A swine diagnostic service launched just under one year ago is helping swine veterinarians use diagnostic results to formulate treatment strategies. Last May the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and Prairie Diagnostic Services, both located on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan, partnered in the launch of a new swine diagnostic extension service.
Dr. John Harding, a professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, explains the new service is designed to help translate diagnostic results into treatment strategies and targets three main groups.
Clip-Dr. John Harding-Western College of Veterinary Medicine:
One would be mixed animal practitioners in rural practice typically that will do a mixture of small animal work as well as large animal work but they just don't have expertise in swine because they just don't see enough pigs in their day-to-day veterinary activities. Their needs are typically for us to provide expertise in the common diseases or pig production management to help them pull it all together.