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Dealing With the Human Side of PEDV
2014-03-13 14:24:00| National Hog Farmer
By Bill Gnatzig Work routines provide the foundation for successful sow operations. Daily and weekly activities are predictable. Schedules, while tight, provide enough flexibility to deal with minor challenges. The approach allows employees to function efficiently and, in general, contentedly. Then porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) hits and work routines and predictability fly out the window. Worse yet, some of your best employees may start edging toward the door. Any disease break is demotivating to employees, says Neil DeBuse, a Northfield, MN-based consulting veterinarian. But a PEDV break goes beyond that, to the point of being demoralizing. read more
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