What a Veterinarian Should Know About Swine Confinement
What a Veterinarian Should Know About Swine Confinement
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1973
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Christenson, Charles
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Abstract
The veterinarian's role in the food animal industry has changed significantly in the lat few years. Instead of treating sick animals on an individual basis, he is called upon to establish herd health programs and consult with swinemen on their problems no matter what phase of their hog management is involved. With the trend toward confinement hog rearing, veterinarians in the Midwest are sometimes perplexed by the rapidity with which the industry is changing.