With an Animal Science Degree, You Don’t HAVE to be a Vet
If you know you want to spend your life working with animals and are focused on studying Animal Science after high school, it is also important to know that … Read More
Swine
I’m All Ears – Understanding the Universal Ear-Notching System for Swine
The Universal Ear-Notching System used to identify individual pigs in a litter has been around for.., a while.., but finding the actual historical roots of the how and why this system originated has proven … Read More
Swine Domestication aka “The Pig Porkification Project”
According to author Jared Diamond in his work “Guns Germs and Steel”, of all the large animals in the history of the world, only 14 have been domesticated: goats, cows, … Read More
Sweating Like a Pig: Swine Thermoregulation
Let us debunk a couple common misconceptions right here and now. At one point or another, we have all perhaps used the phrase, on a hot summer day while soaking … Read More