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BIVI Announces Changes to Research Award Program

Over the course of 12 years and $1 million in research awards, the Respiratory Disease Research Board (formerly the PRRS Research Review Board), with financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), has helped fund research answering some of producers’ most pressing questions about porcine reproductive and respiratory disease (PRRS). Beginning with awards granted in 2016, the board and BIVI will build on that success by increasing the amount of funding by $10,000 per award.

In 2016, the board will begin awarding three (3) $35,000 awards for research seeking to better understand the control and management of PRRS and other swine respiratory diseases. This 40 percent increase is intended to strengthen the industry’s response to the constant challenge of managing swine respiratory diseases, according to board members.

Practicing veterinarians and researchers seeking an Award for Advancing Research in Respiratory Disease (formerly PRRS Research Award) need to submit a proposal by January 1, 2016. Additional instructions and submission forms are available at http://www.PRRSResearch.com under ‘Download Forms.’

Also new in 2016, proposals for research in the areas of porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S) — in addition to PRRS — are eligible for funding.

Lastly, for the first time in its history, the board will expand its membership in 2016 to include the American Association of Swine Veterinarians’ (AASV) Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year.

The AASV Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year is chosen every March at the association’s annual conference. Dr. Aaron Lower, DVM, of Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., in Carthage, Illinois, will be the first to serve in this role, and will be a member of the Respiratory Disease Research Board from January through December 2016.

For more information on the Respiratory Disease Research Board and the Research Award program, visit http://www.PRRSResearch.com.