Articles tagged under: Dr. Beth Thompson

Dr. Miller Named SD State Veterinarian

Published December 31, 2025

South Dakota has a new state veterinarian and executive secretary for the South Dakota Animal Industry Board. Dr. Mendel Miller has been the assistant state veterinarian since 2009. Before that, Miller had a veterinary practice in Canton, South Dakota. Former…
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Thompson Moves to Academia

Published October 24, 2025

South Dakota State Veterinarian Beth Thompson has accepted a new role. Effective November 17, Thompson will join Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine as an associate professor in the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine. Thompson has been on the…
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Agricult-HER: Dr. Beth Thompson

Published March 13, 2025

Before becoming a veterinarian, Dr. Beth Thompson was a lawyer. In her 30s, Thompson went back to school and got her veterinary degree. She worked as a swine veterinarian and eventually joined the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. After a…
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HPAI Seen as Endemic Animal Health Concern

Published December 1, 2023

State Veterinarian Beth Thompson addressed numerous animal health issues during her address before the South Dakota Farmers Union Convention. Thompson said Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza will continue to be an issue. "I would argue that this is actually endemic at this…
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Anthrax Identified in South Dakota

Published September 22, 2023

For the first time this year, officials have confirmed the presence of anthrax in a South Dakota cattle herd. According to South Dakota State Veterinarian Beth Thompson, the disease was discovered in an unvaccinated herd with about 150 pairs in…
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HPAI Threat Remains

Published March 13, 2023

With spring around the corner, mass bird migration will begin soon. South Dakota State Veterinarian Dr. Beth Thompson says the threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza will rear its head again. "Viruses tend to go away in the winter, but…
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Massive Backlog

Published April 29, 2020

During Tuesday’s Minnesota House Agriculture Committee hearing, State Veterinarian Dr. Beth Thompson outlined a scenario where all packing plants are open by mid-May and operating at 75 percent capacity by June 1. In that situation, "we will have a backlog…
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