Proposed Iowa State center would be hub for swine medicine
The center would partner with a large veterinary practice that owns a pork production company that would provide a site with 5,000 sows where students could get hands-on experience, reports Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
"It's going to make Iowa a hub for some of the best science around the world as it relates to pigs and pork and also a destination for people who are involved in those activities, whether it's from a public health perspective, an environmental perspective or an animal security perspective," said Locke Karriker, an ISU associate professor who would be the center’s director. "Our overarching goal is to try and get the very best and most valuable scientific evidence into the hands of people who can apply it to the greatest benefit of pigs and people."