In this episode, Jamee Eggers, Chief Operating Officer with Cloverleaf Animal Welfare Systems, discusses Proposition 12 and sow housing with us.

Dr. Kimberly Crawford, with VRI, joins us to discuss her paper on the efficacy of ivermectin administration to pigs challenged with PRRSV.

Find the manuscript here: https://www.aasv.org/shap/issues/v32n4/v32n4p164.pdf

Dr. Brett Ramirez, from Iowa State University, joins us to discuss swine barn ventilation and the future of ventilation technologies.

Peng Li, also known as Jack, from the ISU Field Epi team joins us to discuss TOSc sampling.

Dr. Derald Holtkamp discusses updating the cost of PRRSV for the US swine industry.

Contact Dr. Holtkamp regarding the outbreak investigation tool: soip@iastate.edu

Contact SMEC with questions: isusmec@iastate.edu

White paper: https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/information/InBarnInsectManagement.pdf

Dr. Chris Rademacher: cjrdvm@iastate.edu

Access all of the reports and resources discussed in this episode about the SDRS here: https://fieldepi.org/sdrs/

Dr. Kate Dion joins us discuss the outbreak investigation tool that she and Dr. Derald Holtkamp have developed.

If you're interested in using the tool email soip@iastate.edu or contact us here at SMEC as isusmec@iastate.edu and we can get you in contact with Dr. Dion.