2012 Annual Meeting Video
March 10-13, 2012 – Denver, Colorado
Monday General Session: Integrating Science, Welfare, and Economics in Practice
Program chair: Tara Donovan
- Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture
Integrating science into practice to improve business viability – and getting it right
Dean Boyd - Alex Hogg Memorial Lecture
Science, welfare, and economics: Are they cornerstones or just a balancing act?
Lisa Tokach - Swine immunology: What does it take to make the immune response “take”?
Chris Chase - Evidence-based population medicine: Reactive and proactive decision making in a commercial setting
Daniel U. Thomson - The behavior of the diseased or injured pig: How do we aid convalescence and improve pig welfare?
Suzanne Millman
Tuesday General Session
Session chair: Tara Donovan
Regional Control and Elimination of PRRS
Session chair: Montse Torremorell
- Regional PRRS elimination update: Where are we, where are we going?
Bob Morrison and Lisa Becton - What are regional programs trying to accomplish: Control vs elimination? Protocols for advancing on the PRRSV herd classification scale
Jim Lowe - Toolkit for regional success and some challenges along the way
Noel Garbes - It’s all about people: The role of community expectations
Dyneah Classen - Exposing the brutal facts and challenges of PRRSV regional elimination in pig-dense areas
Tim Loula - Panel discussion and take-home messages: What have we learned from these cases?
All speakers
Student Seminar
- Effect of waste environment on survival of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
Trevor Schwartz, Iowa State University
(Recipient of Student Seminar Best Presenter Award sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health)