During the AASV Annual Meeting, 30 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these MP3 audio interviews is now available to members on the AASV website at https://www.aasv.org/members/only/pod/. Student member Jodi Schroeder interviewed Dr. Kent Schwartz who discussed âClassification of locomotory problemsâ in the seminar titled, âHow to Use Diagnostic Information in the Field.â Watch for additional podcast interviews in the coming weeks!
Monthly Archives: June 2013
2013 Podcast Series: Carmen Alonso
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 30 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these MP3 audio interviews is now available to members on the AASV website at https://www.aasv.org/members/only/pod/. Student member Will Fombelle interviewed Dr. Carmen Alonso who presented an âEconomic review of air filtration systems in North American sow herdsâ in Sundayâs Research Topics session. Watch for additional podcast interviews in the coming weeks!
Call for Abstracts: AASV Research Topics
Plans are underway for the 45th annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), to take place in Dallas, Texas on March 1-4, 2014. As part of the meeting, there will be a session on Sunday, March 2, highlighting research projects related to swine health and production. Abstracts are now being accepted for potential presentation during the Research Topics session.
2013 Podcast Series: Jim Lowe
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 30 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these MP3 audio interviews is now available to members on the AASV website at https://www.aasv.org/members/only/pod/. Student member Taylor Wherry interviewed Dr. Jim Lowe whose presentation âThe influence of fetal PCV2 infection response on lifetime performance and vaccine efficacyâ was part of Sunday morningâs Research Topics session. Watch for additional podcast interviews in the coming weeks!
PEDv Update – 6/19/2013
AASVAASV staff have updated the AASV PED web page with the following information:The latest case report from the VDLs for the week of 6/10/2013.Photos from an infected nursery provided by Drs. Matt Ackerman and Amber StrickerA timeline of an early PEDv introduction provided by Dr. Matt Ackerman, andInformation on disinfectants.
Premises ID Critical for Understanding PEDv
One of the most important things you can do to further the understanding of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus is to include the premises identification number (PIN) on all laboratory submissions. Premises registration is supported by pork producers and the AASV. Utilizing the PIN on diagnostic submission forms allows the veterinary diagnostic labs to monitor accessions and serves as a farm identifier to aid in conducting an epidemiologic analysis of disease spread.
New Online Training Course Debuts with Hot Topic: PED
The University of Minnesotaâs new online training program â ADVET-S (Advanced Distributed Veterinary Education and Training â Swine) will debut its first course on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea beginning June 24, 2013. This one week course will be offered at no charge. The entirely on-line course will feature background information on PED, a knowledge check, an online discussion/webinar, and group projects on control/elimination. Please go to http://www.advet.net for more information about the course and to sign up! Registration is limited to the first 100 participants.
APHIS Reopens Comment Period for Swine Brucellosis and Pseudorabies Proposed Action Plan
Veterinary Services is reopening the comment period on the concept paper for A New Approach for Managing Swine Brucellosis and Pseudorabies Virus to allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. The concept paper describes the agency’s current thinking about changes being considered for the pseudorabies and swine brucellosis programs. (The concept paper can be found by viewing the regulations.gov website as described in the Federal Register notice or by viewing http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/swine/.) Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments before the closing period expires on July 22, 2013. All comments submitted through closing will be considered.
NAHLN Concept Paper Available for Comment
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available a concept paper that describes a revised structure for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) for public review and comment. The NAHLN is a nationally coordinated network and partnership of Federal, State, and university-associated animal health laboratories working to protect animal and public health and the nation’s food supply by providing diagnostic testing aimed at detecting biological threats to the nation’s food animals. The concept paper presents a structure APHIS believes will give the NAHLN increased capacity and flexibility to detect and respond to emerging and zoonotic diseases. APHIS will consider all comments that received on or before June 24, 2013.
Science and Excellence in Swine Production – IPVS Cancun 2014
It is with great pleasure that the organizing committee of the 23rd International Pig Veterinary Society Congress 2014 (IPVS 2014) invites you to participate in our meeting that will be held from June 8-11, 2014 in Cancun, Mexico.