Because pigs are an important economic animal and because the presence of infectious diseases and other environmental elements is detrimental to reproductive and weight-gain efficiency, herd managers and veterinarians have worked together to devise sophisticated management practices. Midwest Research Swine’s animals are raised inside environmentally-controlled facilities.

Verification of herd-health status is accomplished through an integrated program of testing.

High Health Status Herds are those managed for reproductive and weight-gain efficiencies with a minimum of medication. To achieve this, animals are protected by a series of biosecurity measures, the collective impact of which is to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases without compromising the animals’ developmental vigor (thriftiness). The strategy under which Midwest Research Swine’s animals are raised and managed exceeds state and federal standards and regulations.