April 2020 – Swine in Minnesota

A Veterinarian Coping with COVID-19

Podcasts are a perfect way to get caught up with new swine information! We are presenting you the latest episode from “At The Meeting… Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison” in collaboration with SwineCast.

In this episode, Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant) are joined by Darin Madson, veterinarian at JBS Live Pork, who discusses how his team is putting all their options on the table as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the pork industry.

Facing The Swine Production Realities Of COVID-19

The situation surrounding COVID-19 and its impact on the swine production is changing quickly. At the meeting podcast is keeping up with the current events is currently sharing a series of episodes available on our website.

Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzell (Swine Veterinary Consultant), are joined by guest John Schwartz, CEO and President of Schwartz Farms.

What Dr. Brad Freking learned on pork processing in the last 2 weeks

‘At The Meeting’ Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison talks about COVID-19 and the impacts to key markets and the limitations of pork processors to respond.

Use of sequencing technologies to improve swine infectious disease management

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week, Shaoyuan Tan, PhD-candidate from the Murtaugh’s lab is sharing the technology behind MinION.

Key points

MinION sequencing can be used for antibiotic resistance prediction to guide prudent and effective antibiotic use
MinION sequencing can improve clinical diagnosis to strain-level detection
MinION sequencing is a potential solution for rapid emerging infectious disease investigations

COVID-19: 3 things your lender wants you to do today

Dr. Montserrat Torremorell (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota), Dr. Gordon Spronk (Pipestone Veterinary Services), and Dr. Tom Wetzel (Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica) are joined by Mark Greenwood, Chief Diversified Markets Officer at Compeer Financial.