City Boy and Vet School Reject: How an Unlikely Path Proved Successful for Scott Dee

Farm Journal's PORK ^ | 04-01-2022 | Jennifer Shike

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“When porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) showed up, I was boots on the ground. When porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) rolled in, I was boots on the ground,” [Scott] Dee says.

He’s served the pork industry as a swine practitioner for 12 years, a university professor for 12 years, and a researcher for 11 years – allowing him to see the industry from so many different perspectives.

Maybe it was that unique vantage point, combined with his different way of looking at the problems at hand that helped him achieve legendary success over the years and is behind his designation as the 2022 Distinguished Service Award honoree presented by the National Pork Board.

[snip] Dee’s groundbreaking research on viral transmission and biosecurity has changed the landscape on how swine farms are protected against pathogens today.

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“It was a brand-new observation to discover viruses could be transmitted in feed,” Dee says. “We knew salmonella and mycotoxins could be found in feed, but no one had ever thought about viruses.”

Dee’s groundbreaking research on viral transmission and biosecurity has changed the landscape on how swine farms are protected against pathogens today.

“After the original ‘snowball from hell’ work, where we learned that PRRS virus can be moved around the landscape mechanically on boots and trucks, etc., we developed the disinfection and downtime room in 2000,” Dee says. “Then we studied aerosol transmission of PRRSV and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae over long distances and introduced the concept of air filtration. Then came the feed research that rolled into foreign animal disease preparedness. It’s been this layering of science, application, science, application.”

[Chickensoup]

OUT OF THE BOX THINKING

nice

[vetvetdoug]

I've been saying this all along, when it comes to diseases within populations the best person to make workable recommendations to reduce the spread of the disease is a veterinarian. Physicians in charge of this Coronavirus epidemic have been ignoring the experience that veterinarians have dealt with for decades.

[drSteve78]

OUT OF THE BOX THINKING

A great Veterinarian