Also called: Swine Production Veterinarian, Pig Vet
Manages herd health on large pig farms for swine veterinary practices and pork companies, preventing disease and planning vaccines and biosecurity.
Showers in and out of farms to protect biosecurity, checks sow barns, reviews herd data on a laptop, and builds plans to keep diseases like PRRS out.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's plus DVM; swine-focused internship common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science.
Growing faster than average. Shortage of food-animal vets.
Low risk for 10 years. Herd data and barn cameras spot problems; disease investigations and herd medicine on farms stay hands-on.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Agriscience (FFA), Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1131.
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