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Assistant Professor, Clinical Production Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
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University of Pennsylvania
2a School of Veterinary Medicine
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1a New Bolton Center
39 382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
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2c Department of Clinical Studies
1a New Bolton Center
39 382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
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Office: 610-925-6203
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3c Lab: mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
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3c Lab: mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
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mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
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Education:
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2a Wellesley College, 2001.
21 8 VMD 20 (Veterinary Medicine) c
51 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2005.
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2a Wellesley College, 2001.
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51 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2005.
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3b * Pig welfare and health in niche market production
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Description of Clinical Expertise
1c1 Clinical interests include using geospatial information to map poultry and swine locations, share information about disease status, and strategize community approaches to disease control. Research interests include practical aspects of food animal welfare such as sow lameness, investigating strategies to improve welfare when mixing sows into groups, and novel modalities for diagnostic sample collection for sows gestating in pens.71
Description of Research Expertise
1f * Sow Lamenessc
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171 Hallowell, A., Pierdon, M.K.: Developing a disease outbreak strategy: A survey of swine slaughterhouse distribution, capacity, and limitations. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting Page: 229, March 2021 Notes: Online, (Student session judged poster*). *Fourth place winner.
13b Pierdon, MK: Geographic information system (GIS) for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) control. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting Page: 15, March 2021 Notes: Online, (Preconference Seminar).
112 Ceballos, M. C., Rocha Góis, K. C., Parsons, T. D., & Pierdon, M.K.: Impact of Duration of Farrowing Crate Closure on Physical Indicators of Sow Welfare and Piglet Mortality. Animals 11(4): 969, 2021.
c1 M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: What a pig wants: Advances in animal welfare science AASV Annual Meeting Page: 419-420, March 2020 Notes: Talk. 6f American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (General session).
d5 Pierdon, MK: What a Pig Wants. American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting, Online (Animal Welfare Session, 4 pp.). August 2020.
179 K. Kalbian, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Impact on piglet behavior after use of flunixin meglumine at time of castration. AASV Annual Meeting Page: 55-56, March 2020 Notes: Talk. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student oral presentation). *Fourth place winner.
8c N. Fanzone BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Causes of lameness in sows euthanized for lameness 2 2 41 AASV Annual Meeting Page: 71-72, March 2020 Notes: Talk. 8e American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student oral presentation). *First place winner.
15e A. Hallowell, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Effects on longevity and productivity for sows in pen gestation removed for lameness. AASV Annual Meeting Page: 253, March 2020 Notes: Poster. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student poster).
17c K. Newcamp, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Analysis of farm management and intestinal parasite loads between antibiotic free sow farms and organic finisher farms AASV Annual Meeting Page: 266, March 2020 Notes: Poster. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student poster)
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62 Pierdon, MK: Practical Solutions for Enrichment 2 8c American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting. Online (Concurrent Session), Page: 389-391, March 2021.171 Hallowell, A., Pierdon, M.K.: Developing a disease outbreak strategy: A survey of swine slaughterhouse distribution, capacity, and limitations. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting Page: 229, March 2021 Notes: Online, (Student session judged poster*). *Fourth place winner.
13b Pierdon, MK: Geographic information system (GIS) for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) control. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting Page: 15, March 2021 Notes: Online, (Preconference Seminar).
112 Ceballos, M. C., Rocha Góis, K. C., Parsons, T. D., & Pierdon, M.K.: Impact of Duration of Farrowing Crate Closure on Physical Indicators of Sow Welfare and Piglet Mortality. Animals 11(4): 969, 2021.
c1 M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: What a pig wants: Advances in animal welfare science AASV Annual Meeting Page: 419-420, March 2020 Notes: Talk. 6f American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (General session).
d5 Pierdon, MK: What a Pig Wants. American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting, Online (Animal Welfare Session, 4 pp.). August 2020.
179 K. Kalbian, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Impact on piglet behavior after use of flunixin meglumine at time of castration. AASV Annual Meeting Page: 55-56, March 2020 Notes: Talk. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student oral presentation). *Fourth place winner.
8c N. Fanzone BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Causes of lameness in sows euthanized for lameness 2 2 41 AASV Annual Meeting Page: 71-72, March 2020 Notes: Talk. 8e American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student oral presentation). *First place winner.
15e A. Hallowell, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Effects on longevity and productivity for sows in pen gestation removed for lameness. AASV Annual Meeting Page: 253, March 2020 Notes: Poster. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student poster).
17c K. Newcamp, BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Analysis of farm management and intestinal parasite loads between antibiotic free sow farms and organic finisher farms AASV Annual Meeting Page: 266, March 2020 Notes: Poster. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student poster)
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