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Training in Web-based PRRS Risk Assessment Tool to be offered November 10

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Another opportunity is being offered for AASV members interested in receiving training on the AASV’s PRRS Risk Assessment Tool. This will be the first session offered for the new web-based version of the tool. The training is open to those who have already been trained on the Excel version as well as those who have not been previously trained. Please note, veterinarians who have been trained previously on the spreadsheet version of the Risk Assessment Tool will need to attend a training session to use the web version. The training will take place just after the Iowa State University Swine Disease Conference on Saturday November 10, 2007 from 7:30am – 1:00pm at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames, Iowa. Lunch will be provided.

Successful completion of a training session is required to obtain access to the Risk Assessment Tool.

As with anything we try to manage, we must first be able to measure it. The PRRS Risk Assessment (PRA) Tool is an epidemiological tool developed specifically to measure the risk that a clinical episode of PRRS will occur. A companion database of completed assessments was developed for the purpose of benchmarking and analysis.

Veterinarians have applied the PRRS Risk Assessment for the Breeding Herd in the following ways:

  1. To evaluate current biosecurity protocols and/or to develop new biosecurity protocols to avoid risk
  2. To demonstrate improvement in biosecurity over time to help justify expenditure of resources on measures to improve biosecurity
  3. As an aid in the decision to initiate a project to eliminate PRRSv from a breeding herd site
    1. Also to identify modifiable risk factors in an effort to increase the likelihood that an elimination project will be successful long-term
  4. As an aid in the decision to use a breeding herd site to produce genetic animals
  5. To communicate risks and the importance of biosecurity procedures to clients or production personnel
  6. As part of the due diligence process for purchases or contracting agreements

There is no cost to AASV members for the training. Enrollment will be limited to 15 veterinarians from the U.S. or Canada on a first-come-first-served basis. All participants will receive a user name and password to access the PRRS Assessment. To enroll in the training, please email aasv@aasv.org or call the AASV office at 515-465-5255.

Dr. Derald Holtkamp