The Early Career Committee compiled a list of veterinarians and others who may be able to offer expertise, knowledge, or serve as a resource for early career veterinarians should they have questions about a specific topic. Example topics include diseases, diagnostics, ventilation, finances, and leadership.
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Position Announcement: Swine Veterinarian
Country View Family Farms is seeking a full-time Swine Veterinarian based in Hagerstown, Indiana.
What’s a Swine Vet Worth? You Tell Us! AASV Salary Survey Now Under Way
What’s a swine veterinarian worth? Isn’t that what we all want to know? Are your salary and benefits comparable to those of your colleagues? Are you paying your associate veterinarians enough to keep them from searching for greener pastures? What do you need to offer an early career veterinarian to be competitive with other offers they are likely to receive? The answers to these questions start with YOUR participation in the 2023 AASV Salary Survey, now under way!
Wellness Wednesday
Wellness Wednesday – Physical Wellbeing Tip: Include stipends for gym memberships or other fitness activities in the benefits packages for your employees.
Be Prepared: Transitioning Certain OTC Antimicrobial Products to Rx June 2023
FDA published Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 in June 2021 which outlined a plan for transitioning certain over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial products for animals to prescription (Rx) status. As outlined in FDA’s Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263, FDA expects approved animal drug products containing medically important antimicrobials that are currently available as OTC products to transition to Rx status beginning in June 2023. To help prepare for this transition, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is conducting outreach to increase awareness about this expected change.
APHIS Releases New Strategic Plan for 2023-2027
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a new 5-year strategic plan. It incorporates input we received from stakeholders on the strategic framework–a summarized version of the plan that we published in June 2022. The plan includes six strategic goals.
CE: Save the Date: ZOHU Call May 3, 2023
ZOHU Calls are 1-hour monthly webinars that provide timely education on zoonotic and infectious diseases, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, vector-borne diseases, recent outbreaks, and related health threats at the animal-human-environment interface.
USDA Announces $2.29 Million in Farm Bill Funding to Protect Animal Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is awarding $2.29 million through the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Farm Bill program to advance APHIS’ animal health preparedness. The 2018 Farm Bill provided funding for this program as part of an overall strategy to prevent animal pests and diseases from entering the United States and reduce the spread and impact of potential disease incursions.
PED Elimination Plan Developed for Manitoba
A Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea elimination plan for has been developed for Manitoba. The Future of PED Working Group, set up in response to a major outbreak in 2021-2022, to look at PED management strategies including what was working and what needed to change, has created a PED elimination plan for Manitoba. Jenelle Hamblin, the Director of Swine Health with Manitoba Pork, told those on hand last week in Winnipeg for Manitoba Pork’s 2023 Annual General Meeting there’s been a continuous decline in cases of PED from the 2021-2022 outbreak.
Inactivating ASFv: Does it Require 59°C or 100°C?
With African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) concerns continuing to weigh heavily on the swine industry, at times it can be difficult to interpret and reconcile opposing research results. A recent example of this involves separate studies related to the temperature required for inactivating ASFv to prevent transmission.