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Reserve Lodging for AASV in Nashville
It’s time to reserve lodging for the 2024 AASV Annual Meeting, to be held February 24-27 in Nashville, Tennessee! The AASV room block at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center is now open for reservations. Single and double rooms are available for $229 per night (fine print: plus resort fee and taxes). Reserve online at aasv.org/annmtg/2024/lodging.php or call 844-631-0595. Need more than 5 rooms? Call 844-631-0595. Registration for the conference itself won’t open until late December, so mark your calendar and don’t forget to register later! For more information about the meeting, see aasv.org/annmtg.
Webinar: SHIC/AASV Industry Chatter Will Address Porcine Sapovirus
On August 30, the Swine Health Information Center and American Association of Swine Veterinarians will host a webinar on porcine sapovirus, a potentially emerging disease. The Zoom webinar, conducted by the Swine Medicine Education Center at Iowa State University, will be held from 1 pm to 2:30 pm CDT via Zoom. Speakers will address field experience with PSaV including clinical presentation, production impacts, control/response strategies, and other insights.
Free CE- 2023 Pain in Animals Workshop
The 2023 Pain in Animals Workshop: Advancing Outcome Measure Development and Analytical Approaches will be held at the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) in the Auditorium on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland from September 26th – 27th 2023.
Submissions Invited for AASV Industrial Partners Presentations, due September 29
AASV invites submissions for the Industrial Partners oral and poster sessions at the 55th AASV Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. This is an opportunity for commercial companies to make brief presentations of a technical, educational nature to members of the AASV.
Abstract: Application of a topical anesthetic reduces pain-associated parameters during spermatic cord transection in piglet castration using a minimal anesthesia model
Abstract: Application of a topical anesthetic reduces pain-associated parameters during spermatic cord transection in piglet castration using a minimal anesthesia model
Abstract: Self-reported respiratory health symptoms and respiratory protection behaviors of young adult hog producers in the United States
Abstract: Self-reported respiratory health symptoms and respiratory protection behaviors of young adult hog producers in the United States
U.S. Senate Establishes Veterinary Medicine Caucus
The U.S. Senate has established a Veterinary Medicine Caucus for the first time in its history. The caucus, which will be led by co-chairs Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., will focus on increasing awareness toward veterinary-related matters in Congress, educating lawmakers and their staffs about the challenges facing the profession, and advancing legislation that benefits the veterinary community.
Abstract: Assessing and improving on-farm biosecurity knowledge and practices among swine producers and veterinarians through online surveys and an educational website in Illinois, United States
Abstract: Assessing and improving on-farm biosecurity knowledge and practices among swine producers and veterinarians through online surveys and an educational website in Illinois, United States
WEBINAR: Managing a PRRS outbreak: How can we progress to farm recovery?
This webinar will discuss two key pieces to a PRRS outbreak management plan: farm stabilization and monitoring the progress to stabilization.