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A Swine Vaccination Administration Plan is More Than a Good Idea, IPIC Says

Do you have a plan for swine vaccination administration? 

"Developing a plan for swine vaccination administration is more than a good idea. It can help producers keep various health considerations top of mind for their animals," the Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) shared in a release. IPIC has just released a new publication in chart format that provides a list of diseases, time of administration and based on risk, available product types. It also has a section for pet pigs.

Chris Rademacher, Iowa State University Extension swine veterinarian and IPIC interim director, believes this listing is a great resource and those who compiled it hope it offers timely reminders.

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Screening Nursery Ingredients - Kynna Crawford

Video: Screening Nursery Ingredients - Kynna Crawford


In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Kynna Crawford, Graduate Research Assistant at South Dakota State University, discusses how Plackett-Burman designs can help screen nursery diet ingredients for early post-weaning feed intake. She explains why low intake after weaning contributes to stress and mortality, how screening trials can evaluate multiple ingredients in a single study, and how the approach can support both research and commercial nursery nutrition decisions. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research article: https://academic.oup.com/jas/article/...

"A single screening trial can help identify which nursery ingredients deserve deeper research for early post-weaning feed intake."

Meet the guest: Kynna Crawford / kynna-crawford-a2610a3aa is a Master's student in Animal Sciences at South Dakota State University, where her work focuses on swine nutrition and nursery pig management. Her research examines strategies to alleviate weaning stress, including dietary approaches and screening tools to identify ingredients that may promote early feed intake. Learn more from Kynna Crawford on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.