“The science that shows viruses can live in the feed has being replicated so many times, over some many different viruses. I think that’s 100% science, there’s no question about that. But there are quite a few things we don’t understand yet, so there’s quite a bit of art.” – Dr. Scott Dee

What you will learn:

- A brief history behind feed biosecurity;

- The biggest learnings from recent times;

- Minimizing risk in imported products;

- The 80/20 rule of feed biosecurity;

- Art or science?

- The biggest changes in feed mills from a practical standpoint in the last few years;

- The range of feed biosecurity around the globe and what can be done better to reduce everyone’s risk.

Our guest is Dr. Scott Dee. Dr. Dee earned his DVM, MS, and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is a board-certified veterinary microbiologist and a past President of the AASV. After working in swine practice for 12 years, Scott was a Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine where he focused his research on the transmission and biosecurity of PRRSv for 12 years. In 2011, Scott joined Pipestone Veterinary Services in Pipestone, MN where he currently serves as Director of Pipestone Applied Research.

This episode was edited and published by Lauro Faccin.