News
April 6, 2017
Carthage Diagnostic Laboratory Open House
Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd will be hosting an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the Carthage Diagnostic Laboratory on Monday, April 24 from 4-6 p.m. The community is invited to attend. The lab is located at 980B Center Street in Carthage. Parking is available near the Carthage Veterinary Service main office at the 303 North Second Street location. The ribbon cutting will occur at 4:00 p.m. followed by refreshments and tours of the lab. The Carthage Diagnostic Laboratory is located in
Read MoreMarch 27, 2017
Annual Swine Conference – Save the Date
Please Save the Date to attend the Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd 27th Annual Swine Conference held on Tuesday, August, 29, 2017! We will be hosting this year’s event on the scenic campus of Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. This conference is known for providing quick fire sessions with cutting edge information that you can implement the day after the conference. It is designed to provide speakers and focused breakout sessions on Breed-to-Wean, Wean-to-Market, and CEO/Management in order for attendees to hone in on their interests.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2017
2017 ASAS Midwestern Sections Meeting
The CISS team was successfully represented at the 2017 ASAS Midwestern Sections meetings by Laura Greiner, Amanda Graham and Luis Ochoa. It was encouraging to see that the work conducted by CISS was of high quality and highly relevant to the industry. This was evident not only by the large attendance at CISS’s seminars, but also by the large number of key industry and academy leaders that were present in the audience. We are proud of our work and really thank everyone in the CISS
Read MoreMarch 22, 2017
AASV Awards
Laura Greiner, CVS Nutrition Director, received one of the three $35,000 2017 BI Awards for Advancing Research in Respiratory Disease. Her research proposal that will be conducted through CISS is to investigate the impact of PRRS vaccination in piglets on lifetime performance. In addition, Laura received an additional $2,500 for the completion and release of her previous BI Award Proposal which evaluated different methods to reduce PRRS transmission in lairages. KT Wright, an owner in multiple Carthage System farms, received the Heritage Award of the American
Read MoreMarch 17, 2017
Sick Pig or Hungry Pig?
With a few basic observations, pig caretakers can quickly learn to identify sick pigs vs. hungry pigs and manage them accordingly. Clayton Johnson DVM | Mar 17, 2017 Starting wean pigs is the most critical task in Wean-to-Finish production. Pigs that start well quickly hit “cruise control” and unless interrupted by disease will experience rapid growth and feed conversion all the way to marketing. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true, pigs that don’t start well require increased caretaker attention and resources. Hard starting groups fight
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