“This made me consider the swine industry”: How Pork Prospect, an experiential learning initiative for undergraduate students developed by The Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota, is inspiring the next generation of swine professionals.
By Pork Prospect team, The Ohio State University and University of Minnesota
In the world of agriculture education, few moments are more powerful than when a student sees a pig – really sees it – for the first time. Not just as an animal or as a future product; rather, as a symbol of an entire industry, a living link to a professional future they had never considered, until that moment.
Continue reading “This made me consider the swine industry”This past month, a team of swine pathologists including Dr. Albert Rovira from the University of Minnesota identified, thanks to funds from Swine Health Information Center’s Support for Diagnostic Fees program, a new swine virus called porcine sapelovirus.
This virus is thought to induce atypical neurological signs in pigs and has previously been described in Korea. Videos of the clinical presentation can be been here.
Research is still on-going to prove Koch’s postulate and declare causality between the presence of the virus and the clinical presentation but it is a step forward in the identification and understanding of swine pathogens.