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Swine Health
MSU Extension provides resources, information and certification related to maintaining healthy pigs through treatment and prevention and response to diseases such as foreign animal diseases, PRRSv, and Influenza.
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Melissa Millerick-May
Assistant Professor of Medicine
melissa.may@hc.msu.edu
517-432-0707
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Dale Rozeboom, PhD
Professor, Associate Chair for Farm Operations and Stakeholder Relations
rozeboom@msu.edu
517-355-8398
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David Thompson
Swine Management Educator
thom1637@msu.edu
517-279-6414
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Madonna Benjamin, DVM, MS
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
gemus@msu.edu
517-614-8875
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Elizabeth Ferry
Swine Educator
franzeli@msu.edu
269-927-5674
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Can combining mortality composting from two separate farms constitute a CAFO?
Published on April 23, 2013
Under current rules and regulations, the animal capacity and land base of both farms may together constitute a large CAFO. -
Livestock poisoning possible from wilting black (wild) cherry leaves
Published on July 7, 2017
Storm-damaged wild cherry trees could pose threat to livestock grazing in pastures. -
Antibiotic use in swine production
Published on May 15, 2019
Why new regulations are a double-edged sword. -
Potential use of essential oils as an alternative to feed grade antibiotics in pork production
Published on September 20, 2018
Can essential oils essentially replace antibiotics for pigs? -
New swine veterinarian to join College of Veterinary Medicine and MSU Extension team
Published on July 19, 2012
Dr. Madonna Gemus-Benjamin will join the faculty Sept. 1, 2012. -
Grinding and screening composted bones
Published on June 25, 2013
Mechanical screening and grinding of bones from finished mortality compost may be a future consideration. -
Part 1 of mycotoxins in swine feed: Deoxynivalenol
Published on March 6, 2019
What you don’t want in your pig feed. This series talks about two of the major mycotoxins affecting the northern United States and a part on how to alleviate their effects in the feed. -
Part 2 of mycotoxins in swine feed: Zearalenone
Published on March 6, 2019
What you don’t want in your pig feed. This series talks about two of the major mycotoxins affecting the northern United States and a part on how to alleviate their effects in the feed. -
The stockperson perspective on euthanasia: Part one
Published on June 23, 2015
Euthanasia can be one of the hardest parts of a stockpersons career, how do the handle it? -
Part 3 of mycotoxins in swine feed: Alleviation tactics of mycotoxins
Published on March 6, 2019
What you don’t want in your pig feed. This series talks about two of the major mycotoxins affecting the northern United States and a part on how to alleviate their effects in the feed. -
Sampling Oral and Processing Fluids to Identify Disease in Pigs
Published on December 3, 2019
Monitoring your herd for diseases has been simplified by new tests using oral and processing fluids. These sampling techniques are inexpensive, easy to do and can be applied to individual pigs (as a diagnostic) or pens/litters (for herd surveillance). -
Seneca Valley Virus in swine
Published on October 19, 2015
Suspect cases in Michigan should report to Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. -
Use of antibiotics administered in water to pigs in the Post-VFD era
Published on August 6, 2018
Basic use and management of water medications for pigs. -
Biocontainment and a Cruise Ship – Oh the Irony!
Published on March 1, 2018
A swine veterinarian shares her perspective of cruises from her experience on a cruise ship. -
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea – Don’t spread it around
Published on July 10, 2013
Farmers with pigs that have been diagnosed with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea should adopt manure management biosecurity practices to avoid spreading the disease when handling manure.