Registration is now open for the 2021 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference!
The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Iowa Pork Industry Center, The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), District 6, sponsor the ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference.
The program will take place on November 4-5, 2021, at the Scheman Building, in Ames, Iowa, on the Iowa State University campus.
This year’s meeting will continue to focus on issues that are important to swine veterinarians and producers in these challenging times. With the arrival of a new strain of PRRS virus (PRRS 1-4-4- Variant 1C), we are going to dedicate the Thursday afternoon session hearing from practitioners on what they have seen and learned as well as from diagnosticians and scientists who are studying this virus. We are also going to hear additional case studies from practitioners who are dealing with PCV2, Mycoplasma, a resurgence of post-weaning E. coli as well as case studies dealing with vesicular diseases. The Hurd/McKean lecture will focus on one clinic’s activity with monitoring on-farm antibiotic usage as well as the potential contributions to on-farm antimicrobial resistance. Updates on sow mortality, pelvic organ prolapses, and impact of growing pig biosecurity will also be featured. Lessons learned from the COVID supply chain disruption and how those lessons can help us be better prepared for a possible foreign animal disease incursion will also be covered.
For more information regarding the 2021 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference, and to register for this year’s conference, please visit: https://www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/swinedisease/.
The AASV Early Career Conference will take place in conjunction with the ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference. Learn more and register at aasv.org/earlycareer