Dr. Michael Murtaugh provided the following agenda for the meeting of the PRRS Coordinated Agriculture Project (CAP) to be held on Saturday March 4th during the AASV Annual Meeting. PRRS-CAP represents a cooperative effort between pork producers, academia, biopharmaceutical companies, genetic suppliers, swine veterinarians, government animal health officials, and pork production companies to develop creative solutions for the successful management and elimination of PRRSV on swine farms.
Updated Agenda for PRRS-CAP Workshop
8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Shawnee Mission Room
Westin Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri
PRRS-CAP Progress Report and 2006 Grant Renewal Research Initiatives
8:00 Welcome and Review of PRRS-CAP Goals and Accomplishments in 2005. Michael Murtaugh. External Stakeholder Advisory Board review of PRRS-CAP. David Benfield. (~0.5 hr)
8:30 2006 International PRRS Symposium planning. Joan Lunney and Bob Rowland (~0.25 hr)
8:45 Preliminary discussion of plans for PRRS-CAP Grant renewal outline for 2006, including the need for AASV participation Michael Murtaugh and Bob Rowland (~0.25 hr)
9:00 A research initiative in regional elimination, including partnerships between AASV and PRRS-CAP. Scott Dee (~1-1.5 hr)
10:30 Break (~0.25 hr)
10:45 NPB/PRRS-CAP initiatives for competitive PRRS research funding in priority areas. Michael Murtaugh (~1-1.5 hr)
11:30 NPB/PRRS-CAP initiatives for research in genetic resistance to PRRS. Joan Lunney (~0.5 hr)
12:00 Concluding Remarks