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Practicing precision animal health
Dec 05, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Practicing precision animal health
Ross Kiehne, DVM, practices what he calls “precision animal health.” “I’m only going to provide the vaccine or antibiotic that’s right for the pig at that time in its life to make it as...Understanding animal behavior helps ensure better piglet care
May 19, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Understanding animal behavior helps ensure better piglet care
Watching 21-day old piglets that just left their mothers being placed in a nursery barn takes a special “sixth” sense to understand what they’re feeling.Antibiotic Management, Global TOPICS, Growing Pigs, PGT GLOBAL, PGT US, Pig Care, Vets on Call, Videos
Technology, veterinary care helping to improve pig health, production on Illinois swine farm
May 19, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Technology, veterinary care helping to improve pig health, production on Illinois swine farm
Ness farm pigs get dessert before dinner. The Ness’ production system uses a liquid byproduct from an ice cream manufacturer to supply fat and energy to their pigs’ diet.Losing family swine herd to disease turned this farmhand into a veterinarian
May 19, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Losing family swine herd to disease turned this farmhand into a veterinarian
As a child, when the swine disease pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) forced his father to sell all the family’s pigs and start over, Andrew Bents got the calling to become a swine veterinarian.