Swine

  1. Heat Stress Alleviation in Lactating Sows by Cooling Pad Technology

    Heat Stress Alleviation in Lactating Sows by Cooling Pad Technology
    Heat stress has negative effects on sow production and reproduction performance. Heat stress has multiple impacts on animal metabolism and physiology. These include: increased body core temperature, homeorhetic adaptations that increase blood flow to the skin to dissipate radiant heat, increased respiration rates to remove the excess heat, and reduced feed intake as a strategy to reduce heat production. As...
  2. The Truth of the Matter

    The Truth of the Matter
    Recent stories in some well-read media publications make it very difficult for consumers to weed out the difference between the truth about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) versus assumptions. Media suggests that the livestock industry is not properly managing the antibiotic issue.  Assumptions like this have led to action, such as the recent San Francisco law requiring grocery stores and meat producers...
  3. The Value of Maximizing Lactation Length

    The Value of Maximizing Lactation Length
    Pipestone has continued to study the effects of lactation length and have completed two large scale trials through our research facilities. The first trial was designed to understand lactation lengths impact on sow weight and growing pig performance. We looked at five treatment groups from 21 days to 30 days wean age in 2-day increments. The second trial was designed...
  4. Now Offering Ralco Products

    Now Offering Ralco Products
    Pipestone Veterinary Services is now offering Ralco products including First Pulse D, Birthright, De-Lyte and more!   First Pulse D Restores Baby Pigs. Get disadvantage baby pigs up and eating with this colostrum supplement oral drench. Birthright Nap A swine milk replacer used in milk decks. This product is 25lbs. Regano EX Regano EX is used to support gut health...
  5. Air Filtration for Swine Herds: A Historical Perspective

    Air Filtration for Swine Herds: A Historical Perspective
    Written by Kevin Schulz. Kevin Schulz is a Senior Content Specialist with National Hog Farmer Dr. Scott Dee of Pipestone Veterinary Services shares what we've learned about air filtration over the years and how its making a difference in the industry. PRRS has been a game changer in the swine industry, and filtration of hog barns has made great strides in...
  6. PRRS Vaccination: Protect for Your Pigs and the Neighborhood

    PRRS Vaccination: Protect for Your Pigs and the Neighborhood
    All across the Midwest, we are starting to experience the changing of the seasons.  Weather is changing, kids are heading back to school, and combines are being prepared for the impending harvest.  For many swine producers, unfortunately it is also a time of year which conjures up thoughts of PRRS virus.  Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome (PRRS) virus is a...
  7. Step by Step Approach to Raising Pigs

    Step by Step Approach to Raising Pigs
    Starting as a teenager, Ryan Weinkauf has taken a step by step approach to raising pigs and building his farming operation. Ryan grew up as the third generation on his family’s farm just outside of Pipestone, Minnesota. “Dad started raising pigs in the 1970s and 1980s in an old barn, then modernized the barn and hog house and raised pigs...
  8. Significant Changes Underway in the Pork Industry

    Significant Changes Underway in the Pork Industry
      By: Brian Stevens, President of Big Stone Marketing Here it is the middle of August and we have some pretty significant changes underway in the Pork Industry and I thought I should talk about it in this month’s newsletter.  The topic is the additional packing capacity our industry is adding.  We have two remodeled pork harvest plants already underway...
  9. Why Sequence?

    Why Sequence?
    You have the diagnostics in hand. The results tie your stomach in knots, the sample is PRRS virus  PCR positive. If you are lucky, you have not experienced this before but if you are like the other 99% of the people in the swine industry, you have had this feeling. But what now? Do you have enough information with this...
  10. Antibiotic Resistance Myth Busters

    Antibiotic Resistance Myth Busters
    Often we are so overwhelmed with information being shared – through main stream news, social media, and conversations with friends or co-workers.  It can be challenging to decipher what is true versus a myth.  As a veterinarian and mother of two young children, I recognize the importance of getting the facts about the food we feed our families – so...