Conference presentations & recordings

Video recordings of selected talks are now available individually below (hyperlinked), or you can find all videos located on the Iowa  Pork Industry Center YouTube play list, International Conference on Pig Survivability

OCTOBER 27th

PLENARY SESSION 

8:30 am   Welcome, opening comments, and overview of the improving pig survivability project

 Dr. Joel DeRouchey, Professor, Kansas State University and Dr. Jason Ross, Professor, Iowa State University

9:00 am   Trends of US swine survivability 

Ron Ketchem, Consultant, Swine Management Services, LLC A MetaFarms Company  

9:30 pm    Trends of international swine survivability

 Dr. Bill Christianson, Chief Operating Officer, PIC Genus Pork 

10:00 am  Economics of mortality

 Dr. Lee Schulz, Associate Professor, Iowa State University 

11:00 am  Advancing technology – regulatory, advocating, future 

 Cassie Edgar, Intellectual Property Attorney, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC

11:40 pm  Panel 

PLENARY SESSION 

1:15 pm    Success, failures and actions on pre-weaning survivability

 Dr. Gustavo Pizarro, Technical Service Director, Pipestone Veterinary System  

1:50 pm    Success, failures and actions on post-weaning survivability

 Dr. Chris Rademacher, Clinical Professor, Iowa State University 

2:25 pm    Wean to finish biosecurity – a need for change 

 Dr. Karine Talbot, Director of Animal Health, HyLife 

3:30 pm    The human element in reducing mortality 

The right people for the right job - Valerie Duttlinger, Chief Analytics Officer, Summit SmartFarms 

Effective training: What works and what does not - Dr. Sarah Probst-Miller, Creative Director and President, AgCreate Solutions, Inc. 

Do not lose the urgency - Dr. Larry Coleman, Veterinarian, Vet Care  

5:10 pm    What did we hear today?  Main points and take-always

 Dr. Noel Williams, Chief Operating Officer, Iowa Select Farms 

OCTOBER 28th

Concurrent session #1:  Breeding Herd Mortality 

8:00 am    Recent sow survivability research results

Sow survivability: Pelvic organ prolapse – Zoe Kiefer and Jamie Studer, Graduate Students and Dr. Jason Ross, Professor, Iowa State University

Early identification and treatment of at-risk sows – Dr. Chris Rademacher, Clinical Professor, Iowa State University

8:30 am  Opportunities for measurable impact - Dr. John Deen, Professor, University of Minnesota

9:00 am  Open Discussion: Shared experiences, successes and failures and defining priorities in applied research, management, facilities, etc. for future impact

Concurrent session #2: Post-weaning Mortality - Nursery

8:00 am  Recent nursery survivability research results

Nutritional enrichment to improve the weaning transition in nursery aged pigs – Emiline Sundman, Graduate Student, Iowa State University

Attempts to maintain feed intake and reduce weight loss after weaning – Madie Wensley, Graduate Student, Kansas State University

8:30 am   Opportunities for measurable impact

Dr. Deb Murray, Veterinarian, New Fashion Pork

9:00 am  Open Discussion: Shared experiences, successes and failures and defining priorities in applied research, management, facilities, etc. for future impact

Concurrent session #3 Pre-weaning Piglet Mortality

10:30 am   Recent preweaning survivability research results

The use of attractants to stimulate neonatal piglet interest in rope enrichment – Emiline Sundman, Graduate Student, Iowa State University

Creating good lactating sows: how many meals pre-farrow is best– Dr. Kiah Berg, Nutritionist & Sow Technical Service, Pipestone Nutrition

Impact of essential fatty acids in lactation diets on sow and litter performance – Julia Holen, Graduate Student, Kansas State University

The effects of heat lamp placement on piglet mortality – Alicia Denton and Alton Holstine, Survivability Undergraduate Interns, Purdue University

Farrowing induction impacts on piglet viability and survival – Dr. Kara Stewart, Associate Professor, Purdue University

11:00 am  Opportunities for measurable impact 

Dr. Kara Stewart, Associate Professor, Purdue University

11:30 am  Open Discussion: Shared experiences, successes and failures and defining priorities in applied research, management, facilities, etc. for future impact

Concurrent session #4: Post-weaning Mortality - Finishing

10:30 am   Recent finishing survivability research results

Assembling whole-herd data to reveal causal patterns and forecasting grow-finish survivability – Edison Magalhaes, Graduate Student, Iowa State University

What’s new in the world of biosecurity from nursery to market – Dr. Derald Holtkamp, Professor, Iowa State University

11:00 am   Opportunities for measurable impact

Dr. Jim Pillen, Owner, Pillen Family Farms

11:30 am  Open Discussion: Shared experiences, successes and failures and defining priorities in applied research, management, facilities, etc. for future impact

PLENARY SESSION

1:15 pm   Pig survivability - A call to action

Dr. Brett Kaysen, SVP Sustainability, National Pork Board

2:00 pm    Conference impressions:  Now, what should we do to capture value academics and industry and the path forward on collaboration on swine survivability

Dr. Noel Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Iowa Select Farms, Dr. Mike Tokach, Professor, Kansas State University, and Dr. Jason Ross, Professor, Iowa State University