Antibiotics are critical for treating many infections, but resistance to these valuable drugs, known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR), threatens their effectiveness and introduces additional health issues.
Airborne diseases, such as influenza A (IAV) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv), circulate on swine farms, costing the industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
The behavior and spatial organization of animal populations can be influenced by the availability of food, disease spread in a territory, population density, seasonal changes, mating behaviors, and human influence.
Dr. Emily Walz was recently featured by the UMN Campus Public Health Office to discuss her work with the Community Veterinary Medicine programs, VeTOUCH and SIRVS.
Lawsonia intracellularis, a type of bacteria that lives in the cells that line a pig’s intestine, causes proliferative enteropathy disease, which is one of the most prevalent diseases in pigs in the United States.