Innovative Swine Solutions, LLC

Innovative Swine Solutions (ISS) performs health, production, and sow and wean to finish nutrition research that can be applied to production systems around the world.


ISS is currently offering opportunities to both graduate and veterinary students to develop and oversee research trials held at a facility located in the Midwest. ISS is also providing summer and 6-month internships to undergraduates who are interested in learning about swine production and nutrition. We are looking for independent people who are interested in various aspects of swine production ranging from nutrition, animal behavior, to manure management.



Research Facility | Research Program | Feeding Stations

If you are interested in research opportunities with ISS, please contact:

Dr. Laura Greiner
217-357-8329
lgreiner@hogvet.com

CVS Swine Conference 2013
Save the date for this valuable and informative conference.  Please check back in June 2013 for more information and the opening of registration for attendees. If you were not able to attend last year’s conference, but would like to purchase the Conference Proceedings in downloadable or CD formats, please follow the link below.
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Easy and Safe Oral Fluid
Collection Kits
► Oral Fluid Collection Kit includes all supplies required to collect oral fluid samples
► Collection of saliva samples can be easily accomplished by hanging a cotton rope in pens of growing pigs or stalls of sows or boars
► Oral fluid can be analyzed for several viruses (PRRS, PCV2 & SIV) & bacteria (Mycoplasma) by PCR (agents) and ELISA (antibodies)
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►Watch an educational video about Oral fluid collection from the Center for Food Security & Public Health

Watch an education video.

Spanish Translations
We have fully qualified staff member for translation of information into Spanish. Learn more.

Records
The CVS Records Dept. offers records consulting services to the swine industry. Learn more.

Professional Partnership Award
Six agencies were honored with the state Professional Partnership Award. Included in the award are Carl Sandburg College, City of Carthage, Carthage Veterinary Service, Professional Swine Management, Prairieland Investment Group and Carson Motors. Read more.

The Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Program
The Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Program will provide financial incentives in the form of student loan debt forgiveness for veterinarians who commit to four years of employment in food animal veterinary medicine. Learn more.

Swine Disease Eradication Center
We are a member of the Swine Disease Eradication Center - University of Minnesota. This is a center dedicated to research in disease transmission and methods to eliminate. This center has led the industry in PRRS, Mycoplasma, and SIV aerosol transmission. Its research in filtration has redefined herd biosecurity.

Producers, Pigs, and Pork
Building for the future by working with the present. CVS has been reading the storybook "Producers, Pigs, and Pork" to elementary schools in West Central Illinois. This is a illustrated story of a boy's visit to a modern swine production facility. Learn more...


PRRS Elimination Project
Join us in our Tri-County Hancock, Adams, and McDonough PRRS Elimination Project!

Vet Internships
Interested in a vet internship with CVS. Click here to learn more.


Student Internships