Acceptance into veterinary school is highly competitive. The College of Veterinary Medicine recently launched our Certificate in Veterinary Science to help students on their journey to veterinary school. Join Dr. Brian Aldridge and Crystal Zulauf as they discuss the certificate program and how it was designed to benefit students.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Guest host Dr. Suzanna Storms talks about her and Dr. Lowe’s research detecting COVID in meat packing plants in the first year of the pandemic. Learn more about their process, and what the data they collected suggests about COVID transmission.

Ukraine is one of the world’s top producers of wheat, and the war is going to have ripple effects all over the world. In this week’s episode of The Round Barn podcast, Drs. Ashley Mitek and Jim Lowe talk about the tangled web of the international commodities market – how the grain shortage will affect […]

A man received a pig’s heart. What does that mean for the future of medicine? Dr. Jim Lowe explains how this was made possible with current technology and discusses with Dr. Ashley Mitek the future medical and ethical implications of genetically altering animals in this recent episode of the Round Barn podcast.

If you’ve been in a U.S. grocery store lately, you’ve probably noticed your grocery bill has increased significantly. “Food supply is an incredibly complicated logistical process,” states Dr. Jim Lowe as he unpacks how the food supply chain, supply and demand, and changes in our behavior are affecting retail prices. If you want to know why […]

In this week’s episode of The Round Barn podcast, Dr. Ashley Mitek and Dr. Jim Lowe talk about the Omicron variant, and what it could mean for COVID and humans going forward. Dr. Lowe digs into his animal infectious disease background to explain why this virus keeps mutating; why vaccines for it might need semi-annual boosters, […]