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Wayne, a light brown kunekune pig, looks up at the camera

Pet pigs often require small and large animal veterinarians to combine forces to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions and injuries. 

Xiaomei Yue

Yue is recognized for her outstanding contributions to swine health research, data-driven disease monitoring, and industry collaboration.

Declan Schroeder, Noelle Noyes, Joe Bartges, and Xiaomei Yue

The 2025 award recipients will be honored at the RIDE Summit

Stephanie Rossow conducts a necropsy

For 26 years, hands-on swine necropsy training at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has taught vital sample gathering techniques and aligned veterinary expertise with industry needs.

Dr. Alonso Guedes

Alonso Guedes and his research team are part of a multi-university effort to create tools for saving lives during overdoses and preventing them from taking place. 

AASV scholarship winners

Bryn Anderson, Julia Baker, Gabriela Grant, Rachel Retterath, and Casondra Snow received awards for oral or poster presentations during the annual meeting. 

Amanda Sponheim

This award recognizes swine industry veterinarians who have demonstrated an unusual degree of proficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of veterinary service to their companies and their clients, as well as given tirelessly in service to the AASV and the swine industry.

UMC students care for a goat

UMC provides a strong food animal foundation for students accepted into the College of Veterinary Medicine’s VetFAST program