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Showing only stories from the Research category: Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians. -- show all categories

PSC Recommends Increased Alley Width in Swine Barns September 8, 2010 —  [Research] A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is recommending increasing the alley width in modern swine barns to reduce stress and make the loading of near market pigs faster and easier. The Prairie... University of Minnesota Seeks Farms to Enroll in PRRS Virus Breeding Herd Stabilization Study September 1, 2010 — Bob Morrison and Daniel Linhares [Research] We are conducting a study entitled "Comparison of whole herd exposure programs as an aid in eliminating PRRS virus from sow herds", where the main goal is to compare methods of PRRS virus... Purdue’s Draw-A-Veterinarian Project Seeks Volunteers September 1, 2010 — Harry Snelson [Research] Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine is conducting a study to see how veterinarians are viewed by various groups. The goal of the study is to determine if perceptions of veterinary... Purdue’s Draw-A-Veterinarian Project Seeks Volunteers August 24, 2010 — Harry Snelson [Research] Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine is conducting a study to see how veterinarians are viewed by various groups. The goal of the study is to determine if perceptions of veterinary...

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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues