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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Heidelberg, Germany, and have
an extensive publishing record
on swine reproductive diseases.
The clinical swine program at
New Bolton Center is broadly
divided into three components:
teaching, service and research.
Teaching is a top priority and
Drs. Pitcher and Parsons are
focusing on service and research
commitments as issues that
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directly embellish their teaching
efforts. The primary responsi
bility of the swine initiative is to
graduate veterinarians that are
trained to provide service to the
Pennsylvania swine industry.
However, the education mission
does not stop with veterinary
students. Several continuing
education programs are now
available for both veterinarians
and local swine producers, and
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Subsequent articles in this
series will address the develop
ment of a swine curriculum at
the veterinary school, and the
research endeavors of the Penrf
swine group.
The goal of our swine service
mission is to complement and
extend the existing expertise
provided to the Pennsylvania
swine industry via the local
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swine practitioners, cooperative
extension agents, and allied
industry consultants. Producer
education programs are recog
nized as the most effective
approach to accomplish the ser
vice mission goal. In collabora
tion with the Pennsylvania
State University Extension
Service, two educational pro
grams have been implemented.
Both are sponsored by the
National Pork Producers
Council (NPPC) and target sus
tainable pork production.
Producer Education
Programs
The first is Pork Quality
Assurance (PQA) program
designed to maintain consumer
confidence in pork products.
Swine producers are provided
with a list of 10 critical control
checkpoints that will help
ensure that pork reaching the
consumer’s table is of the high
est possible quality. A major
emphasis of this program is re
enforcing management practices
that prevent antibiotic residue
from entering the human food
chain. Producers can progress
through three levels of certifica
tion, and must be re-certified
every two years.
Progressive meat processors
such as Hatfield’s Quality Meats
strongly recommend their sup
pliers of market hogs be certified
at the highest level (level III).
Hat-field’s continues to take an
active role in the support of this
important educational process
Food safety concepts in this
country are shifting more
toward the “farm-to-fork
approach”, and the PQA pro
gram remains the livestock
industry’s gold standard.
During the 10 year existence of
the PQA program, incidence of
antibiotic residues found in pork
carcasses has been reduced from
10 to 1%. PQA certification was
initiated by the NPPC more
than 10 years ago and can now
be obtained via the Penn swine
group at producer meetings or in
combination with
Environmental Assurance pro
gram farm visits.
The second program is the
Environmental Assurance (EA)
program that emphasizes the
need for hog producers to utilize
friendly man
agement practices. In addition
to the best management prac
tices for manure handling, sug
gestion are provided for odor
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management, dealing
with complaints by
neighbors, and devel
oping contingency
plans to deal with
manure crisis situa
tions. This program
has recently been
described in more
detail in another
series of Lancaster
Farming articles. EA
certification remains
available through the
University of
Pennsylvania swine
group and requires a
farm visit.
In addition to these
two programs, clinical
services, provided in
the context of the
School’s teaching mis
sion, include: ventila
tion assessments,
blood collection for
regulatory issues,
computerized record
analysis consultation,
in-depth investigation
of herd health prob
lems, and slaughter
checks.
The swine initia
tive at the School of
Veterinary Medicine
University of
Pennsylvania is com
mitted to strong ser
vice, teaching, and
research components
in its effort to better
serve the
Pennsylvania swine
industry. It looks to
train the future
Pennsylvania swine
veterinarians, to com
plement existing local
practitioner activities
with extensive contin
uing education pro
grams for the swine
producers, and to gen
erate new information
via research to help
the industry progress
in to the 21st century.
For questions or addi
tional information call
the Center for Animal
Health and
Productivity at 610-
444-5800, ext. 2345.