How many veterinarians do you know who specialize in food supply veterinary medicine? And what does that even mean? In short, it implies helping to feed the world, one healthy cow at a time.
Meet Dr. Sam Galphin, a renowned specialist with a rare vocation. 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 veterinarian has stumbled into groundbreaking and controversial adventures on farms and dairies, told firsthand as only an expert vet and wordsmith can do. 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.
In his book, Galphin details his mission work and the many lives he’s touched in a career like no other. These meaningful experiences usher veterinary students and the public into good old-fashioned laugh-out-loud moments and the complexities of food supply veterinary medicine.
What is your background in the dairy industry?
GALPHIN: I grew up in a dairy area in South Carolina and was the son of a rural large-animal vet. There I fell in love with cows at an early age. After vet school at the University of Georgia, I enrolled in a master’s degree program with the dairy science department at Mississippi State University in ruminant nutrition with a minor in dairy herd management. I specialized in food supply veterinary medicine (cattle) during my career with an emphasis on mastitis control.
Original artical can be found at https://www.agproud.com/articles/59342-3-open-minutes-with-sam-galphin
