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1 The Swine Medicine Education Center What Can It Mean to Your Practice Dr. Josh Ellingson SMEC Staff Veterinarian 2011 Swine Disease Conference

2 Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC) Joint Collaboration Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine AMVC Uniquely equipped Industry experts and leaders Wide variety of stakeholders and contributors Infrastructure of ISU CVM Commercial farm access Student housing

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4 SMEC Board ISU CVM Dr. Locke Karriker (Director) Dr. Pat Halbur Dr. Butch Baker Dr. Darin Madson AMVC Dr. Daryl Olsen Dr. Jason Hocker Dr. Josh Ellingson (Clinician)

5 Mission To collect and synthesize the best practices for clinical swine medicine Translate and disseminate those practices to stakeholders who can apply them to improve swine health, ensure pork safety, maintain sustainability, and conserve resources

6 Goals SMEC To educate veterinary students from across the country, provide educational opportunities to swine production stakeholders, and to provide educational opportunities to the general public and media Curriculum To demonstrate live or digitally every clinical technique used in swine medical practice and clinical research trials and to provide students a place to practice those techniques

7 Courses Offered SMEC 480: Swine Production Medicine Clinical Rotation Practice sample collection & farm evaluation strategies Visit 5 commercial farms and workup cases With and without instructors Non-farm visit days Rounds discussions about cases Discuss other topics Pharmacology, Diagnostics, Statistics, etc. SMEC 401: PIGLAB 2 day long version of SMEC 480 Visit 2 commercial farms Sample collection practice Case workups

8 Online Modules SMEC 402: Introduction to Swine Population Pharmacology SMEC 100: Swine Medicine Backgrounder SMEC 403: NAVLE Board Preparation Practice Exam A variety of instructional videos available focused on diagnostic, surgical, production, and practice techniques Oral Fluid Collection

9 Videos in Production Anesthesia Ankylosis of priximal/distal interphalangeal joint Artificial insemination Atresia ani/rectal strictures Auricular bleeding Auricular catheterization Auricular hematomas Bladder displacement Caesarian section procedure Castration Cecal cannula Clipping needle teeth CSI for swine veterinarians Digit amputation Ear notching Ear tagging Endotracheal intubation Enteric collection for virus propagation Epididymectomy procedure Euthanasia techniques Gastric ulcers Gnotobiotic pigs Hysterectomy Ileal cannula IM/SQ/IV/IP/IN injection Inguinal/scotal hernia Intestinal obstruction Intratracheal challenge Iron injection Joint lavage Jugular bleeding Laceration repairs Liver biopsy Local nerve blocks Mandibular fracture repair Mastectomy Natural service Needle-free injection Oomphrectomy Oral fluid collection Persistent frenulum Pregnancy diagnosis via ultrasound Preputial prolapse Prolapsed penis Pulling piglets Rectal prolapse repairs Removing tusks Reviving piglets Septic arthritis Snare Superficial LN biopsy Tail bleeding Tonsil scraping Training a boar Umbilical hernia Urethral obstruction Uterine prolapse Vaginal prolapse Venal caval bleeding Visceral torsion/volvulus

10 Custom Training Capability and expertise to develop custom training modules to fit your needs For clients, customers, farm staff, technicians, etc. Can range from on farm training to online modules For example Custom training as part of Northern Iowa Community College s veterinary technician program

11 Impact 4 th Year Students 48 enrolled for the SMEC 480 course From ISU and 5 other veterinary schools Custom Training Reached 11 different countries Had 17 veterinarians come through the center

12 Field Research SMEC can help evaluate products, production practices, or other techniques for your clients or production system Research overseen by SMEC faculty Findings evaluated in comparison with all other published data and resources available Final product includes summarized findings delivered in a written report

13 Search and Summary of Current Evidence SMEC has unique resources and expertise To conduct reviews of research literature and all other sources of information To answer specific clinical questions Information is compiled and evaluated for relevance and scientific soundness Findings are summarized and returned

14 Future Plans SMEC plans to build a new state of the art production facility Facilitate basic and advanced technical training to swine health professionals Allow demonstration and comparison of cutting edge production and health technologies Showcase swine production, health, and welfare to the media and public

15 Funding Estimated annual operating budget is around $500,000 Primary funding to come from industry resources and fees for delivery of instructional modules Opportunity to give back to the profession and support the industry Very appreciate of the support we have received thus far and continue to seek other partners Innovative Agriculture Solutions LLC

16 Summary SMEC serves as a resource for swine veterinarians Offerings allow practitioners to Stay current with the latest evidence based techniques and new technologies Review topics of interest Gain evidence to support diagnostic and treatment decisions Help educate clients Practice the highest quality medicine

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