A USDA grant allows veterinarians at Iowa State’s Swine Medicine Education Center to partner with precision farming company Dystinct and the VetNOW veterinary telehealth platform to test the learning platform. The partnership proved the concept works as students learned how to draw blood from a pig while being taught from a veterinarian using telehealth technology.
Source: The Pig Site, December 17, 2021. Link. Telehealth is where we’re headed. It’s the future,” said Kristen Soland, program specialist at SMEC. “Especially with the pandemic, people are used to being at home and using conferencing technology to be able to gain access to resources.