What is impacting the record high price of turkeys in the United States? In order to answer this question, you must understand the implications of avian influenza, gas prices, holiday dinners, and customer needs. Dr. Jim Lowe answers all these questions as he breaks down the supply chain from egg to turkey dinner in this […]
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The Round Barn: Producing Livestock for Holiday Dinner
Foreign animal disease preparedness is a top priority for anyone in the livestock industry and for the organizations that support them. Kaylee Hillinger and Dr. Jim Lowe have African Swine Fever on their minds, but expand the conversation to other foreign animal diseases. Are we ready and what’s the plan?
Clinical Small Animal Dentistry
The University of Illinois offers a comprehensive on-line asynchronous learning experience in small animal dentistry for veterinary students. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) enforced a new mandate requiring all AVMA accredited colleges to include veterinary dentistry as part of their core curriculum. This course, along with hands-on laboratories and clinical rotations, will help provide veterinary […]
The Round Barn: Gas & Groceries: Why Are They So Expensive?
Foreign animal disease preparedness is a top priority for anyone in the livestock industry and for the organizations that support them. Kaylee Hillinger and Dr. Jim Lowe have African Swine Fever on their minds, but expand the conversation to other foreign animal diseases. Are we ready and what’s the plan?
Gas & Groceries: Why Are They So Expensive?
The prices of gasoline, diesel fuel, and groceries have been astronomical recently. Dr. Jim Lowe is joined by Crystal Zulauf in this episode of The Round Barn where they reveal how the sticky cost of transportation affects the amount we pay at the register.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program Fills a Need
Online Courses Guide Animal Health Career Success Developing innovative educational programs to advance careers has a long history at the College of Veterinary Medicine. From the EVP certificate program for livestock practitioners, introduced in 1991, to our integrated veterinary curriculum, begun in 2009, the college has created distinctive credentials that deliver value for graduates. The […]
How Producers Can Make The Most Of New Reporting Requirements
Change is coming for the meat industry. Consumers and governments are increasingly asking meat producers to track and report their antibiotic use per kilogram of meat. It’s not a matter of if but when penalties for noncompliance start. That doesn’t have to be a pure cost to producers, though – if producers manage to get ahead of the tracking, they can plan their data management
Could the Cull Sow Market Spread African Swine Fever (ASF)
The cull sow market in the United States has a surveillance problem. Drs. Lowe and Mitek are joined by Dr. Ben Blair to discuss his investigation into the cull sow marketing channel. Join them as they reveal the devastating implications of an ASF outbreak in cull sows and how it could affect the swine industry […]
Key Points Around the 2022 Avian Influenza Outbreak
Prices for eggs and chicken meat will increase, but you probably don’t have to worry about the disease hopping to humans. Dr. Lowe explains in The Round Barn podcast that the flu receptors in humans (and pigs) are in different places than in birds, meaning that it’s possible but challenging and unlikely for the disease […]
How the Avian Flu Impacts Consumers
Egg prices are the highest they have been since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, 2020. Learn how migratory water fowl have started circulating the H5N1 virus in commercial chicken flocks resulting in high egg prices. Join Drs. Jim Lowe and Ashley Mitek as they discuss the cause and effect of a highly […]