Swine in the Laboratory

M. Michael Swindle, DVM, is a professor emeritus and retired chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He received his BS and DVM from Texas A&M University and is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and the European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. He was in the US Army, ran a private veterinary practice, and was at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He has received several research awards and was honored as an outstanding alumnus of the College of Veterinary Medicine. His many publications and presentations are mainly in the areas of experimental surgery, anesthesia, and swine as animal models. He continues to be active in research and teaching as a private consultant for using porcine models.

Alison C. Smith, DVM, is the interim director of the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, interim chair and professor of the Department of Comparative Medicine, and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She earned her DVM from the University of Illinois. Dr. Smith's earlier experience includes private veterinary and small animal emergency practices. She was trained in laboratory animal medicine at MUSC and is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Her publications and presentations are primarily in the area of swine as large animal surgical models, anesthesia and analgesia of swine, and perioperative care of swine.