, a prominent contract manufacturer of animal health solutions, from Mars Corporation. This strategic move, in collaboration with private investment firm Granite Creek Capital Partners, L.L.C., signifies a significant expansion...
Farmscape for January 16, 2024
Full Interview 11:34
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A program offered by the University of Saskatchewan is helping address the shortage of swine veterinarians in western Canada by providing a mechanism through which foreign trained veterinarians can be...
Abstract
Background
Accurate measurement of disease associated with endemic bacterial agents in pig populations is challenging due to their commensal ecology, the lack of disease-specific antemortem diagnostic tests, and the polymicrobial nature of swine diagnostic cases. The main objective of this...
Swine Teaching and Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, PA, United States
Cognitive approaches are increasingly used to assess animal welfare, but no systematic review has been conducted on pigs despite their cognitive capacities. Our...
North Carolina was known to be a dream location to raise pigs. But now, according to veteran swine practitioner, Randy Jones, DVM (NCST ’85), doing business in a highly regulated state combined with the inflated cost of feedstuffs, fuel,...
The Swine Health Information Center has awarded research funding to five projects designed to better understand the potential use of tongue tips for monitoring emerging diseases. When announcing the request for proposals on tongue tip research, SHIC's research priorities...
Farmscape for December 11, 2023
Full Interview 9:27
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A new web-based app has been introduced to allow veterinarians to request an investigation under the Swine Health Information Center's Standardized Outbreak Investigation Program. The Swine Health Information Center's Standardized...