Minnesota's Swine & U

Jan 06 2025 43 ep. 20 mins 967
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University of Minnesota Extension Swine team gives research updates through podcasts.

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Episode 43: Feeding hybrid rye to organic growing-finishing pigs.

Jan 06 2025 16 mins  
In the podcast, Extension Swine Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Gabriella Lima who recently finished her Master of Science degree in the Department of Animal Science. Gabriella speaks about a research project she worked on. The research project was very comprehensive in what it all looked at, but specifically, Gabriella looked at the effects of growth performance and carc

Episode 42: Identifying the tail biter in a pen of growing-finishing pigs with intact tails.

Dec 13 2024 20 mins  
In the podcast, Extension Swine Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Courtney Archer who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Animal Science. Courtney speaks about a research project she completed to identify the tail biter pig in a pen of pigs with intact tails. She shares how her findings can help identify pigs responsible for tail biting behavior at an early stage so f

Episode 41: African Swine Fever preparedness for the U.S.

Jul 08 2024 33 mins  
In the podcast, Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Rachel Schambow who is a postdoctoral researcher with the UMN Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. Rachel speaks about a “Vet to Vet” project presented at the 2023 Leman Conference and about recent work on African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Dominican Republic and Philippines. She shares how these exper

Episode 40: Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and investigating its antimicrobial susceptibility.

Jun 03 2024 28 mins  
In the podcast, Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with associate professor Maria Pieters about her research investigating the antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen of the respiratory tract of pigs.

Episode 39: Longitudinal evaluation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae detection in processing fluids in swine breed-to-wean farms

Mar 05 2024 30 mins  
In the podcast, Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with pathologist and assistant professor Albert Canturri about his research on the detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in processing fluid. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen of the respiratory tract of pigs.

Episode 38: PRRS farm surface contamination assessment through environmental sampling

Jan 11 2024 25 mins  
In the podcast, Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Ph.D. student Marcello Melini about his research on environmental sampling of farm surfaces to assess contamination of PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) virus at various places both in and outside the barn.

Episode 37: Infectivity of PRRS virus variants

Nov 13 2023 23 mins  
In the podcast Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with PhD student Marcello Melini about his research on the infectivity of PRRS virus variant 1-4-4 as it comparies to other PRRS virus variants. The podcast was recorded on October 20, 2023.

Episode 36: Senecavirus A seroprevalence in U.S. pig farms and biosecurity procedures to prevent indirect transmission.

Sep 12 2023 33 mins  
In the podcast Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Guilherme Preis about his graduate research on the seroprevalence of Senecavirus A in U.S pig farms and biosecurity procedures to prevent indirect transmission.

Episode 35: Length of time farms stay naive of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)

Jul 05 2023 16 mins  
In the podcast Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Mariana Kikuti, University of Minnesota researcher in the Department of Veterinary Medicine about her research on the length of time farms stay naïve of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) since last outbreak. Learn more about research featured in the podcastPublished in Animals, Volume 13, I

Episode 34: Sow mortality in midwestern USA pig production: reasons for removal and factors associated with increased mortality.

May 03 2023 17 mins  
In the podcast Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck Boelke speaks with Mariana Kikuti, University of Minnesota researcher in the Department of Veterinary Medicine about her research on sow mortality in midwestern USA pig production: reasons for removal and factors associated with increased mortality. Learn more about research featured in the podcastPublished in Vet Record, Volume