Pfizer Animal Health Canada has announced that Dr. Walter Heuser, BSP DVM has joined the company’s swine team.

“We are thrilled to have a veterinarian with Walter’s reputation and experience join our marketing team,” said Peter Mumford, Swine Business Unit Director, Pfizer Animal Health Canada. “With nearly 30 years of experience as a practicing veterinarian, Walter has a keen understanding of the needs and practices of both veterinarians and producers.”

Dr. Heuser has been working with Pfizer Animal Health as a technical support veterinarian on a part-time basis since April 2007. In his new, full-time role with the company he will be part of the marketing team and will lead the launch of a new swine product expected to be available in 2009.

Dr. Heuser was most recently owner and an active partner at Sheridan, Heuser, Provis Swine Health Services in Steinbach, MB. Established in 1988, the practice employs eight veterinarians and provides health and production support to independent swine producers, breeding stock producers and integrated swine companies.

He is also a member of the advisory board for the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), the board of the Canadian Integrated Program for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) and the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) 2010 organizing committee.