2017 AASV Annual Meeting Program

"One World, One Health, One Passion for Pigs"

February 25-28, 2017
Hyatt Regency Denver
Denver, Colorado
Program Chair: Dr. Alex Ramirez

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

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AASV Committee Meetings
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Web-based PRRS Risk Assessment Training for the Breeding Herd
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Coordinator: Derald Holtkamp

Fee: No charge
Limit: 20 participants (AASV members only)


This training will guide you through the use of the web-based PRRS Risk Assessment known as the Production Animal Disease Risk Assessment Program (PADRAP). PADRAP allows you to view benchmarking reports immediately after submitting an assessment.

Three ways veterinarians have applied the PRRS Risk Assessment:
· Evaluate current biosecurity protocols and/or develop new biosecurity protocols to avoid risk
· Communicate risks and the importance of biosecurity procedures to clients or production personnel
· Aid in the decision to initiate a project to eliminate PRRSV from a breeding herd site and identify modifiable risk factors in an effort to increase the likelihood that an elimination project will be successful long-term.

This session is open to AASV member veterinarians who have not previously used the PRRS Risk Assessment, as well as those who have previously been trained on the spreadsheet version. Please bring a laptop capable of accessing the internet via wireless connection using one of the following web browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer.

7:30 Welcome and introductions (note the early start time!)
Derald Holtkamp

7:45 Updates on the PRRS Outbreak Investigation Program and the development and support of an industry rapid response program for epidemiological investigations of emerging, transboundary and endemic swine diseases. Both projects incorporate risk assessments and logic built into PADRAP.
Derald Hotlkamp and Rita Neat

8:15 Overview of PRRS Risk Assessment
Dale Polson

8:45 “How to” tour of PADRAP
Resetting/retrieving your password, creating a new production system, setting up a site and survey, navigating through a survey, duplicating and taking multiple surveys
Chris Mowrer

9:45 BREAK

10:00 Hands-on use of the risk assessment; User interview
Dale Polson

12:00 Demonstration of pareto chart and the database and benchmarking tool for risk assessment data; exporting raw data: Interpreting results
Derald Holtkamp

12:30 Training concludes

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS
Additional fees apply; you must be registered for the regular meeting sessions in order to register for seminars.
1:00 - 5:00 PM

Seminar #1: AASV's Got Talent
Seminar chair: Jeff Harker

If you are having a hard time deciding which pre-conference seminar to attend, then this is the one for you. With a wide variety of topics and no proceedings to reference later, this is a “can’t miss” seminar. This year’s practice tip session features many topics you asked for on last year’s survey, as well as several ideas volunteered by leading practitioners. As always, these presentations will be high quality, since these practitioners are in competition for the “tipster of the year” cash award. Also, these busy vets were unburdened with completing a proceedings paper so content can be “hot off the presses”! We hope to see you at the 2017 AASV’s Got Talent seminar.

1:00 Finding the right job
Chelsea Scheidler

1:20 Producer compliance: Checking without being a pest
Erin Nonos

1:40 Work/life balance: A gentleman’s perspective
Brian Payne

2:00 Clinic management of VFD’s and Rx’s
Wesley Lyons

2:20 Mixing vaccines
Mike Strobel

2:40 Applying how adults learn to your on-farm interaction
Sarah Probst Miller

3:00 BREAK

3:30 Preventing practice burnout: Keeping it fresh
Gavin Yager

3:50 Pen gestation management and expectations
Pete Schneider

4:10 Work/life balance: A lady’s perspective
Amber Stricker

4:30 Piglet hydration therapy
Jake Schwartz

4:50 The ingenuity of farm and system staff: Turning problems into solutions
Emily McDowell

5:10 Seminar concludes

Seminar #2: Influenza Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetics
Seminar chair: Phil Gauger

Fee:
Limit: 20 participant
s

This seminar will focus specifically on influenza phylogenetics and bioinformatics using web-based tools available for public use. The seminar will be divided into two parts. The first half will provide information regarding the basic fundamentals of phylogenetic trees and sequence analysis tools. In addition, this half of the seminar will focus on sequence applications available in the Influenza Research Database (IRD) and provide updates on additional influenza bioinformatics tools.

The second half of the seminar will feature a two-hour interactive workshop that will guide the veterinarian through interpreting a diagnostic lab report that includes a diagnosis of influenza A virus respiratory disease in swine. The information from the case will be used to extract and manipulate an influenza sequence in the IRD tool with subsequent phylogenetic analysis that includes sequence alignment, homology matrix interpretation and creating dendrograms. Participants will be able to use and understand the basic features of the IRD for influenza A virus in swine and improve their ability to create and interpret phylogenetic information provided through this web-based tool.

Requirements for participant laptop: Current versions of JAVA, text editor, web browser

1:00 Fundamentals of phylogenetic trees and sequence analysis tools
Tavis Anderson

Publicly available influenza tools and databases:

1:45 Influenza Research Database (IRD)
Richard Scheuermann

1:55 ISflu View Portal
Michael Zeller

2:05 Disease BioPortal
Phil Gauger

2:15 Antigenic cartography and nextflu
Nicola Lewis and Amy Vincent

2:30 BREAK

3:00 Interactive IRD influenza workshop: Analyzing a diagnostic HA sequence from a case report
All speakers

Interpretation of diagnostic lab reports, Extracting IAV diagnostic sequences for query, Using the IRD clade tool to identify query sequence, Building a reference sequence collection in IRD Workbench, BLAST search and selection, Clade-based search and selection, Metadata-driven comparative analysis tool (compare farm 1 sequences to farm 2), Alignments and distance matrix, Tree building and annotation

5:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #3: Current Topics of Boar Stud Health, Management, and Technology
Seminar chair: Ron Brodersen

The AASV Boar Stud Committee is offering the latest information addressing semen processing technology as well as health, lameness and environmental factors affecting semen quality.  This seminar is a “must see” for veterinarians with an interest in semen quality or veterinarians working with boar studs.

1:00 Mycotoxin – Boar stud case report
Wes Lyons

1:40 Sex sorting of pig semen: A status update
Kilby Willenburg

2:20 How to beat the bug: Eliminating Serratia contamination of semen
Hanneke Feitsma

3:00 BREAK

3:30 Effect of heat stress on semen quality; Recommendations for keeping AI boars
John Parrish

4:00 Survey of boar stud lameness intervention strategies
Darwin Reicks

4:30 Roundtable Q&A
Moderated by Darwin Reicks

5:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #4: Biosecurity
Seminar chair: Daniel Linhares

This applied seminar on biosecurity will begin with a “back to basics” section where general concepts will be reviewed, and the science behind most biosecurity “rules” will be revisited. Then we will discuss challenges and opportunities of “hot topics” being developed by the swine industry to decrease risk of pathogen introduction. The last session (pipeline) will cover concepts and initiatives being developed for implementation in the near future.

Back to basics:

1:00 Understanding how pathogens infect pig farms
Derald Holtkamp

1:15 Applied review on evidence-based biosecurity
Anna Romagosa

Current developments:

1:45 Experiences with positive air filtration
Aaron Lower

2:10 Experiences with positive air filtration
Pete Thomas

2:35 Mastering transport biosecurity: Breeding stock company perspective
Jean Paul Cano

3:00 BREAK

3:30 Mastering transport biosecurity: Commercial sow farm perspective
Joe Connor

4:00 What have we learned from feed mill audits?
Tim Snider

Pipeline:

4:20 Biosecurity aspects and frequency of outbreaks
Gustavo de Sousa e Silva

4:45 Roundtable Q&A
All speakers

5:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #5: Operation Main Street Training
Seminar chair: Al Eidson

Co-sponsored by AASV and the National Pork Board

In 2011, AASV and the National Pork Board partnered to train veterinarians as OMS speakers with a goal to help focus pork industry outreach efforts to professional veterinary associations, schools of veterinary medicine and veterinary technical colleges. To date, the program has 109 OMS-trained veterinarians, who have presented to 29 of 30 schools of veterinary medicine and overall, more than 213 OMS speeches have been scheduled, with an audience reach of 14,117.

This training updates participants on what activists are saying about agriculture today, and will provide attendees with the needed tools and presentations to address those concerns in a science-based, proactive manner. The objective is to equip veterinarians to speak to veterinary medicine students and to professional groups including veterinary associations and dieticians. Unless otherwise indicated, presentations will be made by Al Eidson.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop for note taking.

1:00 Welcome, overview, and introductions

1:15 Antibiotic update

2:00 A presentation for schools of veterinary medicine
Rick Tubbs

3:00 BREAK/Biography photos

3:15 Overview of the industry structure, trust model & USFRA messages

Issue updates & answering common questions:
4:00 Animal care and well-being
4:30 Environment

4:45 Events at schools of veterinary medicine; Speaking to civic groups, dieticians, county commissioners

5:15 Training evaluation/Seminar concludes

Seminar #6: Antibiotic-free Pork Production
Seminar chair: John E. Baker

Understanding consumer demands and finding new tools and technologies to manage bacterial diseases challenging the pigs in our care

The development of programs for antibiotic-free pork production is on the rise in our industry. Antibiotics play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of many bacterial agents that threaten the lives, health, and welfare of pigs. Antibiotics also improve the safety and wholesomeness of pork products provided to the American consumer.

However, increasing numbers of consumers are convinced that meat produced without the use of antibiotics is safer, more wholesome, and more socially responsible than conventionally raised meat. Although this is not supported by scientific research, the old adage that “the consumer is always right” has led to production protocols that seek to capture the added value of these consumer demands.

The removal of antibiotics as a tool is a significant loss in managing bacterial pathogens. This has left veterinarians scrambling to find new tools and technologies to manage these diseases and continue to provide for the health and welfare of the animals in their care.

This AASV pre-conference seminar has been developed to better understand consumer demands and provide new technologies to manage bacterial agents in the antibiotic-free production systems.

1:00 Navigating the attributes of niche pork production
Jim Magolski

1:20 What to consider before raising pigs without antibiotics
Brigitte Mason

1:40 Starting and managing an antibiotic-free flow
Mike Pierdon

2:10 Autogenous vaccines: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Randy Simonson

2:45 BREAK

3:15 Alternatives to feed medication
Joel De Rouchey

3:45 Optimizing water quality for healthy animal production
Susan Watkins

4:15 Dietary strategies to maintain enteric health in antibiotic-free pig production
Coen Smits

5:00 Seminar concludes

OPEN EVENING
There is no reception scheduled for Saturday evening. Enjoy Denver with your colleagues!

STUDENT TRIVIA EVENT
Sponsored by MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH
7:00 PM

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Exercise Class
Sponsored by DSM
6:00 - 6:30 AM

Student Breakfast
6:30 - 8:00 AM

Praise Breakfast
Sponsored by STUART PRODUCTS

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians
8:00 AM
- 12:00 Noon

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS
Additional fees apply; you must be registered for the regular meeting sessions in order to register for the seminars.
8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Seminar #7: ESF from A to Z
Seminar co-chairs: Tom Parsons and Meghann Pierdon

A variety of new sow housing and feeding systems are being implemented to address growing market demand for alternatives to the gestation stall. Electronic sow feeding (ESF) remains one of the few options, if not the only one, that offers individual animal nutrition as well as additional upside potential for innovation. Alas, it is also likely the most challenging alternative to implement. Here lies a tremendous opportunity for veterinarians to take a leading role in helping their clients through the transition to ESF and to reap the unique benefits that this technology promises. The goal of this seminar is to improve the veterinarians’ understanding of the fundamentals of ESF including barn design, pig flow, and staffing/personnel requirements. Furthermore, expert opinion on the advantages and challenges of ESF will be provided from the perspective of a production manager, a nutritionist, and a genetic supplier. Case study material will be discussed as well as a roundtable question and answer session held to help ensure that veterinarians are able to provide a competitive advantage for their clients who are transitioning away from the gestation stall.

8:00 Welcome/overview
Tom Parsons

8:05 ESF primer: Advantages and disadvantages of ESF
Tom Parsons

8:30 ESF primer: Pig flow in ESF: Group size, type of group, and when groups are constituted
Meghann Pierdon

8:55 ESF primer: Examples of barn layouts
Tom Parsons

9:20 Opportunities and challenges associated with managing sows in ESF versus gestation stalls, from the perspective of a production manager
Aaron Ott

9:45 BREAK

10:00 Opportunities and challenges associated with managing sows in ESF versus gestation stalls, from the perspective of a nutritionist
Aaron Gaines

10:25 Opportunities and challenges associated with managing sows in ESF versus gestation stalls, from the perspective of a genetics supplier
Juan Carlos Pinilla

10:50 Labor/staffing considerations for ESF
Meghann Pierdon

11:15 Trouble-shooting common problems in ESF barns: Case studies
Tom Parsons and Meghann Pierdon

11:40 Roundtable Q&A
All speakers

12:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #8: The Common Swine Industry Audit: What You Need to Know
Seminar chair: Monique Pairis-Garcia

This seminar will cover what you need to know to prepare for the Common Swine Industry Audit (CSIA). It will include perspectives from packers, veterinarians, and leaders in the industry who have been involved in the development and implementation of this program.

8:00 CSIA update: Changes to standards
Jamee Amundson

8:30 Who is PAACO, and how are we training auditors for the CSIA?
Collette Schultz Kaster

9:00 The importance of the CSIA to the packer
Ann McDonald

9:30 BREAK

10:00 Utilizing PQA Plus® to prepare the industry
Sherrie Webb

10:30 Impact of the CSIA on-farm: Practitioner perspective
Amber Stricker

11:00 Impact of the CSIA on-farm: Auditor perspective
Matt Jones

11:30 Audit failures and consequences: Utilizing CSIA to prepare your farm
Paul Ayers

12:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #9: Diagnostics
Seminar chair: Jane Christopher-Hennings

This “One World, One Health, One Passion for Pigs” diagnostics seminar will cover the basics on multiple pathogen diagnostic testing including rotavirus and Mycoplasma, along with emerging diseases which have foreign animal disease implications, such as Seneca Valley virus. For example, in the case of Seneca Valley virus, it will be important to obtain the perspective from a state veterinarian on how industry, veterinarians, and state animal health officials can work together on controlling these emerging and foreign animal diseases as they emerge. DNA sequencing and bioinformatics will be discussed in the context of antibiotic sensitivity testing and pathogen tracking. Finally, the ability to put information together from a case perspective in a diagnostic laboratory is dependent on optimum samples, choosing the best tests, accurate testing, and excellent communication. “Case scenarios” will be presented to get the most out of the laboratory. A panel discussion will conclude the session to answer your questions regarding any of these topics or “diagnostics” in general. We intend this session to be full of “news you can use.”

8:00 Emerging pathogens of swine: Implications for diagnostics and lessons learned from senecavirus A
Diego Diel

8:30 What to do when there is something new: Insights from a state veterinarian on how diagnostic laboratories, veterinarians, and producers can work together
Dusty Oedekoven

9:00 Porcine rotaviruses: What we’ve learned and what we are still missing
Doug Marthaler

9:30 Genomics and bioinformatics to improve antibiotic sensitivity testing and pathogen tracking
Joy Scaria

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Current tools to approach Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae diagnostic cases
Maria Pieters

10:45 Diagnostic case scenarios
Kent Schwartz

11:30 Roundtable Q&A
All speakers

12:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #10: Swine Medicine for Students
Seminar co-chairs: Angela Supple and Jeremy Pittman

This session continues the tradition of providing supplemental information and skill development for veterinary students. This year we will focus on working up real-life field cases from 3 recent graduates. Each speaker will present a case with different problems and will demonstrate the process they used to combine the skills and “-ologies” for diagnosis and case resolution. After the break, participants will use what they have learned and interact with others to work through a case. The interactive case is a popular portion of this session and is designed to allow networking and exercise the thought processes.

8:00 Late-term respiratory disease in replacement gilts: Case presentation and system interventions
Deanne Day

8:30 A student's approach to enteric cases
Joshua Duff

9:00 Diagnostic approach in a show pig operation
Daniel Hendrickson

9:30 BREAK

10:00 Interactive case
Jeremy Pittman and Angie Supple

12:00 Seminar concludes

Seminar #11: Feed: Commanding New Focus
Seminar chair: Dwain Guggenbiller

Constituting the largest expense in producing pork, feed is often overlooked in the scale of importance. However, history has indicated that we must be vigilant about what unwanted disease-causing agents may be in our feed. Also, whether it be due to consumer preferences, legislative guidances, or demand fulfillment, producing pork with antibiotics used judiciously – or even without antibiotics at all – will be an evolutionary change for United States producers and the swine veterinary community. With this as a background, this seminar will look at feed biosecurity, upcoming legislation on how we keep our food safe, products that are alternatives to antibiotics, and what we know about life inside the digestive system.

Part A: Feed biosecurity

8:00 What are feed risks from biologics?
Scott Dee

8:30 Sampling methods currently in place
Joe Crenshaw

9:00 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): How will it affect farmers and feed mills
Richard Sellers

9:45 BREAK

Part B: Evaluating alternatives to antibiotics and other feedstuffs

10:05 Functional feed ingredients and additives for gut health
Coen Smits

10:45 Proposed method for evaluation of alternatives
Dave Pyburn

11:10 Altering the microbiome
Eric Burrough

11:35 Maintaining gut function
Adam Moeser

12:00 Seminar concludes

AASV ANNUAL MEETING

All sessions from this point forward are included in the registration fee for the meeting.

Research Topics
8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session chair: Chris Rademacher

8:00 Land coverage and elevation as risk factors for PRRS outbreaks
Andreia Arruda

8:15 Broadly neutralizing antibodies to recent, virulent type 2 PRRSV isolates
Michael Murtaugh

8:30 Characterization of the memory immune response to PRRSV infection
Michael Rahe

8:45 Proof of concept: PRRSSV IgM/IgA ELISA detects infection in the face of circulating maternal IgG antibody
Marisa Rotolo

9:00 Spatial autocorrelation and implications for oral fluid-based PRRS surveillance
Marisa Rotolo

9:15 Comparative pathogenesis and characterization of contemporary 1-7-4 PRRSV isolates in weanling age piglets
Albert Van Geelen

9:30 Application of next-generation sequencing technology to whole genome sequencing of PRRSV under diagnostic setting
Jianqiang Zhang

9:45  BREAK

10:00 Effects of pain mitigation during piglet castration
Rachel Park

10:15 Effect of influenza prevalence at weaning on transmission, clinical signs and performance after weaning
Fabian Chamba Pardo

10:30 Senecavirus A: Overview of experimental studies
Alexandra Buckley

10:45 Mycoplasma hyorhinis associated with conjunctivitis in pigs
Talita Resende

11:00 Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae dual colonization of dams and piglets prior to weaning
Maria Pieters

11:15 A commercial G2b-based porcine epidemic diarrhea virus vaccine is effective against homologous challenge but experimental G1b-based vaccines are not
Tanja Opriessnig

11:30  Serum and mammary secretion antibody responses in PEDV-exposed gilts following PEDV vaccination
Katie Woodard

11:45 Modeling the transboundary survival of foreign animal disease pathogens in contaminated feed ingredients
Scott Dee

12:00 Session concludes

POSTER SESSIONS
Sunday, Febuary 26, 12:00 - 5:00 PM (authors present with posters 12:00 - 1:00 PM)
Monday, February 27, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

POSTER SESSION: Veterinary Students (#1-33)

Sponsored by ZOETIS

Posters #1-15 have been selected for judging in the Student Poster Competition, sponsored by Newport Laboratories

1. An interferon-inducing porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine candidate elicits protection against challenge with a heterologous virulent type 2 strain in pigs
Eve Fontanella, Iowa State University

2. Determining the efficacy of pooling fecal swabs in the field versus the lab for detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus by PCR
Sara Hamlett, Iowa State University

3. Evaluation of autogenous vaccine efficacy in western Canadian swine herds
Lauren Redies, University of Saskatchewan

4. Trends in Lawsonia intracellularis polymerase chain reaction to the submissions to the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory over a 10-year period
Donna Drebes, University of Minnesota

5. Sand as a bedding for loose-housed gestating sows fed via ESF
Jessica Applebaum, University of Pennsylvania

6. Evaluation of the sensitivity of Envirobooties™ and Swiffer™ kits for viral detection of PRRSV and PEDV in livestock trailers
Taylor Engle, Virginia-Maryland Regional CVM

7. Comparison of morbidity and mortality after challenge with two North American PRRS virus isolates shows marked variation in time course and prevalence of clinical disease between isolates
Laura Constance, Kansas State University

8. Detection of influenza A virus on inanimate fair surfaces
Courtney Wright, The Ohio State University

9. Evaluation of the effects of flushing feed manufacturing equipment with chemically treated rice hulls on porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) cross contamination during feed manufacturing
Jordan Gebhardt, Kansas State University

10. Impact of sow parity on the influenza A (IAV-S) infection timing of the suckling pig in an endemic herd
Megan Bloemer, University of Illinois

11. Evaluation of a novel antibiotic-free extender utilizing short-term hypothermic storage
Rochelle Warner, Iowa State University

12. Timing differences of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae colonization in growing replacement gilts with and without tulathromycin administration at weaning
Brandi Burton, University of Illinois

13.
Refinement of field anesthesia protocols for joint fluid collection in healthy swine
Katie O'Brien, University of Illinois

14. Validation of snout wipes to detect influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S)
Joel Steckelberg, Iowa State University

15. Observations of sleep-related behaviors in piglets pre- and post-castration
Anna Martin, University of Pennsylvania

16. Survey of enteric disease pathogens within a swine production company
Stephanie Betbeze, Lincoln Memorial University

17. A field trial of an injectable Lawsonia intracellularis vaccine on an antibiotic-free farm
Goldia Chan, University of Guelph

18. Determining the effect of agitation of chlortetracycline stock solutions on chlortetracycline concentrations at different areas of water delivery systems
T'Lee Girard, Iowa State University

19. Effect of ketoprofen (Anafen®) on platelet aggregation in piglets
Hannah Golightly, University of Guelph

20. B-cell tetramer monitoring of the memory immune response to PRRSV
Kevin Gustafson, University of Minnesota

21. Determining Lawsonia intracellularis antibody status in pigs during three early stages of life
Kayla Henness, University of Illinois

22. Characterizing piglet loss from PRRS outbreak
Taylor Homann, University of Minnesota

23. The sow fecal microbiome across parity and hierarchy
John Hurst, University of Pennsylvania

24. Investigating the vertical transmission of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enrichment culture
Evan Koep, Iowa State University

25. Developing urine catheterization in sows for calcium and phosphorus analysis
Nicholas Lauterbach, Iowa State University

26. Testing the link between multiple influenza A infections and average daily gain in nursery aged piglets
Andrea Patterson, University of Guelph

27. Individual differences in social behavior and affective state in group-housed gestating sows
Katherine Pruett, University of Pennsylvania

28. Determination of behavioral and physiological pain indicators associated with castration and tail docking in young piglets
Brent Sexton, Iowa State University

29. Soy isoflavones and porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome viral infection in weanling pigs
Brooke Smith, University of Illinois

30. Utility of antemortem joint fluid collection for diagnostic investigations of infectious lameness
Victoria Thompson, Iowa State University

31. We can't answer that: The importance of careful interpretation of swine production data
Jonathan Tubbs, Auburn University

32. Identifying disease agents contributing to porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) within a large production system
Shannon Ure, University of Illinois

33. Evaluating different methods of antibody detection for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in animals exposed at different intervals
Kathleen Wood, North Carolina State University

POSTER SESSION: Research Topics (#34-47)

34. Increased frequency of isolation of multi-drug resistant Salmonella I 4, [5], 12:i:- from swine with histologic lesions consistent with salmonellosis
Eric Burrough

35. Influenza A virus prevalence and seasonality in midwestern US breeding herds
Fabian Chamba Pardo

36. Identification of multiple viruses in swine fecal samples using next-generation sequencing technology coupled with Kraken algorithm-based bioinformatics analysis pipeline
Qi Chen

37. Evaluation of pathogenesis and antibody responses of porcine deltacoronavirus in 3-week-old weaned pigs
Qi Chen

38. Microbiome associations in pigs with the best and worst clinical outcomes following co-infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)
Megan Niederwerder

39. Evaluation of nutrient availability when using feed disinfection in nursery diets
Luis Ochoa

40. Two novel subunit vaccines targeting the IAV M2e epitope administered intranasally did not protect against pH1N1 disease and lesions whereas a commercial pH1N1 flu vaccine was effective
Tanja Opriessnig

41. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae detection in vivo: Investigating the diagnostic sensitivity of laryngeal swabs
Maria Pieters

42. Adaption of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) to Vero cells
Tetsuo Sato

43. Identification of neuropathogenic teschovirus A serotype 2 and serotype 11 and experimental reproduction of disease
Kent Schwartz

44. Identification of a divergent strain of sapelovirus associated with a severe polioencephalomyelitis outbreak in the US
Kent Schwartz

45. POSTER WITHDRAWN
Piglet feed intake during the end of the lactation period impacts post-weaning diarrhea incidence and survival rate
Frederic Vangroenweghe

46. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination check using quantification of IFN-gamma levels following T-lymphocyte stimulation of M hyopneumoniae-vaccinated piglets
Frederic Vangroenweghe

47. Evaluation of a vaccine prototype using a chimeric protein and a molecular enhancer produced by Pichia pastoris fermentation
Alvaro Ruiz

POSTER SESSION: Industrial Partners (#48-60)

48. Grow-finish mortality in pigs consuming acidified water
Joshua Jendza
BALCHEM CORPORATION

49. A new multiplex qPCR allows for identification of 3 Mycoplasma species common in swine
Eric van Esch
BIOCHEK

50. Annual occurrence of mycotoxins in US corn harvested from 2012 to 2015
Erika Hendel
BIOMIN

51. POSTER WITHDRAWN
Comparison of intestinal lesions betrween Enterisol® Ileitis and Porcilis® Ileitis using a mucosal homogenate challenge seeder pigs model
Jessica Seate
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC

52. Field efficacy study of Rhiniseng® in Europe in a farm with problems associated with Bordetella bronchiseptica
Alba Martos
LABORATORIOS HIPRA

53. Evaluation of an inactivated vaccine against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)
Juan Hernandez
LAPISA ANIMAL HEALTH

54. A novel approach for using PG 600®: Impact of gilt performance and sow longevity
Derald Holtkamp
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH

55. Zactran®: A novel azalide antibiotic for swine respiratory disease
Paul Dorr
MERIAL

56. Comparative study to evaluate the performance in grow-finish pigs when treated with either: Aivlosin 17%(R) at two time periods versus Denagard 10 at two time periods following experimental challenge with Lawsonia intracellularis
Ron Kaptur
PHARMGATE ANIMAL HEALTH

57. Effect of Tonisity PxTM administration on intestinal morphology
Ava Firth
TONISITY

58. Pig Atlas: Increasing the level of detail of phenotypes to increase genetic gain in pig breeding
John Eggert
TOPIGS NORSVIN USA

59. Disinfection in freezing temperatures: An experimental approach to identify best practices for applications in the animal health industry
Lucas Pantaleon
VIROX ANIMAL HEALTH

60. Evaluation of reproductive performance after implementation of Fostera® PRRS in a 9,000-sow production system using continuous quality improvement tools
Jose Angulo
ZOETIS

SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1:00 - 5:15 PM

Sunday Concurrent Session #1: Student Seminar
Session co-chairs: Maria Pieters and Andrew Bowman

Sponsored by ZOETIS

1:00 Evaluation of a peroxygen-based disinfectant to inactivate porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in swine feces on metal surfaces under freezing conditions
Kimberlee Baker, Iowa State University

1:15 Calculating and evaluating antibiotic usage in a United States swine production system
Megan Pieters, Iowa State University

1:30 Assessment of knowledge, compliance, and attitudes of English- and Spanish-speaking farm employees towards biosecurity practices
Michael Mardesen, Iowa State University

1:45 Comparison of standard and bench entry protocols for prevention of environmental contamination due to personnel entry in a commercial swine facility
Cassandra Fitzgerald, Iowa State University

2:00 Use of molecular characterization tools to investigate Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae outbreaks
Alyssa Anderson, University of Minnesota

2:15 Development and validation of ante-mortem urine collection techniques for gilts and sows
Megan Nickel, Iowa State University

2:30 An evaluation of oropharyngeal swabbing as a diagnostic technique for the detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in weaned pigs
Kylie Glisson, North Carolina State University

2:45 BREAK

3:15 A challenge study to determine whether in-feed flavophospholipol can reduce Salmonella shedding and colonization in nursery pigs
Jane Newman, University of Guelph

3:30
Correlating sampling methods to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) viremia status of sows and piglets in a sow herd with or without PCV2 revaccination during gestation
Allison Knox, University of Illinois

3:45 Sample comparison for detecting porcine circovirus type 2 in breeding herds
Rachel Schulte, Iowa State University

4:00 Evaluation of positive pressure filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of PRRSV during an experimental challenge of farm access points
Hunter Baldry, University of Minnesota

4:15 Evaluation of methods for determining the porcine circovirus type 2 status of sow herds
Chelsea Ruston, Iowa State University

4:30 Dynamics of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae colonization, seroconversion and onset of clinical signs in a population of gilts under field condition
Chris Deegan, University of Minnesota

4:45 Investigating porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD) in commercial swine herds by next generation sequencing
Zhen Yang, University of Minnesota

5:00 Effect of antimicrobials on non-toxigenic E coli oral vaccine
Olivia Myers, North Carolina State University

5:15 Session concludes

Sunday Concurrent Session #2: Industrial Partners
Session chair: Reid Philips

1:00 Multiple case study reports of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae elimination projects utilizing tylvalosin (Aivlosin WSG®)
Dan Rosener
PHARMGATE ANIMAL HEALTH

1:15 Feed trucks, feed orders, VFDs, and ingredient traceability from feed mills to bins using FeedTrackur™
Tom Stein
DP TECHLINK

1:30 Comparison of efficacy between 2 PCV2 vaccination protocols under PCV2d field exposure
Eduardo Fano
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC

1:45 Efficacy of Ingelvac PRRS® MLV against a heterologous PRRSV 1-7-4 RFLP challenge
Reid Philips
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC

2:00 Comparison of intestinal lesions, production performance, shedding profiles, and immunological response between Enterisol® Ileitis and Porcilis® Ileitis against a Lawsonia intracellularis challenge model
Jessica Seate
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC

2:15 Biosecurity controls for the industrial manufacturing of spray-dried plasma
Joe Crenshaw
APC

2:30 Solution for in-barn, hand-held data collection
Tom Stein
MAXIMUM AG TECHNOLOGIES

2:45 The effect of feeding MCFA on performance of nursery pigs raised without antibiotics
Dan McManus
PMI NUTRITIONAL ADDITIVES

3:00 BREAK

3:15 Water in oil adjuvant selection for the formulation of one-shot safe bacterial vaccines for swine
Sophia Bingling Xu
SEPPIC

3:30 Diagnosing edema disease: The first step in prevention
Verena Gotter
IDT BIOLOGIKA

3:45 Seneca Valley virus: Porcine-derived biological risk management
Melissa Madsen
CEVA BIOMUNE

4 :00 Specialized VaxLiant® adjuvant for DNA vaccine development using influenza A virus-swine hemagglutination (HA) gene
Timothy Miller
AGRILABS CORPORATION

4:15 Feed hygiene: A layered approach
Joshua Jendza
BALCHEM CORPORATION

4:30 Effect of combined supplementation of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and cholecalciferol on sow and piglet Vitamin D status, and progeny muscle cell parameters
Joseph Hahn
DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS

4:45 Effect of Tonisity PxTM administration on pre-weaning mortality and weight gain
Ava Firth
TONISITY

5:00 Effect of gruel and Tonisity PxTMon feed intake and weight gain at weaning
Ava Firth
TONISITY

5:15 Session concludes

Sunday Concurrent Session #3: Industrial Partners
Session co-chairs: Mike Tokach and Nathan Winkelman

1:00 Relationship between LP5TMand litter uniformity and birth weight
Tom Rathje
DNA GENETICS

1:15 Reducing antibiotic use: Educational materials for swine veterinarians and producers
Mike Tokach
USDA-NIFA and Kansas State University

1:30 Use of an autogenous PRRSV vaccine in conjunction with MLV elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies
Paul Lawrence
NEWPORT LABORATORIES

1:45 An evaluation of swine nursery medication
Jon De Jong
ELANCO

2:00 Managing post-weaning diarrhea associated with enterotoxigenic E coli
Robert Evelsizer
ELANCO

2:15 Pursuing American Board of Veterinary Practitioner (ABVP) certification in swine health management
Jeff Husa
AMERICAN BOARD OF VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS

2:30
Impact of piglet birthweight on post-weaning performance and system profitability
Douglas Newcom
PURETEK GENETICS

2:45 BREAK

3:15 Just how soluble are the water solubles?
David Nolan
HUVEPHARMA

3:30 Masked trichothecene mycotoxins in US feed and corn samples from 2014 to 2016
Erika Hendel
BIOMIN

3:45 Senecavirus A: A genetic supplier's perspective
Jerome Geiger
PIC

4:00 Impact of trained and untrained personnel on product implementation and subsequent pig health
Sarah Probst Miller
AGCREATE SOLUTIONS

4:15 Effect of direct-fed microbial, Calsporin® (Bacillus subtilis C-3102), on enteric health in nursery   pigs after challenge with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)
Paisley Canning
QUALITY TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

4:30 Impact of plasma species of origin on post-weaning pig performance
Chad Pilcher
PROVIMI

4:45 Clinical and diagnostic progression of Lawsonia intracellularis in an ileitis seeder pig challenge model
Nathan Winkelman
SWINE SERVICES UNLIMITED INC

5:00 Development of a new PRRS ELISA with high correlation with IFA
Eric van Esch
BIOCHEK

5:15 Session concludes

Sunday Concurrent Session #4: Industrial Partners
Session chair: Robyn Fleck

1:00 Study and field evaluation of an artificial intelligence system's ability to predict the good moment to breed sows: PigWatch® from Ro-Main
Jacquelin Labrecque
RO-MAIN

1:15 Fat-soluble vitamins: To esterify or not to esterify?
Rob Stuart
STUART PRODUCTS

1:30 Safe-guard® Aquasol 20% suspension, a novel method of delivering fenbendazole through swine water drinking systems
Robyn Fleck
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH

1:45 Experimental PCV2d challenge of pigs vaccinated with prototype vaccines containing ORF2 from PCV2a, PCV2b or PCV2d
Erin Strait
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH

2:00 Field experiences with Porcilis® Ileitis: The newest tool for controlling Lawsonia intracellularis
Brad Thacker
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH

2:15 ESF vs stall performance: Three head-to-head comparisons
Jeff Schoening
AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

2:30 Comparative study of two vaccines against neonatal diarrhea on a Canadian commercial farm
Ignacio Bernal Orozco
LABORATORIOS HIPRA

2:45 BREAK

3:15 The impacts of in-feed antibiotics, a unique organic acid blend, or an in-feed acidifier on nursery pig performance
Kellie Hogan
TROUW NUTRITION

3:30 Field evaluation of vaccination of piglets at processing using Fostera® PRRS
Keith Aljets
ZOETIS

3:45 Determining the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae status in commercial breeding herds
Ethan Spronk
ZOETIS

4 :00 Efficacy of FluSure XP® swine influenza vaccine, in pigs challenged with a cluster IV-A H3N2 swine influenza virus
Todd Wolff
ZOETIS

4:15 The impact of activated polyphenols on performance of weaned pigs
Dan Little
GRAZIX ANIMAL HEALTH

4:30 The farrow-to-finish economic impact of using OvuGel®
Dennis DiPietre
JBS UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH

4:45 Systematic implementation of VFDs using FeedLINK electronic VFD solution
Brad Leuwerke
GLOBALVETLINK

5:00
Pre-slaughter stunning of swine: A scientific viewpoint
Steve Wotton
BOCK INDUSTRIES

5:15 Session concludes

WELCOME RECEPTION
Sponsored by ZOETIS
6:30 - 8:30 PM

STUDENT RECEPTION
Sponsored by MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH
8:30 - 11:00 PM

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Spouse Hospitality Suite
7:00 - 9:00 AM

COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL TABLES OPEN
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

GENERAL SESSION: One World, One Health, One Passion for Pigs
8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Program chair: Alex Ramirez

8:00 Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture
Swine medicine in the 21st century: Immovable object meets unstoppable force
Jeff Zimmerman

9:00 Alex Hogg Memorial Lecture
One Health: Roles, responsibilities, and opportunities for swine veterinarians
Matthew Turner

10:00 BREAK

10:30 Canadian perspective on porcine epidemic diarrhea
Egan Brockhoff

11:00 Avian influenza: Lessons learned
Jill Nezworski

11:30 Consumers, pigs, vets, and zoonoses: The critical role you play in earning trust with consumers
J.J. Jones

12:15 Session concludes

AASV LUNCHEON
Sponsored by BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC
12:15 - 2:00 PM

Monday Concurrent Session #1: Swine Diseases
2:00 - 5:30 PM
Session chair: Kate Dion

2:00 Opportunistic bacterial pathogens: Battles fought in daily practice
Cameron Schmitt

2:30 Batch farrowing for disease control
Elise Toohill

2:45 Determining optimum PRRSV management strategies
Clayton Johnson

3:30 BREAK

4:00 Emerging genetic strategies for disease control
Matt Culbertson

4:30 Swine Disease Matrix, rapid response, diagnostic fee support, and other progress from the Swine Health Information Center
Paul Sundberg

5:00 Experiences with FMD and CSF in Korea
Wonil Kim

5:30 Session concludes

Monday Concurrent Session #2: Antibiotics
2:00 - 5:30 PM
Session chair: Sam Holst

2:00 Antibiotic resistance mechanisms
Randy Singer

2:25 Antibiotic use metrics
Peter Davies

2:50 Human models to reduce antibiotic use
Michael Sadowsky

3:15 BREAK

3:45 Feed industry experience with implemented VFD rule
Richard Sellers

4:05 Practitioner experience with implemented VFD rule
Paul Ruen

4:25 GlobalVetLINK experience with implemented VFD rule
Tyler Holck

4:45 On-farm inspections and VFD pilot project
Michael Murphy

5:05 Roundtable Q&A
All speakers

5:30 Session concludes

Monday Concurrent Session #3: Managing the Reproductive Herd for High Health and Productivity
2:00 - 5:30 PM
Session chair: Tom Gillespie

2:00 Economic impact: Fitness traits in post-weaning pigs and sows in lieu of genetic improvement in litter size and leanness
John Mabry

2:30 Semen supplier contributions to sow herd performance
Gary Althouse

3:00 A pig’s early challenges
Maria Pieters

3:30 BREAK

4:00 Considerations for batch production
Scanlon Daniels

4:30 Managing Danish nurseries in prolific sow herds with minimal antibiotic use
Michael Agerley

5:30 Session concludes

AASV AWARDS RECEPTION
Sponsored by ELANCO
6:30 - 8:30 PM

AASV FOUNDATION AUCTION
8:30 PM

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

AASV BUSINESS BREAKFAST
7:00 - 8:00 AM

COMMERCIAL TECHNICAL TABLES OPEN
8:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

GENERAL SESSION: AASV's Stand: Control/Elimination
8:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
Session chair: Alex Ramirez

8:00 Biosecurity: The strengths and weaknesses in our industry
Butch Baker

9:00 Practical PED elimination and surveillance: Quebec’s experience
Julie Menard

9:45 BREAK

10:15 US swine industry structure and disease control: A “wicked” problem
Mike Lemmon

11:00 Voluntary regional PRRS control: Pitfalls and progress
Dave Wright

11:45 Discussion: What should AASV’s stance be?
Moderated by Alex Ramirez

12:00 Session and meeting concludes