In an effort to provide an overview of PRRS research progress and obtain input from AASV annual meeting attendees, the USDA PRRS CAP (Coordinated Agricultural Program) will be conducting a workshop in conjunction with the AASV Annual Meeting in Orlando. The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 3 from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon at the Doubletree Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando. There is no registration needed for the workshop, which is open to all AASV annual meeting attendees.
The USDA PRRS CAP is undergoing competitive renewal. The continuation, to be called CAP2, will begin operating in 2007. Following extensive input by the stakeholder community, including veterinarians, there will be significant changes in the operation, management and scientific focus of the PRRS CAP. Each moderator will present a short program outlining the current status and future directions of research progress on various CAP2 aims. The tentative program is as follows:
PRRS CAP Workshop: Control and Elimination of PRRS
Saturday, March 3
8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Doubletree Hotel
Indian River, Cape Canaveral, and Volusia rooms
8:00 Introductory Remarks
Raymond Rowland, CAP2 Project Director, and James Lowe, CAP2 EAB member
8:10 Overview of CAP1 progress in the areas of vaccines, immunity and genetics
Federico Zuckermann, University of Illinois
8:50 Discussion and Overview of CAP2
Presentations and discussion on the following CAP2 research aims:
9:00 Vaccines
Moderated by Fernando Osorio, University of Nebraska and Richard Hesse, Kansas State University
9:45 Break
10:00 Immunity
Moderated by Michael Murtaugh, University of Minnesota
10:45 Host Genetics and Resistance
Moderated by Joan Lunney, USDA BARC
11:30 Diagnostics: New Tools and Challenges
Moderated by Ying Fang, South Dakota State University