August 15, 2009
Cover Story
Euthanasia: Making a Tough Call a Little Easier
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM
The individual pain or suffering caused by disease, injury or an inability to survive requires timely action. These fact-of-life occurrences have been...
This Month's Focus: Pig Care & Handling
Written Euthanasia Protocols Required
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
Implementing guidelines and establishing protocols for effective euthanasia for nursery through finishing stages and for cull sows and replacement gilts...
Antibiotics Bills Lack Substance
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The much-publicized goal of HR 1549 and S619 is to ban non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animal feed and water. But talking points obtained from the...
Walk the Pens Advance Pig Handling, Welfare
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Cansickle Senior Editor
Preparing market hogs for shipment starts at an early age, according to Bill Hollis, DVM, Carthage (IL) Veterinary Service (CVS), Ltd. Using an educational...
Walk the Pens Training Tools
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Producers can request a copy of the 1.0 version of Walking the Pens from their Pfizer Animal Health representative. A 2.0 version of the training tool...
Keep'em Moving
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Better handling at the farm and attention to detail in loading and hauling has improved the process of shipping hogs to slaughter. But a University of...
EU Transport System Is Highly Regulated
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
If Sherrie Niekamp's review of European livestock transport regulations is truly a glimpse into the future, as her address at the Swine Handling and Transport...
Digging Deep to Capitalize on DDGS
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM
ver the course of three different research trials, more than 2,000 pigs were fed dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) diets, which varied in...
From My Perspective
Moline 90 Revisited
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor
In the mid-'60s, U.S. pork producers were in a fix. Pork sales were stagnant, genetic improvement programs languished, and the industry had no formal...
Veterinarians on Call
Health is King in Good Times and Bad
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Keith Wilson, DVM Worthington, MN
As we continue to search for profitability in pig production, we seek ways to lower costs and improve productivity. Now more than ever, our herds need...
Technology Watch
Second Virtual Walk the Pens Scenario Released
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Pfizer Animal Health has released the next scenario in their Virtual Walk the Pens simulator. The simulator is an online educational tool that can be...
News and Views
Veterinarians Issue H1N1 Flu Statement
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The emergence of the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus reminds everyone of the impact that animals have on human health and vice versa, according to a position...
Canada Refines Plan for H1N1 Herds
Aug 15, 2009 12:00 PM
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has refined its policy on dealing with cases of the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus in swine herds. The agency says...
