Veterinarians from Pipestone Veterinary Services discuss historical and future perspectives on swine disease elimination at the herd, regional and national level in two Swine Time podcasts.
Sometimes hog producers have become better stewards, and sometimes just the change in the production systems has helped elimination, or at least have diminished the occurrences, of diseases that were once common.
Source: National Hog Farmer, November 29, 2019. Link. The article references Swine Time podcasts as below:
- Episode 7: Herd Level Disease Elimination- Does it Work?, Swine Time, Pipestone Veterinary Services, November 14, 2019. Link.
- Episode 8: Part 2 of Herd Disease Elimination, Swine Time, Pipestone Veterinary Services, November 19, 2019. Link.
INSIGHTS: Prevention, elimination and population medicine have long been a cornerstone of swine production medicine. The dialogue in these podcasts is important to swine veterinarians, producers and others involved in medicine for other species where populations are consolidated.