Justin Brown

DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor
Vet Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
Veterinary Preventive Medicine Graduate Programs
brownjt@iastate.edu
515-294-4508
2237 Lloyd
ISU Directory Link

General

Education & Certifications

PhD, Iowa State University, 2022

Executive Veterinary Program in Swine Health Management, University of Illinois, 2022
DVM, University of Georgia, 2016
BSA, Animal Science, University of Georgia, 2012

Teaching

AnS 225 – Swine Science

BMS 336 – Veterinary Nutrition
VDPAM 310 – Introduction to Production Animal Medicine

VDPAM 340 – Clinical Foundations
VDPAM 478B – Swine Clinical Pharmacology and Treatment Management
VDPAM 478C – Swine Emerging Diseases Diagnosis and Management
VDPAM 480 – Swine Production Medicine
VDPAM 487 – Livestock Disease Prevention

Research Focus & Interests

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Emerging swine diseases
Foreign animal diseases and emergency preparedness
Swine Prevention Medicine

Honors & Awards

Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, Iowa State University - CVM, 2022

#CyThx Honoree, Iowa State University, 2021, 2023

Proficiency in Theriogenology Award, University of Georgia-CVM, 2016
Field Service Award, University of Georgia-CVM, 2016
AASV/National Pork Industry Foundation Internship Grant Recipient, 2014

Leadership/Committees/Council

Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Curriculum Committee

Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, VDPAM, Curriculum Committee – Chair

Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Production Animal – Veterinary Early Acceptance Program, Director, Selection Committee Member

Memberships

American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV)
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association

American Veterinary Medical Association

Selected Publications

Brown J, Walthart B, Pieters M, Karriker L, Zhitnitskiy P. Swine Medicine Education: A Survey of North American and Caribbean Veterinary Colleges Curricula. Accepted by Journal of the Veterinary Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2023-0086 Advance Access August 2023

Becker SL, Humphrey DC, Karriker LA, Brown JT, Skoland KJ, Greiner LL. The effects of dietary essential fatty acid ratios and energy level on growth performance, lipid metabolism, and inflammation in grow-finish pigs, Journal of Animal Science, Volume 101, 2023, skad151, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad151

Ramirez BC, Jeon R, Stender DR, Kohl KD, Rademacher CJ, Brown JT, Mogler D. Characterization of in-barn heat processed swine mortalities. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2023; 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.929160

Brown J, Poonsuk K, Cheng T-Y, Rademacher C, Kalkwarf E, Tian L, McKeen LA, Wang C, Gimenez-Lirola L, Baum D, Karriker LA. Comparison of Two Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of Serum Neutralizing Antibody to Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus. Animals. 2023; 13(4):757. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040757

Taylor WE, Humphrey DC, Peyer BD, Johnson AK, Brown JT, Millman ST, Chipman AL, Cassady CJ, Lonergan SM, Stalder KJ. Body condition score accuracy and repeatability from evaluation of cull sow digital images at a midwestern harvest facility. Submitted to Applied Animal Science. 38:627-638. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2022-02295

Rademacher, C., Brown, J., & Karriker, L. (2022). Impact of human behavior on the spread of African swine fever virus: what every veterinarian should know, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (published online ahead of print 2022). https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.22.06.0250

Patterson, G., Brown, J. T., Almond, G. W., Ramirez, A., Pittman, J., Pieters, M., Bowman, A. S., Karriker, L. A., & Zhitnitskiy, P. E. (2022). Challenges and opportunities in modern swine veterinary education, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 260(7), 711-713. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.21.10.0443

Brown J, Rademacher C, Baker S, Poonsuk K, Cheng TY, Skoland K, Canning P, Forseth A, Karriker L. (2019). Evaluation of a commercial PEDV vaccine in reducing duration of viral shedding in gilts. Journal of Swine Health & Production. 2019;27(5):256-264