Lead Staff Veterinarian position open with family-owned/operated production company located in central Ohio. Experience preferred and interest in Production and Breed-Finish is a must. Great teamwork, leadership, and communication skills required. Responsibilities include overseeing protocols, working and teaching sow unit employees, and service team members on starting weaned/feeder pigs through market. For more information, contact drtas.pigs@gmail.com
Staff Veterinarian Job Description
Qualifications
- Must have a DVM from accredited school
- 3 years of swine medicine experience
- Must have veterinary accreditation completed and maintain accreditation
- Be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania
Job Description
- Work with all sow unit flows’ health protocols and procedures
- Oversee the health program of sows, gilts, nurseries, and finishers (all life stages of swine)
- Maintain biosecurity and help increase level of awareness around this topic
- Maintain genetic multiplication flow testing requirements and CVI papers
- Make medical decisions based on diagnostic information, current trends in the industry, and what is best for the pig.
- Work on any updates needed on vaccinations throughout the entire system
- Help with any sow unit trainings as decided upon.
- Help train, work with the multiple service team members throughout the state (Be available for follow up calls as needed)
- Travel to and investigate any problem barns
- Determine any VFD plans and communicate with team
- Help ensure gilt multiplication barns are being tested for any upcoming replacement sales
- Monthly herd visits and testing at the 3 owned sow units
- Investigate and track antimicrobial/antibiotic usage
- Help with any trial work that we would like to research
- Review, summarize, and communicate with owners on diagnostic results
- Present at training meetings for service team, truck drivers, contract growers, etc. (There are two contract grower meetings each year)
- Be available for weekly conference calls
- Set up meetings with pharmaceutical companies and help with negotiation of pricing and trials, etc.
- Provide timely update communications to the owners on what is going on within the system.
- Help update the Ohio Pork Council – PRRS/PED mapping file – updated monthly
- Help maintain and initiate USSHIP/SPS/Agview programs
Weekly expectations
- Monday – Friday work week – occasional Saturday if need to catch up
- First part of week – more central Ohio barns – sow units and gilt multiplication finishers due to high health status
- Work with service team on barns needing visits – diagnostic workup, etc
- Western Ohio – end of the week due to high pig density and disease pressure (May be longer days due to travel time)
To Apply
Please send cover letter and resume to drtas.pigs@gmail.com