{"id":554,"date":"2013-06-04T23:34:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:23:29","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__text-wrap\">\n\t\t<nav class=\"iastate22-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t<ol class=\"iastate22-breadcrumb__list\">\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\">Home<\/a><\/li><li><a aria-current=\"page\">Page<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWho We Are\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--statistic-with-text\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"statistic-with-text statistic-with-text--right\">\n\t\t<div class=\"statistic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"statistic__title\">115,723<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic__text\"><ul>\n<li>Student Contact Hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"statistic__title\">148<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic__text\"><p>Videos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"statistic__title\">21,711<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic__text\"><p>Subscribers to Online Training Materials<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-with-text__text text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<strong>Swine Medicine Education Center<\/strong>\u00a0is dedicated to providing veterinary students and practicing veterinarians from across the United States and around the world with extensive hands-on experiences and education in swine health and production<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch in late 2010, SMEC has significantly expanded its reach. SMEC engages with veterinarians overseeing health care for approximately 65% of Iowa&#8217;s pig farms.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect and synthesize\u00a0best practices for clinical swine medicine<\/li>\n<li>Translate and disseminate\u00a0these practices to stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Improve swine health<\/li>\n<li>Ensure pork safety<\/li>\n<li>Maintain sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Conserve resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--callout-with-image\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__media\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-content\/uploads\/SMEC-users.png\"\n\t\t\t\t alt=\"SMEC users\" width=\"622\" height=\"414\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__content text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Countries of Residence<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Considering all SMEC platforms and projects, including resources downloaded from the ISU Digital Repository, attendees in courses and webinars, and subscribers to the DAILY these are the countries of residence for cumulative users of resources through 2023. 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