Commentary
Animal health pros aware of producer challenges make better partners and advocates when dealing with swine producers and systems. Articles like this offer a wider look at swine production and all the factors in play beyond what solutions we have available through animal health channels.
Optimizing individual animals within various production stages remains the primary area we can influence with vaccination, proper treatments, understanding metrics and various interventions in production practices and environments. Our successes vary depending on the animals’ life stage and terminal value.
Source: PORK, December 18, 2023. Link.
Related content: 5 Key steps to reduce the health tax on a swine farm, PORK, November 23, 2023. Link. Adam Schelkopf, DVM, shares five key steps to lower the costs of less-than-perfect health, the health tax, by adopting new health paradigms.
Also see: Top 20 countries with the highest pork consumption, Yahoo Finance, December 14, 2023. Link. Region-wise, Asia is the leading pork consumer. Pork consumption is also high in North America and Europe.
INSIGHTS: Pig survivability and execution are key areas where veterinary teams and sales service teams can create value and help manage potential losses while increasing the net income derived from the production operation. Reducing the costs of less-than-perfect health is an important consideration in every conversation.