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World Pork Expo 2015 Audio

World Pork Expo 2015 Audio Special for June 5, 2015

-Neil Dierks, the CEO of the National Pork Producers Council, discusses changes being requested by the pork industry to improve Mandatory U.S. price reporting legislation and the need to renew the legislation before it lapses.
Feature Runs: 12:06- Listen

-Sherrie Webb, the director of animal welfare with the National Pork Board, discusses development and uptake of the Common U.S. Swine Industry Audit.
Feature Runs: 6:21- Listen

-Chris Hodges, the CEO of the National Pork Board, discusses legislative changes to antibiotic use in pork production and the need for producers to prepare for those changes.
Feature Runs 8:36- Listen

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Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

Video: Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.