WEST ALLIS – Amy Hagen had no idea what a pig looks like before it gives birth.
But under the tutelage of longtime veterinarians at the Wisconsin State Fair, the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine student learned to watch for the signs: the pig getting restless, lying down, and her mammary glands filling up with milk.
….Hagen is one of about 25 University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinary students who are lending a hand, and getting an up-close education, at the fair’s birthing barn.