Talkin' About Pigs

Swine Medicine Education Center
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Welcome to “Talkin About Pigs” with SMEC – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from producer submitted questions. We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.

  1. FEB 3

    Swine Nutrition and Metabolism Research at Iowa State

    Dr. Dalton Humphrey discusses his area of research within swine nutrition and metabolism.

    20 min

  2. 12/02/2025

    Accurate Teat Assessment

    Nikki Villalon, a third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses her project on the importance of accurate teat assessment of sows.

    15 min

  3. 11/04/2025

    Blue Goo and a Tube

    Emma Zwart, third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses a novel approach to feedback for sows in open pen gestation.

    15 min

  4. 10/08/2025

    ISU VDL AI Assistant

    We discuss Vera, the ISU VDL's new artificial intelligence assistant. https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl/

    9 min

  5. 08/04/2025

    Iowa State Fair Farrowing Display

    In this episode, Dr. Doughan discusses the Iowa State Fair Farrowing Display with Dr. Michele Moncrief, SMEC, and Joyce Hoppes, IPPA.

    18 min

  6. 07/08/2025

    NPB National Swine Health Strategy

    Survey: tinyurl.com/swinehealth Learn more: https://porkcheckoff.org/news/a-united-front-building-a-national-swine-health-strategy-for-u-s-pork-producers/

    16 min

  7. 06/10/2025

    ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference

    Learn about the speakers and topics to be covered at the 2025 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference, and register today to attend!

    25 min

  8. 05/05/2025

    PRRSV Resistant Pig Update

    Big update on the PRRSV resistant pig, and some important updates from SMEC!

    7 min
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Welcome to “Talkin About Pigs” with SMEC – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from producer submitted questions. We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.

Information

  • Creator
    Swine Medicine Education Center
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © SMEC 2022
  • Show Website
    Talkin' About Pigs