The Swine Disease Eradication Center is proud to present another episode of “Processing the Litter-ature”: a podcast in which peer-reviewed papers are docked, clipped and supplemented with a field perspective.
Drs. Julia Holen and Lee Johnston discuss their paper “Effects of supplementing late-gestation sow diets with zinc on preweaning mortality of pigs under commercial rearing conditions.”
This is our most popular series on the blog. Once a month, we are sharing with you a presentation given at the Allen D. Leman swine conference, on topics that the swine group found interesting, innovative or that lead to great discussions.
You can find all of the presentations selected from previous conferences on the blog here.
Continue reading “Best of Leman 2023: Kim VanderWaal – Chasing a moving target: Rapid evolution and spread of PRRSV in the U.S.”Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy, swine faculty member at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine and regular contributor at the umnswinenews.com blog, has been named distinguished expert in Veterinary Education and founding member of a new credentialing process that will be offered to veterinarian education professionals.
The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) in partnership with the Academy of Veterinary Educators announced in October that Zhitnitskiy is among 32 veterinary educators chosen to oversee the Academy-Certified Expert Educator credential.
Continue reading “Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy named founding member of new veterinary educator credential process”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.
The At The Meeting team talks with Dr. Chris Richards (Managing Director, Apiam Animal Health) about how Apiam has successfully used mentorships, career planning, flexible workplace practices, student debt reduction, and other tools to hire and retain staff who are shaping the future of livestock veterinary services.
Continue reading “What Do Younger Swine DVMs Want, Need? The answer on our new podcast episode!”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.
In this week’s science page researchers Mariana Kikuti, Carles Vilalta, Juan Sanhueza, Nakarin Pamornchainavakul, Jessica Kevill, My Yang, Igor A. D. Paploski, Tatiana Lenskaia, Nkechi M. Odogwu, Ross Kiehne, Kimberly VanderWaal, Declan Schroeder and Cesar A. Corzo share results of further analysis a 2020 study using whole genome sequencing to assess PRRSv diversity within and across litters.
Continue reading “PRRSV2 Viral Diversity within a Farrow-to-Wean Farm Cohort Study”