Pipestone Veterinary Services News

Bill Steenstra, field supervisor for Pipestone System in Independence, Iowa, was named a Master Pork Partner by the Iowa Pork Producers Association at the Iowa Pork Congress Banquet in Des Moines in January 2016.  The Master Pork Partner Award recognizes pork production company employees who have demonstrated positive impacts in their production systems...

Vaccines are defined as immunological products containing virus which may be live, modified live or inactivated, killed. Sore mouth would be an example of a live vaccine. Products made from inactivated bacteria are properly called bacterins but often referred to as vaccines. The enterotoxemia products are examples of bacterins commonly used...

Penicillin is an old commonly used drug. I use it commonly for treating what I consider crud infections, opening abscesses, after assisting a difficult birth, or repairing a prolapsed uterus.  I also use it in conjunction with Nuflor or Biomycin 200 to treat mastitis and prevent gangrene.  Another major use is to prevent tetanus when banding. For...

There is a new strategy out there that no longer relies on orphaning lambs. It is now thought that ewes don’t transfer the virus through milk or colostrum. The new approach is to maintain the ewe lambs separate from the ewe flock, tested prior to 12 months of age, they...

I was asked to speak to the Young Entrepreneurs at ASI. My first thought was what is the age limitation? Under fifty. When I look around the halls at the convention we are getting old, very old. My immediate thought is we need a new paradigm, the sheep numbers have...

Join us for a webinar February 29th covering creep feeding, vitamin e, vaccination programs, respiratory problems, worms, coccidiosis, and grower finisher feed and urinary calculi.  You can gain access to this webinar by becoming a member to the Pipestone Shepherd's Club or buying this individual webinar.

I am returning from the ASI meeting in Phoenix. A little different weather than we are experiencing back home. What did I learn? There are a lot of people that have a considerable passion to promote the sheep and goat industries. All mean well but I am not sure how...

A new wean-to-finish barn built near Edgerton, Minnesota, has become an important tool for Pipestone Grow Finish (PGF) in providing information and services to their Nutrition customers. The barn is a 2,400 head wean-to-finish research barn managed by Pipestone Grow Finish that will allow Pipestone to conduct nutrition research with...

Our swine sales team members are truly experts in their field, which is why producers across the Midwest trust them with questions on their swine products.  We’ve compiled a list of their Top 6 requently Asked Swine Questions Answered!  Get all the quick answers below and save yourself a call...

Turkey, ham, stuffing, potatoes, three options of pie: during the holidays many of us sit at a table with too many options to fit on our plate.  Unfortunately, there are many families in our own communities that are food insecure.  A startling fact: one out of every five kids in...