Using science, fighting viruses, and ensuring demand:Swine veterinarians discuss varied concerns, needs

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Dr. Lisa M.Tokach said swine veterinary medicine is influenced by research findings, feed prices, foreign animal disease outbreaks, advocacy, and importers'fat content preferenceThe veterinarian from Abilene, Kan., said in her presentation at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting that basing decisions on science will help produce safe and affordable food for a growing world. But she warned that scientific evaluation and public opinion can disagree on the validity of some practices, such as the use of blunt trauma to euthanize neonatal pigs, and well-marketed but poorly performed scientific analyses can negatively affect decisions by veterinarians.