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Abstracts Due May 24 for Poster Session: 2024 ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference

The Iowa State University James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference enables swine practitioners to assist pork producers in a rapidly changing and global production environment by enhancing practitioner decision-making tools in disease control, animal welfare, and food safety for the benefit of animals, clients and consumers. The conference planning committee is pleased to announce the poster session to be held during the conference in Ames, Iowa on July 24, 2024.

APHIS Extends Deadline for Opportunity for Partners to Develop Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboards to Protect Animal and Public Health

Due to upcoming maintenance on the Grants.gov site, the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending the deadline for partners to submit applications to collaborate on the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) dashboards. Applicants now have until 11:59 p.m. EST on May 28, 2024 to submit applications.

USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1

On March 25, 2024, immediately following the first detection of H5N1 in dairy cattle in the Texas panhandle region, USDA and HHS began their work to understand the origin of the emergence and its potential impact in bovines and humans. USDA experts also took swift action to trace animal movements, began sampling to assess the disease prevalence in herds, and initiated a variety of testing activities to confirm the safety of the meat and milk supplies alongside federal partners. On April 1, 2024, Texas reported the first and only confirmed human H5N1 infection associated with this outbreak, after confirmation by CDC. On April 24, 2024, USDA issued a Federal Order, that took effect on April 29, to limit the movement of lactating dairy cattle and to collect and aggregate H5N1 test results to better understand the nature of the outbreak.