Pipestone Veterinary Services News

  1. Biosecurity Steps that Work!

    Biosecurity Steps that Work!
    Fall is the time when us pig veterinarians start getting nervous to answer phone calls from our farmers. The shorter days mean different things for veterinarians and farmers, but it’s an equally busy time of year. For farmers, autumn means harvesting the crops and spreading manure. For veterinarians, it’s an awful-tasting pumpkin spice latte full of PRRS virus, PED virus...
  2. Episode 6: Water Quality

    Episode 6: Water Quality
    Listen to Dr. Spencer Wayne discuss the water quality at your barn with Dr. Todd Williams. 
  3. Frequently Asked Questions about Erysipelas

    Frequently Asked Questions about Erysipelas
    What is Erysipelas? Swine erysipelas is a disease caused by a bacterial infection named Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It has been around for well over one hundred years. It is important to remember that this bacterium can cause disease within your breeding herd, as well as your growing pigs. Although the prevalence is low in the industry, it can have significant impact...
  4. Back to the Basics: Air, Water, Feed

    Back to the Basics: Air, Water, Feed
    My wife and I recently watched my brother’s two children one of whom isn’t quite talking. In the middle of an atypically long crying session my wife and I were reminded of when our two oldest were newborns. We started scrolling through the mental rolodex of what could possibly be wrong: was he hungry, tired, sleepy, didn’t like my ugly...
  5. Episode 5: Welfare

    Episode 5: Welfare
    Listen in for Episode 5 of Swine Time with Dr. Carissa Odland as she talks about how Welfare is practiced every day at Pipestone.  
  6. Don't Sweat Heat Stress

    Don't Sweat Heat Stress
    As summer approaches, so does the increased risk of heat stress and heat exhaustion. Heat stress is an economically important issue and can have severe consequences if proper precautions are not taken. Through a variety of management techniques, we can help reduce the risk of our hogs being affected by heat stress. Pigs are unable to sweat, which makes them...
  7. Talking Pigs to People

    Talking Pigs to People
    As a farmer, no one is more passionate, caring, or committed to humane care and safe food than you!  Today, only 2% of the population raise food.  Today’s consumers are more and more removed from the farm.  Summertime provides a lot of great opportunities  to share your passion and the story of safe food.  For some, telling the story of...
  8. Clinical Pink Eye

    Clinical Pink Eye
    Summer time is that time of year again when we start to see pinkeye also known as infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IBK).  Pinkeye is primarily caused by Moraxella Bovis which is a gram negative bacteria.  There are several different serogroups of M. bovis along with different strains in each of the serogroups.   Moraxella Bovoculi is another bacteria that can be found with...
  9. Flies: The Perpetual Menace

    Flies: The Perpetual Menace
    Flies have long been the nemesis of cattle and their producers across the country.  Without proper interventions to try and decrease their prevalence amongst herds, flies will continue to persist and create huge annual economic losses to both the dairy and beef industries.  Flies reduce grazing/feeding time, increase defense behaviors like stomping, heading swinging, tail swishing, and skin twitching, cause...
  10. Dairy Farms Prepare for the Long Haul

    Dairy Farms Prepare for the Long Haul
    Uncertain feed costs and long term down market pressure continue to be the greatest headwinds facing the dairy industry. We have seen smaller less profitable farms leave the industry. Economic pressure has been constant for the past year with little upward moves in the milk price, cull price and replacement heifer price. What can you do as a dairy manager...

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