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THE BRUSSELS POSti 'lltdEMBER i1 Ott
Vets say they learn a lot about pigs
Two Seaforth veterinarians
dispute the claims of a Wingham
area pork producer that Huron
veterinarians don't know much
about pigs,
Beverley Brown told a recent
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture meeting that
graduating vets often know less
than 'a farmer does about pigs.
She said that veterinary students
have to learn about a number of
different animals in their five year
stint and that they actually work
with pigs only a few days in their
final year.
Dr. Stan •Alkemade of the
The market at Brussels
Stockyards last Friday was under
pressure. There were very few
choice fat steers or heifers on
offer. A heavy supply, of yearlings
traded at steady prices.
Choice Steers - 46.00 to 48.00.
'Good Steers - ,44.00 to 46.00.
A steer consigned by, Elmer
Ballagh of Wroxetirfmtieighing
1230 lbs. sold for 47.75.
A steer consigned by Ross
Durnin of Lucknow weighing 1180
lbs. sold for 47.00. •
Four steers consigned by Alvin
-Granger of Wroxeter averaging
1072 lbs. sold for 46.35.
Sixteen steers consigned by
George Underwood of R.R.1,
Wingham averaging 1206 lbs.
Seaforth Veterinary Clinic says
newly graduated, veterinarians
might know less about pig
management but certainly not
less about disease problems of
pigs. Two recent University of
Guelph grads on his staff have
had an extensive education on
pigs, Dr. Alkemade says.
Dr. Terry Johnson, a Bluevale
native who graduated as a vet in
1974, agrees. In the first place,
veterinarians study for at least six
years "post high school", he says-
not the five years Miss. Brown
claimed.
Dr. Johnson thinks he knows
sold for 46.25.
' Good Heifers - 39.00 to 41.00.
Medium Heifers - 37.00 to
39.0;0.
A heifer consigned by Ross
Durnin of Lucknow weighing 970
lbs. sold for 41.25.
Choice Cows - 20.00 to 23.00
with sales to 24.25.
toed Cows - 18.00 to 20.00.
Bulls traded to a high Of 27.75.
Feeder steers 850 to 950 lbs.
traded from 44.90 to 45.90.
All classes of pigs sold at high
prices.
30 to 40-lb. pigs sold to a high
of 63.75; 40 to 50-lbs. to a high of
72.40; 50 to 60-lb. to a high of
74.25; 60 tp 70 lbs. to a high of
78.00.
how the Wingham hog producer
got her idea that new graduates
know little about pigs. She may
be on a herd health program with
the university and get visits by a
pig specialist from the school of
veterinary, medicine every five or
six weeks.
Herd health programs are
preventative medicine designed
to "correct any problems before
anything gets going," he says.
Final year students are
assigned to accompany the herd
health vet and they may well be
students who are more interested
in small animal practice than in
pigs. "Conceivably she might
miss all the students who are
interested in large animals and
swine," Dr. Johnson says.
He says that interested
students could and do opt to
spend extra time studying swine.
Students at the veterinary
college spend at least two or three
months learning about swine
Pig diseases are most easily
diagnosed through post mortems
and therefore pathology courses
for veterinarians really zero in on
swine, he explains. "We see a' lot
of pigs in pathology which is a big
part of the second and third year
course," he said.
In an environmental medicine
course they learn a lot about
swine because their surroundings
are crucial' to their health. Here
the prospective vets learn about
herd management including how
to arrange sow barns, Dr.
Johnson says,
The young veterinarian, who
has been with the local clinic
since he gr aduated, says that
veterinary students learn to
diagnose by systems, and
systems are similar in any animal,
including humans.
Students study the basic
systems - respiratory,
, circulatory, etc., first and then
they diverge to learn about
specific animals.
The story the Huron F. of A.
meeting said last year's graduat-
ing class at Guelph recommended
doubling the five days spent
studying pigs.
The students may spend five
days visiting pig farms but they
study the animals much more
"When I think of all those
hours of lectures..." he says.
Although they were angered by
what they considered errors of
fact in the disucssion on pigs and
veterinarians at the F. of A.
Meeting, both Dr. Alkemade and
Dr. Johnson agreed that ,another
topic reported from the meeting
was a serious problem.
F. of A. members talked about
sick' animals being sold throug
salesbarns. The buyer of a sit
animal at a sale may be out ti'
purchase price of-that animal if
dies and also risks infecting h
whole herd, the meeting heard
There is a veterinarian at all sal(
and a buyer should "ask him 1
check the animal if you're nl
sure," Dr. Alkemade said.
But therewould have to be ;
vets at a sale to check all tl•
animals carefully, he agree
"We have to eyeball them", at
unfortunately some diseases at
missed, he said.
It's buyer beware when buyir
an animal at a sale. "A lot of ti
time you could be bifYir,
someone else's problem,"
said.
Win
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compet i t ion
Local 4-H members wc1
awards in the gate, sib'
competition this fall. Oscar. arl
Chris Meier of R.R.4,, Brussel
placed'second and Margueril
and Robert Snell of R.R.1, Clint('
placed fifth.
Susan Pullman of N. Main st
Seaforth placed seventi '
klonourable mention went
Mary Ann Van Dorp of R.R.I
Seaforth, Les Consitt of R.R.I
Kippen and Robert and Dian1
Steckle, R.R.3, Bayfield.
Brussels Stockyard Report
gate sigo than that, Dr. Alkemade says:
Dr. Johnson doesn't know
where the five day figure comes
diseases, Dr. Johnson says, with from but he says he spent a lot of
lectures every morning and , time learning about pigs and it
clinics in the afternoon. irks him to have people think
otherwise. • .
. tures into the lolfi teens by
Sunday. The Unseasonable mild
Weather once again eliminated
the weeks snowfall accumulation.
Oncoming colder air produced
abrupt lifting of the warm air
resulting in a rare mid-December'
occurrance - thundershowers.
Temperatures dropped to
below freezing by- mid-morning
on Monday.
The extended outlook indicates
that the cold air will keep a firm
grip on the area ,for most of the
week. Temperatures will be be-
low normal for much of the week
with a warming trend. by the
weekend. Light snowfall accumu-
lations are likely but no major
snowstorms are expected during
the period.
To obtain, further weather
information please call me at
357-1066.
There's no place like home 'for
the Holidays ... and there's no
place like home for Christmas fire
hazards. Keep that tree butt
immersed in water ... check those
strings of lights for frayed
insulation and possible short
circuits clear away discarded
'gift wrappings promptly...and
don't smoke near the tree. •
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