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March 27, 2024 — AASV Staff
Mark your calendar! The popular AASV Foundation Golf Outing is set for Tuesday, September 10 (11:00 AM - 6:00 PM) at Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames, Iowa. Last year, 9 teams of golfers enjoyed...
March 27, 2024 —
On March 23, Congress passed legislation that will fund the federal government for the remainder of FY24. Thanks to the AVMA's advocacy there were no cuts to the...
March 27, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
Global swine disease monitoring identified Japanese encephalitis virus, a transboundary disease transmitted by Culex mosquitos, as an emerging threat to the US swine industry. The 2022 JEV outbreak...
March 27, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
Japanese encephalitis virus, a transboundary emerging disease risk for US introduction, carries with it potential economic implications greater than $500 million per a recent economic assessment...
March 27, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
In the eighth annual report to the Swine Health Information Center, which provides the primary funding for its work, Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project leader Dr. Cesar Corzo of the University...
March 27, 2024 — Pipestone Veterinary Services - York, Nebraska
Every day, independent family farms across the country rely on Pipestone Veterinary Services to provide outstanding veterinary care to assist with their ability to provide a wholesome food source to...
March 27, 2024 — Iowa State University
The College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa invites nominations and applications for a full-time...
March 27, 2024 —
#WellnessWednesday - Emotional Wellbeing Tip: Provide positive reinforcement and encouragement when a team member prioritizes healthy boundary setting between home and work....
March 26, 2024 —
There has been a recent disease event in dairy cattle with reports of affected herds in several states. Samples submitted from dairy cattle affected with the current disease outbreak were recently...
March 22, 2024 —
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and global animal welfare organisation Brooke have launched the first-ever global list of essential veterinary medicines for food producing animals. The list...
March 22, 2024 —
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has created a higher-graded position for veterinarians in response to long-standing challenges in the federal...
March 22, 2024 —
Abstract: Pharmacokinetics of intranasal and intramuscular flunixin in healthy grower pigs Flunixin meglumine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug approved to manage pyrexia associated with swine...
March 22, 2024 —
Abstract: Divergent Pathogenesis and Transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Swine Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses have potential to cross species barriers and...
March 20, 2024 — Harry Snelson
Dr. Angela Baysinger was installed as president of the AASV during the Business Meeting at the AASV Annual Meeting on February 27, 2024 in Nashville Tennessee. Her recent passing results in a vacancy...
March 20, 2024 —
The AASV designates representatives for several committees of the American Veterinary Medical Association. AASV is currently seeking someone to serve as a representative of "swine practice"...
March 20, 2024 — AASV Staff
Video of the Monday morning general session and Monday afternoon session "Disease Elimination: Theory to Move us Forward" presentations at the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting in Nashville are now available...
March 20, 2024 —
AASV was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Walter Felker on February 25, 2024. Walter Donald Felker was born July 11, 1927, to Walter Alvin and Bertha Bernice (Morrow) Felker, at their farm...
March 20, 2024 —
USDA has a new Animals Topics page which includes a diverse array of USDA animal agriculture resources and support together in one place. View the page at https://www.usda.gov/topics/animals. The new...
March 20, 2024 —
Online, Any Time. Check out the newest online CE offerings from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine for veterinarians, vet¬erinary technicians, and those looking to expand...
March 20, 2024 —
The Pig Research Summit 2024 will be held 20 - 21 November 2024 at Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Denmark. Abstracts are now being accepted. Since 2019, the Danish Agriculture & Food Council,...
March 20, 2024 —
For the second year, the U.S Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting partners to collaborate on the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...
March 20, 2024 —
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) expertly navigated complex and evolving issues to protect U.S. agriculture and natural resources in 2023....
March 20, 2024 —
The Swine Disease Reporting System is introducing the SDRS PRRSV BLAST tool, a one-of-a-kind implementation of a Basic Local Alignment Search Tool specific to the PRRSV ORF5 sequences. The tool's...
March 19, 2024 —
We are excited to be offering the National Pork Board's Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Training Tabletop Exercise again this year in conjunction with our fourth-year swine...
March 19, 2024 —
The University of Texas Medical Branch is hosting the International Symposium on One Health Research: Improving Food Security and Resilience April 21-23, 2024, at the Moody Gardens Resort and...
March 19, 2024 —
The 9th International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses follows successful conferences, each of which provided an interdisciplinary forum for physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, immunologists,...
March 19, 2024 —
Dr. Brent Pepin recently joined the National Pork Board as a Director of Swine Health. In this role, he will collaborate on work with US SHIP and projects related to foreign and endemic diseases....
March 15, 2024 —
Abstract: Ad libitum feeding systems for lactating sows: effects on productivity and welfare of sows and piglets The nutritional requirements of sows change during lactation and thus require adapted...
March 14, 2024 —
Abstract: Monitoring swine virus transmission in embryos derived from commercial abattoir oocytes Pigs are pivotal in agriculture and biomedical research and hold promise for xenotransplantation....
March 13, 2024 —
Veterinarians are vital to maintaining a safe U.S. food supply and play a critical role in protecting public health. The United States is facing a shortage of livestock and poultry veterinarians....
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues