Connor: ASF fears prompting broader view of biosecurity
Jun 24, 2019Susan Spiegel
Maintaining good biosecurity has long been key to advancing the health, well-being and productivity of hog farms, but the threat of African swine fever has raised the bar and prompted veterinarians...
Adequate gilt acclimation helps minimize the PRRSV ‘tax’
Jun 21, 2019Susan Spiegel
By Clayton Johnson, DVM
Carthage Veterinary Service
Integrated Veterinary Network
Summer Solstice Special: Managing Heat Stress in Pigs
Jun 19, 2019Susan Spiegel
Like the rest of the industry, we miss being in Des Moines this week for World Pork Expo. Here are a few highlights from Pig Health Today's 2018 coverage -- proof that some stuff never gets old.
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Davies: Focus on optimizing antibiotic use, not volume
Jun 17, 2019Susan Spiegel
The US pork industry has a good track record for using antibiotics responsibly, but how should it be graded for its efforts? By volume? Types of antibiotics used? Resistance trends?
Ractopamine has little influence on iodine value in pig fat carcass
Jun 13, 2019Susan Spiegel
TOOLBOX, Issue 14: An interview with Daniel Nelson, PhD, PAS, Senior Swine Veterinarian, Zoetis
Optimizing nutrition key to unlocking full benefits of immunocastration
Jun 13, 2019Susan Spiegel
An alternative technique to physical castration could offer US hog producers a host of financial and management benefits.
On the road again? Don’t forget Pig Health Today podcasts
Jun 13, 2019Susan Spiegel
Most of Pig Health Today’s video interviews with leading health experts and other opinion leaders can be downloaded as podcasts and listened to on mobile devices or through audio systems of most...
Five challenges facing swine veterinarians — and how to address them
Jun 10, 2019Susan Spiegel
Today’s swine veterinarians are great multitaskers by necessity, said Deborah Murray, DVM, veterinary services manager, with New Fashion Pork, Jackson, Minnesota, at the 2019 AASV meeting.
SPECIAL REPORT: Thanks for the memories: Highlights from our 2018 World Pork Expo coverage
Jun 05, 2019Susan Spiegel
Like the rest of the industry, we miss being in Des Moines this week for World Pork Expo. Here are a few highlights from Pig Health Today's 2018 coverage -- proof that some stuff never gets old.
Early identification key to managing lameness in sow herds
May 30, 2019Susan Spiegel
By Claire LeFevre, DVM, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
