The program for the Iowa State University Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners is now online at http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/swinedisease/schedule.html. Dr. David Taylor, Professor of Veterinary Bacteriology and Public Health at the University of Glasgow, is slated to present the Roy Schultz Lecture during the 17th annual conference. The conference will be held Thursday and Friday, November 5 & 6, 2009 in the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, Iowa. For more information, or to register, see http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/swinedisease/home.html.