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Welcome to “Talkin About Pigs” with SMEC – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from producer submitted questions. We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to “Talkin About Pigs” with SMEC, a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from producer submitted questions.
Talkin' About Pigs is hosted by Swine Medicine Education Center. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "National Swine Health Strategy Update" (15 May 2026, 22 minutes), "Telehealth Biosecurity Hazard Analysis" (31 March 2026, 24 minutes), and "Swine Nutrition and Metabolism Research at Iowa State" (3 February 2026, 20 minutes).
Talkin' About Pigs publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 41 episodes.
Booking probability for Talkin' About Pigs is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Talkin' About Pigs requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Talkin' About Pigs's contact route on record: verified email.
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Swine Medicine Education Center hosts Talkin' About Pigs, a health podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Episode #39
<p>Dr. Meredith Petersen, Director of Swine Health with the National Pork Board, gives an update on the National Swine Health Strategy. </p><p>To learn more about the National Swine Health Strategy, visit...
Episode #38
<p>Dr. Michele Moncrief discusses the use of telehealth technology to evaluate biosecurity in swine breeding farms. </p><p></p><p>https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock-management/telehealth-based-biosecurity-hazard...
<p>Dr. Dalton Humphrey discusses his area of research within swine nutrition and metabolism. </p><p></p>
Episode #36
<p>Nikki Villalon, a third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses her project on the importance of accurate teat assessment of sows. </p>
Episode #35
<p>Emma Zwart, third year veterinary student at Iowa State University, discusses a novel approach to feedback for sows in open pen gestation. </p>
Episode #34
<p>We discuss Vera, the ISU VDL's new artificial intelligence assistant. </p><p>https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl/</p>
Episode #33
<p>In this episode, Dr. Doughan discusses the Iowa State Fair Farrowing Display with Dr. Michele Moncrief, SMEC, and Joyce Hoppes, IPPA. </p>
Episode #32
<p>Survey: tinyurl.com/swinehealth</p><p>Learn more: https://porkcheckoff.org/news/a-united-front-building-a-national-swine-health-strategy-for-u-s-pork-producers/</p><p></p>
Episode #31
<p>Learn about the speakers and topics to be covered at the 2025 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference, and register today to attend! </p>
Episode #30
<p>Big update on the PRRSV resistant pig, and some important updates from SMEC! </p>
<p>Dr. Phil Gauger from ISU's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab joins us to discuss the various ways we refer to PRRSV and why we are moving away from RFLPs like 1-4-4. </p>
Episode #28
<p>In this episode, ISU CVM students present their summer research findings that they will be presenting at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. </p>
Episode #27
<p>Dr. Gabi Doughan joins us to update her research findings on water line biology and biofilm growth in swine barns. </p>
Episode #26
<p>In this episode, Jamee Eggers, Chief Operating Officer with Cloverleaf Animal Welfare Systems, discusses Proposition 12 and sow housing with us. </p>
Episode #25
<p>Dr. Kimberly Crawford, with VRI, joins us to discuss her paper on the efficacy of ivermectin administration to pigs challenged with PRRSV. </p><p>Find the manuscript here...
Episode #24
<p>Dr. Brett Ramirez, from Iowa State University, joins us to discuss swine barn ventilation and the future of ventilation technologies. </p>
Episode #23
<p>Peng Li, also known as Jack, from the ISU Field Epi team joins us to discuss TOSc sampling. </p>
Episode #22
<p>Dr. Derald Holtkamp discusses updating the cost of PRRSV for the US swine industry. </p><p>Contact Dr. Holtkamp regarding the outbreak investigation tool: soip@iastate.edu</p><p>Contact SMEC with questions...
Episode #21
<p>White paper: https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/information/InBarnInsectManagement.pdf</p><p>Dr. Chris Rademacher: cjrdvm@iastate.edu </p>
Episode #20
<p>Access all of the reports and resources discussed in this episode about the SDRS here: https://fieldepi.org/sdrs/</p>
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