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April 29, 2020
Carthage Veterinary Service COVID-19 Pork Industry Update April 29, 2020
During this time of unprecedented supply chain disruption in the pork industry, we want to provide you with a brief summary of what we have learned and the resources we are making available to you as you navigate this difficult time. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us during this time, we are ready and willing to help in any way we can.Carthage Veterinary Service is working diligently to support you and the industry through the current crisis. This is a status update to hit industry highlights and our focus on the following KEY 3 areas
Read MoreMay 31, 2019
Foreign animal diseases to look out for besides ASF
Provided by National Hog Farmer | Written by: Attila Farkas, DVM | May 2019 African swine fever is getting a lot of coverage in the media as outbreaks continue to occur across Asia and the European Union, while other foreign animal diseases are getting less “publicity” even though the introduction of these infectious agents would have similar economic effects and cripple the U.S. pork industry and exports. In modern day swine production, free trade agreements, free trade blocks, regionalization, increased international passenger travel and
Read MoreApril 26, 2019
How to optimize cost of feed per pound of gain?
Provided by National Hog Farmer | Written by: Will Fombelle, DVM | April 2019 Oftentimes while summarizing a wean-to-finish closeout report, most producers will center their attention around metrics such as percent Grade A pigs, average daily gain and feed conversion rate. These metrics are very important to a producer’s bottom line; however a finishing production metric that does not get much publicity or attention is the “cost of feed per pound of gain.” When we compare “feed conversion rate” and “cost of feed
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2019
African Swine Fever Round Table Part 2
Provided by Pig Health Today | January 2019 Roundtable: Industry structure, culture, wild boars team up to intensify ASF threat in China The discovery of African swine fever (ASF) in China’s wild boar population in late 2018 adds a new dimension to the already ominous disease threat — one that could possibly leave the Chinese to deal with endemic ASF for years to come. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST “ASF has moved farther in Asia during the first year of the outbreak than it has throughout the entire
Read MoreNovember 26, 2018
African Swine Fever Round Table
Provided by Pig Health Today | November 2018 The rapid spread of African swine fever (ASF) throughout China and other regions of the world has raised concerns the disease will ultimately make its way to the US — a development that could cripple the nation’s pork industry if it doesn’t adequately prepare. That was the ominous warning of three US swine veterinarians who came together for a roundtable discussion on ASF following their recent trip to China. The informative session was organized by the
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2018
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Provided by Aaron Lower, DVM | September 2018 FDA CVM published this month their 5 year plan to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings. I summarized the 5 most relevant to our businesses below. It is of interest to see where we are going with regard to antimicrobial usage. Develop duration of use on all antimicrobial – 40% don’t have one Move injectable medically important antibiotics to Rx – 5% of total antimicrobial usage Move from educational to compliance inspections of the VFD process.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2018
African Swine Fever in Feed Information
Provided by Aaron Lower, DVM | September 2018 ASF biosecurity: The “Frequently asked questions about ASFV and CSFV in feed” is a good summary document to read regarding making decisions about your feed ingredients and mill. The general consensus seems to be ~60 days from production if stored at room temperature should be relatively safe. It depends on a lot of factors so the range you may hear is 30-100 days. Work with your suppliers on identifying ingredients that come from eastern Europe and
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2018
African Swine Fever Progress in China
Provided by Aaron Lower, DVM | September 2018 This is a summary report from China on the current situation of African Swine Fever. They are reporting approximately 15 outbreaks to date. To download a copy of the report, please click here.
Read MoreDecember 13, 2017
Hard lessons have been learned with PEDV, PDCoV
By Aaron Lower, DVM | November 2017 The industry is embarking on its fifth winter of managing porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine deltacoronavirus. As we move into our seasonal epidemic, it is important to review the key exclusion and management principles that we have learned over the past five years. We have learned some hard lessons as an industry. Do not let time fade our memories and become complacent. Industry has made great progress Courtesy of the University of Minnesota and Dr. Bob Morrison’s
Read MoreNovember 10, 2017
Jared Murphy – General Manager
We want to welcome Jared Murphy to the Carthage Veterinary Service team! Jared recently came on board as our General Manager. He and his family are life-long Carthage community members, and he has been active in many local community groups. Please help us welcome Jared to Carthage Veterinary Service!
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