From time to time, we receive reports that a member’s JSHAP issue has been delivered in damaged condition. We need your help to determine how often this occurs, particularly in the US, where the journal is shipped via bulk mail without a protective covering. If you have received a damaged JSHAP issue within the past year, please report your experience by sending a brief email message to JSHAP Publications Manager Karen Richardson: pub_mgr@aasv.org. Furthermore, the November/December issue of JSHAP will be arriving in mailboxes soon; please pay attention to its arrival condition and let Karen know if your issue is damaged. Thank you!
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Pork Board Issues Call for Research Proposals
The National Pork Board’s General Call for Proposals for 2011 is now available on the NPB website at http://www.pork.org
ISU Networking Event Seeks Practitioner Participants
Swine practitioners, please join ISU students for the fourth annual Pig Power Networking Event during the upcoming ISU Swine Disease Conference. This fast-paced interview format is a great way to start your Friday morning! This year’s event is being coordinated by members of Iowa State’s AASV chapter, so please sign up and help make it a success!
Annual Advancement in PRRS Research Award
Despite years of hard work by scientists, researchers, practicing veterinarians, pork producers, animal health companies, and others, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) remains a costly, frustrating challenge to the global swine industry.
Freshman & Sophomore Veterinary Students: Apply for Student Delegate position on AASV Board of Directors
The AASV Student Recruitment Committee is accepting applications for veterinary students interested in serving as the Alternate Student Delegate on the AASV Board of Directors. This student will represent student interests and serve as a non-voting member of the AASV board. This experience will provide the student with a unique perspective of the inner workings of the AASV. The term of service is 2 years; the first year as alternate student delegate, and the second year as the student delegate.
Newsham Choice Genetics Researchers Identify Genetic Markers for Swine Disease Tolerance
Newsham Choice Genetics, a worldwide leader in swine genetics technology, has completed the first phase of a comprehensive study to discover and map genes associated with health traits in pigs. Mapping the genes that enable pigs to minimize the devastating effects of PRRS is significant advance.
FDA Remains Concerned About Antibiotics in Ag
The US Food and Drug Administration is continuing to take a “very serious” look at the link between the use of antibiotics in agriculture and the growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
NPPC wants Restrictions on Cuba Trade to be Lifted/ Pork Exports to Increase
U.S. pork exports to Cuba will more than triple if restrictions on travel and export financing for products going to the Caribbean island nation are lifted, according to an Iowa State University analysis.
Pfizer Animal Health Announces ‘Commitment to Veterinarians’
Pfizer Animal Health launched a U.S. initiative reaffirming its steadfast support for the veterinary profession. Under the banner Commitment to Veterinarians, Pfizer pledged to comprehensively address the significant short- and long-term unmet needs facing practicing veterinarians and students in the United States.
Swine Producers Advised to Pay Close Attention to Feed Quality
A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is advising swine producers to pay particularly close attention to feed grain quality when securing feed supplies for this winter.