Talkin' About Pigs

Talkin' About Pigs

di Swine Medicine Education Center

Medicina Scienza della vita

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What's in a name? Decrypting PRRSV nomenclature

Dr. Phil Gauger from ISU's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab joins us to discuss the various ways we refer to PRRSV and why we are moving away from RFLPs like 1-4-4.

ISU Student Projects at AASV

In this episode, ISU CVM students present their summer research findings that they will be presenting at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.

Water Line Biology: An Update

Dr. Gabi Doughan joins us to update her research findings on water line biology and biofilm growth in swine barns.

Proposition 12

In this episode, Jamee Eggers, Chief Operating Officer with Cloverleaf Animal Welfare Systems, discusses Proposition 12 and sow housing with us.

Ivermectin and PRRSV

Dr. Kimberly Crawford, with VRI, joins us to discuss her paper on the efficacy of ivermectin administration to pigs challenged with PRRSV. Find the manuscript here: https://www.aasv.org/shap/issues/v32n4/v32n4p164.pdf

What's the Future of Ventilation

Dr. Brett Ramirez, from Iowa State University, joins us to discuss swine barn ventilation and the future of ventilation technologies.

What is TOSc Sampling?

Peng Li, also known as Jack, from the ISU Field Epi team joins us to discuss TOSc sampling.

Updated Cost of PRRSV

Dr. Derald Holtkamp discusses updating the cost of PRRSV for the US swine industry. Contact Dr. Holtkamp regarding the outbreak investigation tool: soip@iastate.edu Contact SMEC with questions: isusmec@iastate.edu

What's biting? Management of Insect Bites

White paper: https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/information/InBarnInsectManagement.pdf Dr. Chris Rademacher: cjrdvm@iastate.edu

Swine Disease Reporting System

Access all of the reports and resources discussed in this episode about the SDRS here: https://fieldepi.org/sdrs/

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