The time is NOW to join the efforts to achieve $2 million in AASV Foundation restricted funds before the 2019 AASV Annual Meeting. All AASV members can play a part in achieving this goal and in celebrating 50 years of educational opportunities with our organization.

Our AASV Foundation endowment provides financial help in many ways to our swine veterinary profession. The Foundation funds scholarships for exceptional veterinary students as well as for member swine veterinarians seeking advanced degrees and certifications, including 4 individuals pursuing board certification in animal welfare. It supports research into the diseases you fight every day and emerging disease, too. The Foundation provides dollars to veterinary students seeking swine practice experience, and funds travel stipends for students attending our annual meeting. In addition, it supports funding for annual meeting keynote lectures that inspire and motivate our membership every year.

Because we all have benefitted from one or more of these foundation-funded programs, it is time for each of us to rise to the challenge! Please help continue the legacy of support that has enabled the foundation to accomplish so much - donate to the AASV Foundation endowment. Endowed contributions are invested to produce income to ensure the availability of funding well into the future. Your donation will have a lasting impact on the profession.

AASV Foundation endowed giving programs

Leman

If you’re not already a Leman Fellow, you should be! Named for the late industry leader and former AASV president, Dr Allen D. Leman, this giving program confers the title of Leman Fellow upon those who contribute $1,000 or more to the foundation endowment.

Heritage

The Heritage Fellow program represents the next level of support for the foundation, recognizing contributions of $5,000 or more.

Legacy

The Legacy Fund provides an opportunity to recognize a principal donor or an honoree through a significant contribution to the endowment. A donor, multiple donors, or a veterinary practice may establish and name a Legacy Fund with a monetary gift of $50,000 or more. The fund may be named after the donor, another individual, or group.

In addition to monetary donations, Heritage and Legacy Fellows may select from additional contribution options, including the assignment of in-force life insurance policies and stock transfers.

For more information about the AASVF endowment giving programs or to make a contribution, see aasv.org/foundation, or contact the AASV Foundation by phone, 515-465-5255, or email, aasv@aasv.org.

AMVC golfers earn first place at foundation fundraiser

With a team score of 59, the foursome from AMVC took top honors at this year’s AASV Foundation golf fundraiser. The event took place on August 23 at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City, Iowa. Golfers Mike Bauer, Josh Ellingson, Nick Weihs, and Gavin Yaeger combined their efforts in the best-ball tournament to secure the win over ten other teams on the course.

Dave Bomgaars, Austin DeZeuw, Dave Iverson, and Doug Sullivan made up the second-place team, hosted by Elanco Animal Health. They trailed the leaders by only 2 strokes, achieving a score of 61. Likewise, 2 strokes separated them from the third-place team hosted by the National Pork Producers Council. Jack Bair, Derek Kindwall, Jeff Kindwall, and Greg Thornton worked together to come in 8 under par with a score of 63.

Regardless of their placings, the 43 golfers enjoyed an afternoon filled with contests, drawings, and giveaways as they made their way around the course thanks to exceptionally strong support from sponsors. Fifteen companies chipped in to provide financial support for the outing in the form of beverage, lunch, dinner, and golf hole sponsorships. Besides adding to the enjoyment of the participants, their support increased the event’s profitability for the foundation.

The proceeds from the annual golf outing support foundation programs including scholarships, research grants, travel stipends for veterinary students to attend the annual meeting, tuition support for the Swine Medicine Education Center, swine externship grants for veterinary students, and more.

The event concluded with the awards dinner sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. The golf outing coordinator, Josh Ellingson, announced the team and individual contest winners as follows:

Championship flight

First place team hosted by AMVC (score of 59): Mike Bauer, Josh Ellingson, Nick Weihs, and Gavin Yaeger

Second place team hosted by Elanco Animal Health (score of 61): Dave Bomgaars, Austin DeZeuw, Dave Iverson, and Doug Sullivan

Third place team hosted by NPPC (score of 63): Jack Bair, Derek Kindwall, Jeff Kindwall, and Greg Thornton

Photos by Erin Kinman, courtesy of Andrew Kleis at Insight Wealth Group.

First flight

First place team hosted by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (score of 65): Jeff Blythe, Brent Carmichael, Tom Grady, and Justin Rustvold

Second place team hosted by Ceva Animal Health (score of 65): Keith Bretey, Jeff OKones, Julie Schwalbe, and Jon Thompson

Third place team (score of 66): Daryl Hammer, Michael Lash, and Dan Rosener

Second flight

First place team hosted by Fast Genetics (score of 67): Marcus Kehrli, Kent Schwartz, Steve Sprague, and Jeff Zimmerman

Second place team hosted by Pharmgate Animal Health (score of 71): Adam Gutierrez, Jeff Hall, Alex Hintz, and Ralph Wilson

Third place team hosted by Topigs Norsvin (score of 71): Mitch Christensen, Jordan Graham, Sam Holst, and Mike Terrill

Individual contests

Hole #3, Closest to 100-yard marker: Jack Creel

Hole #4, Closest to the pin: Jeff OKones

Hole #8, Closest 2nd shot: Nick Weihs

Hole #9, Longest putt: Jeff Zimmerman

Hole #10, Longest drive: Nick Weihs

Hole #13, Closest to the pin: Tom Grady

Hole #17, Longest putt: Daryl Hammer

Hole #18, Drawing for cooler: Steve Sprague

Foundation extends call for research proposals, due January 18

As part of its mission to fund research with direct application to the profession, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation is accepting research proposals to be considered for funding in 2019. Proposals are due January 18, 2019 and may request a maximum of $30,000 per project. A maximum of $60,000 will be awarded across two or more projects. The announcement of projects selected for funding will take place at the AASV Foundation Luncheon in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, March 10, 2019. Awardees will be notified in advance.

Proposed research should fit one of the five action areas stated in the AASV Foundation mission statement (see grey sidebar).

The instructions for submitting proposals are available on the AASV Foundation Web site at www.aasv.org/foundation/2019/research.php. Proposals may be submitted by mail or email (preferred). A panel of AASV members will evaluate and select proposals for funding based on the following scoring system:

• Potential benefit to swine veterinarians/swine industry (40 points)
• Probability of success within timeline (35 points)
• Scientific/investigative quality (15 points)
• Budget justification (5 points)
• Originality (5 points)

For more information, or to submit a proposal:

AASV Foundation 830 26th Street Perry, IA 50220-2328 Tel: 515-465-5255 Fax: 515-465-3832 Email: aasv@aasv.org

AASV semicentennial anniversary celebration: Our golden jubilee

Orlando, what a great place to be visiting and relaxing with friends, colleagues, and family at the end of a hard winter. Undoubtably this is the family vacation center of the world. As you know, this meeting marks a great milestone in the life history of AASV (AASP). We achieved 50 years and it is time to celebrate, but also a time for reflection and commitment. Please give back to AASV at our foundation auction, thus assuring a legacy for those yet to come.

The Foundation Committee is calling this our semicentennial for a great reason. Fifty years of AASV stardom will soon be past and it is nearly certain another 50 years will proceed. In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, a golden jubilee celebration is held in the 50th year of a monarch’s reign. While there have been no monarchs in our realm, our dedicated leaders and membership have built a profession to last. There has been much progress over the past 50 years through dedicated leadership producing a world class organization based on cumulative experience, shared scientific progress, and new technological breakthroughs. We are here to stay and remain relevant to veterinary medicine and the swine industry.

From another perspective, a golden wedding anniversary is a celebration of 50 years of life spent together and great things accomplished with love and commitment. Typically, a 50th anniversary is considered a great honor for that couple’s endurance, love, and devotion. Golden wedding anniversaries should be marked with memorable gifts and celebrations. Likewise, we have given our hearts and commitments to AASV and our clients, thus it is time to celebrate our 50th year and contribute memorable gifts supporting the lasting existence of AASV through the Foundation.

So, “Let’s Go for the Gold!”

If you have questions or just want to discuss possibilities, please contact any of the committee members. Download the donation form at www.aasv.org/foundation/2019/ Donationform.pdf and submit a description and image of your item(s) by December 1. Your contribution will be recognized in the printed auction catalog as well as on the auction website, and your name will appear in the JSHAP full-page spread recognizing all our auction item donors. If that’s not enough, there’s a good chance Dr Harry Snelson will say something witty about your donation in the AASV e-Letter, too!

The AASV Foundation is committed to ensuring the future of the swine veterinary profession. Proceeds from the auction enable funding for AASV Foundation programs, including:

• Administering endowments for the Howard Dunne and Alex Hogg Memorial Lectures
• Administering the Hogg Scholarship for a swine veterinarian pursuing an MS or PhD
• Administering funding for veterinary student scholarships
• Scholarships for veterinarians pursuing board certification in the American College of Animal Welfare
• Co-sponsoring travel stipends for veterinary students attending the AASV Annual Meeting
• Providing swine externship grants to veterinary students
• Funding swine research with direct application to the profession
• Providing support for Heritage Videos
• Providing tuition support for out-of-state veterinary students to attend the Swine Medicine Education Center

Swine veterinarians invited to apply for Hogg Scholarship

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation is pleased to offer the Hogg Scholarship, established to honor the memory of longtime AASV member and swine industry leader Dr Alex Hogg. Applications for the $10,000 scholarship will be accepted until February 1, 2019, and the scholarship recipient will be announced on Sunday, March 10 during the Foundation Luncheon at the AASV 2019 Annual Meeting in Orlando.

The intent of the scholarship is to assist a swine veterinarian in his or her efforts to return to school for graduate education resulting in a master’s degree or higher in an academic field of study related to swine health and production.

Dr Alex Hogg’s career serves as the ideal model for successful applicants. After twenty years in mixed animal practice, Dr Hogg pursued a master’s degree in veterinary pathology. He subsequently became Nebraska’s swine extension veterinarian and professor at the University of Nebraska. Upon “retirement,” Dr Hogg capped off his career with his work for MVP Laboratories. Always an enthusiastic learner, at age 75 he graduated from the Executive Veterinary Program offered at the University of Illinois.

The scholarship application requirements are outlined below, and on the AASV website at www.aasv.org/foundation/hoggscholarship.htm.

Hogg Scholarship Application Requirements

An applicant for the Hogg Scholarship shall have:

1. Three or more years of experience as a swine veterinarian, either in a private practice or in an integrated production setting
2. Five or more years of continuous membership in the American Association of Swine Veterinarians

Applicants are required to submit the following for consideration as a Hogg Scholar:

1. Current curriculum vitae
2. Letter of intent detailing his or her plans for graduate education and future plans for participation and employment within the swine industry
3. Two letters of reference from AASV members attesting to the applicant’s qualifications to be a Hogg Scholar

Applications and requests for information may be addressed to:

AASV Foundation 830 26th Street Perry, IA 50220 Tel: 515-465-5255 Email: aasv@aasv.org

Veterinary students: Apply for $5000 scholarships by December 31

The AASV Foundation and Merck Animal Health are pleased to announce the continuation of the AASVF-Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program. Ten $5000 scholarships will be awarded to sophomore and junior veterinary students in 2019. Now in its fourth year, the program seeks to identify future swine veterinarians and assist with their educational expenses. Applications are due December 31, 2018 for scholarships that will be announced at the 2019 AASV Annual Meeting.

Second- and third-year veterinary students enrolled in AVMA-accredited or -recognized colleges of veterinary medicine in Canada, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, South America, or the United States are eligible to apply. All applicants must be current (2018-2019) student members of AASV. Students who have previously been awarded one of the scholarships are not eligible to reapply.

To apply, students submit a resume and the name of a faculty member or AASV member to serve as a reference, along with written answers to four essay questions. The application and instructions are available at www.aasv.org/foundation/2019/AASVF-MerckScholarships.php.

A committee of four conducts the selection process. Two AASV Foundation board members and two AASV members-at-large rank the applicants by scoring their past and current activities, level of interest in swine veterinary medicine, future career plans, and financial need. The scholarship recipients will be announced during the 2019 AASV Annual Meeting in Orlando, and the scholarship funds will be disbursed after the conference.

The AASVF-Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program is part of how Merck Animal Health and the AASV Foundation fulfill a shared mission of supporting the development and scholarship of students and veterinarians. For more information on scholarships and other AASV Foundation programs, see www.aasv.org/foundation.