Talkin' About Pigs
Swine Medicine Education Center
Show overview
Talkin' About Pigs has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 40 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 10 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 15 min and 20 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Health & Fitness show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 2 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 13 episodes published. Published by Swine Medicine Education Center.
From the publisher
Welcome to “Talkin About Pigs” with SMEC – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from producer submitted questions. We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.
Latest Episodes
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S1 Ep 38Telehealth Biosecurity Hazard Analysis
Dr. Michele Moncrief discusses the use of telehealth technology to evaluate biosecurity in swine breeding farms. https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock-management/telehealth-based-biosecurity-hazard-analysishttps://www.swinehealth.org/telehealth-biosecurity-analysis-powered-by-shic-outbreak-program/
S1 Ep 37Swine Nutrition and Metabolism Research at Iowa State
Dr. Dalton Humphrey discusses his area of research within swine nutrition and metabolism.
S1 Ep 36Accurate Teat Assessment
Nikki Villalon, a third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses her project on the importance of accurate teat assessment of sows.
S1 Ep 35Blue Goo and a Tube
Emma Zwart, third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses a novel approach to feedback for sows in open pen gestation.
S1 Ep 34ISU VDL AI Assistant
We discuss Vera, the ISU VDL's new artificial intelligence assistant. https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl/
S1 Ep 33Iowa State Fair Farrowing Display
In this episode, Dr. Doughan discusses the Iowa State Fair Farrowing Display with Dr. Michele Moncrief, SMEC, and Joyce Hoppes, IPPA.
S1 Ep 32NPB National Swine Health Strategy
Survey: tinyurl.com/swinehealthLearn more: https://porkcheckoff.org/news/a-united-front-building-a-national-swine-health-strategy-for-u-s-pork-producers/
S1 Ep 31ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference
Learn about the speakers and topics to be covered at the 2025 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference, and register today to attend!
S1 Ep 30PRRSV Resistant Pig Update
Big update on the PRRSV resistant pig, and some important updates from SMEC!
S1 Ep 29What's in a name? Decrypting PRRSV nomenclature
Dr. Phil Gauger from ISU's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab joins us to discuss the various ways we refer to PRRSV and why we are moving away from RFLPs like 1-4-4.
S1 Ep 28ISU Student Projects at AASV
In this episode, ISU CVM students present their summer research findings that they will be presenting at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
S1 Ep 27Water Line Biology: An Update
Dr. Gabi Doughan joins us to update her research findings on water line biology and biofilm growth in swine barns.
S1 Ep 26Proposition 12
In this episode, Jamee Eggers, Chief Operating Officer with Cloverleaf Animal Welfare Systems, discusses Proposition 12 and sow housing with us.
S1 Ep 25Ivermectin and PRRSV
Dr. Kimberly Crawford, with VRI, joins us to discuss her paper on the efficacy of ivermectin administration to pigs challenged with PRRSV. Find the manuscript here: https://www.aasv.org/shap/issues/v32n4/v32n4p164.pdf
S1 Ep 24What's the Future of Ventilation
Dr. Brett Ramirez, from Iowa State University, joins us to discuss swine barn ventilation and the future of ventilation technologies.
S1 Ep 23What is TOSc Sampling?
Peng Li, also known as Jack, from the ISU Field Epi team joins us to discuss TOSc sampling.
S1 Ep 22Updated Cost of PRRSV
Dr. Derald Holtkamp discusses updating the cost of PRRSV for the US swine industry. Contact Dr. Holtkamp regarding the outbreak investigation tool: [email protected] SMEC with questions: [email protected]
S1 Ep 21What's biting? Management of Insect Bites
White paper: https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/information/InBarnInsectManagement.pdfDr. Chris Rademacher: [email protected]
S1 Ep 20Swine Disease Reporting System
Access all of the reports and resources discussed in this episode about the SDRS here: https://fieldepi.org/sdrs/
S1 Ep 19Outbreak Investigation Tool
Dr. Kate Dion joins us discuss the outbreak investigation tool that she and Dr. Derald Holtkamp have developed. If you're interested in using the tool email [email protected] or contact us here at SMEC as [email protected] and we can get you in contact with Dr. Dion.