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Samuel P. Galphin, DVM, MS
Dr. Sam Galphin grew up in a rural community in South Carolina, cultivated by a farmer and mixed animal veterinarian father and nurtured by a loving schoolteacher mother. He developed deep fondness for agriculture, where less than one percent of the population is active in food production. He believes that agriculture is key to the sustainability of humanity.
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The Spirit Sent Me to Bolivia Part II
All the preparations for my shuttle that I could do were completed. The remainder was in God’s capable hands, because this was the day that I was to leave. My home church, St. Francis, had a commissioning ceremony for my shuttle. I spoke of my desire to do God’s...
Mobilizing others for Missions
The culture shock of my initial (solo) mission to Bolivia, South America was tremendous. I had seen so much poverty, exploitation, and darkness in the communities. The livestock work was slow, inefficient, and lacked the expected potential of a highly trained American...
The World Food Supply Needs Help! Why Is Agri–Science Important?
Question: Why is agri–science important? The video above is a portal into the world of food supply. It was shot a decade or two ago...
About the Book
How many veterinarians do you know who specialize in food supply veterinary medicine? And what does that even mean?
Helping to feed the world, one healthy cow at a time!
Meet Dr. Sam Galphin, a renowned specialist with a rare vocation. Dr. Galphin’s desire to “help feed the world” has taken him around the globe as an advocate and practitioner of herd welfare and safety. From milk production to meat consumption, the “Moo Vet” has seen it all!
Along the way, the good doctor has stumbled into groundbreaking and controversial adventures on farms and in dairies, told firsthand as only an expert vet and wordsmith can do. Dr. Galphin’s decades of anecdotes read like a “Sherlock Holmes” novel, with mysterious ailments and a trail of clues leading to daring diagnoses in the U.S. and abroad.
Read along as Dr. Galphin details his mission work and the many lives he’s touched in a career like no other. These beautiful and meaningful experiences usher veterinary students and the public into good old-fashioned laugh-out-loud moments AND the complexities of food supply veterinary medicine.
