Meghann K Pierdon
Assistant Professor, Clinical Production Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Office: 610-925-6203
Fax: 610-925-6834
Lab: mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
Fax: 610-925-6834
Lab: mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
Email:
mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Biology)
Wellesley College, 2001.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2005.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
Wellesley College, 2001.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2005.
Description of Clinical Expertise
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.Description of Research Expertise
* Sow Lameness* Pig welfare and health in niche market production
* Using GIS to improve biosecurity and health in pigs and poultry
• Pain mitigation to improve welfare in food animals
Selected Publications
Pierdon, MK: Practical Solutions for Enrichment American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting. Online (Concurrent Session), Page: 389-391, March 2021.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.
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).
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.
M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: What a pig wants: Advances in animal welfare science AASV Annual Meeting Page: 419-420, March 2020 Notes: Talk. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (General session).
Pierdon, MK: What a Pig Wants. American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting, Online (Animal Welfare Session, 4 pp.). August 2020.
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.
N. Fanzone BS; M. Pierdon, VMD, DACAW: Causes of lameness in sows euthanized for lameness AASV Annual Meeting Page: 71-72, March 2020 Notes: Talk. American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, (Student oral presentation). *First place winner.
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).
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)