Prevention vs. control, time dependance vs. concentration dependent, mutant selection windows, duration of immunity, withdrawal... there are many factors that go into selecting an antibiotic to fit ...

The path to top-notch postweaning pig growth performance begins in the breeding-gestation barn and winds through farrowing rooms and nurseries or wean-to-finish pens. Placing the right kind of pig ...

Merck Animal Health continued its commitment to the swine industry's next generation of veterinarians by partnering with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation to sponsor the 2023 ...

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference. The theme is "Field Implementation of Precision Livestock Farming." Precision ...

Lori Stevermer and her husband Dale raise pigs and crops near Easton, Minnesota and have three adult children: Brett, and his wife Tressa, Adam and Beth. Additionally, Lori is the Customer Success ...

Today's swine industry looks vastly different than it did 40 years ago when Daryl Olsen graduated from veterinary school. As part of Kansas State University's 2022 Swine Profitability Conference, ...

Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently finished $31 million of construction on a series of new and renovated buildings around its Blacksburg campus that helps cement the ...

The 2023 Iowa Swine Day program will focus on what it does best: provide widely regarded speakers who will share information on topics vital to today's pork producer. From the morning plenary session ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, has announced an investment of over $3 million for two projects to enhance emergency management, develop risk assessments ...

Lameness may become unapparent as the pig walks around or is alert to an observer, making the identification of affected individuals for treatment challenging. Joint swelling and locomotion ...

Fighting a constantly evolving disease like porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) requires ongoing monitoring and evaluating strategies to ensure producers and veterinarians are providing the best coverage ...

Swine veterinarian Larry Coleman of Broken Bow, Neb., gives a lot of presentations around the country, and most of those presentations focus on measures taken to have world-class pork production and ...