sow mortality – Swine in Minnesota

Featured abstracts of 27th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress – Leipzig Germany, June 4-7, 2024 – Part 1

The International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) is an association of pig health and production specialists founded in 1967. Since 1972, congresses have been held every other year. Recently, the 27^th IPVS Congress was held in Leipzig, Germany. The 28^th Congress is scheduled for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2026, and the 29^th Congress is scheduled for Minneapolis, United States in 2028. The objectives of the IPVS are 1) the holding of international congresses for the exchange of knowledge related to pig health and production; and 2) the promotion of the formation of Pig Veterinary Societies in all pig-producing countries and the promotion of cooperation between such societies. We have selected some examples of the work presented at the recent IPVS and share them with you on this and next week’s science page.

Drs. Kikuti and Deen discuss their paper on Processing the Litter-ature

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. Mariana Kikuti and John Deen discuss their paper “Sow mortality in a pig production system in the midwestern USA: Reasons for removal and factors associated with increased mortality.”

Reducing Losses, Maximizing Profits: Examining Sow Mortality – A podcast

Swine mortality is a significant issue for the industry, as the death of an individual animal deeply affects farmers and the whole swine production. So in order to combat sow mortality and make production more profitable and sustainable, we must understand its causes. In this episode, Dr. Mariana Kikuti discusses a study conducted in the US Midwest on sow mortality in pig production systems, aimed at understanding the reasons for sow mortality and identifying factors associated with increased levels.

Understanding and Valuing Sow Mortality: a podcast episode

Dr. John Deen of the University of Minnesota was recently interviewed by Dr. Clayton Johnson about the economic and biologic impact of sow mortality in an episode of the Swine Doc Pod with Carthage.

The best posts of 2021

Happy New Year from the University of Minnesota swine group! We hope that the coming year brings great things. We covered so many different things on this blog in the past year, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you. Thank you for your readership last year and we look forward to continuing to bring you this kind of content in 2022.