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February 13, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Burning questions for USDA? Want to know more about African swine fever planning, stop movements, emergency response, indemnity, etc.? Now's your chance to ask! We have invited Dr. Jack Shere,...
February 12, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Elections for AASV District Directors are under way in four AASV districts. In addition, balloting is still in progress for the office of AASV Vice President. Have YOU voted? To check, log into your...
February 12, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The AASV's issue-based committees will meet on Saturday, March 7 during AASV's 51st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. The meeting times, room assignments, and most agendas have been posted on the annual...
February 12, 2020 — [Pharm.]
Would you like an opportunity to be better prepared for the FDA CVM's future antibiotic use plans and antimicrobial resistance stewardship requirements? Through a 2019 AASV Foundation-funded project,...
February 12, 2020 — [Welfare]
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
February 12, 2020 — [Conf.]
AASV and the Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC) at Iowa State University (ISU) are excited to extend the invitation for all AASV members view the Swine Medicine Talks: An AASV and SMECast Series...
February 12, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [FAD]
Significant attention has been given to mitigating the risk of African swine fever virus (ASFV) transmission in feedstuffs. Effective feed biosecurity includes layers and multiple steps, protecting...
February 12, 2020 — [Abs.]
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in 6.3% and HEV IgG in 40% of 5,033 serum samples from market-weight pigs at 25 slaughterhouses in 10 US states. The prevalent HEV genotype was zoonotic...
February 12, 2020 — [AASV]
Dr. Erin Strait has accepted a position as Director of Biological Innovation and Development for Poultry and Swine at Ceva Animal Health, where she will be leading vaccine development. Dr. Strait was...
February 11, 2020 — [AASV]
Students, are you looking for employment following graduation? Could any of us stand to improve our interview, networking, and communication skills? If so, we have the perfect opportunity to do so....
February 11, 2020 — [Conf.]
African swine fever. Virulent Newcastle disease. Highly pathogenic avian influenza. Foot and mouth disease. These high consequence animal diseases and others threaten U.S. livestock production and...
February 11, 2020 — [FAD]
On Jan. 9, members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hosted the National Pork Board's board of directors and Pork Checkoff staff members at the Miami International Airport to showcase...
February 11, 2020 — [Gov.]
The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation that authorizes funding for 740 new agricultural inspectors at land, air and sea ports to prevent African swine fever (ASF) and other...
February 11, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC) February Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. In the February report, we learn porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)...
February 11, 2020 — [Abs.]
In the event of a Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the United States, an infected livestock premises is likely to result in a high number of carcasses (swine and/or cattle) as a result of...
February 11, 2020 — Merck Animal Health [Jobs]
Merck Animal Health is looking for an Director of Swine Biologicals Research and Development based in De Soto, Kansas. The role of the R&D Director is to support the Global Species Head in the...
February 11, 2020 — Apiam Animal Health [Jobs]
Ready to escape the freezing weather and snow dumps of the Midwest? Come join us in paradise! This is an opportunity for a swine veterinarian with 2+ years' experience to join Australia's largest...
February 11, 2020 — Merck Animal Health [Jobs]
Merck Animal Health is looking for an Associate Director in our Swine Technical Services Team. This leadership position is field-based and is responsible for providing technical support to Sales and...
February 11, 2020 — South West Ontario Veterinary Services [Jobs]
South West Ontario Veterinary Services is a swine-only practice and a dynamic leader in the Pork Production Industry. We pride ourselves on stellar customer service, innovation and collaboration. We...
February 11, 2020 — Tyson Foods, Inc. [Jobs]
Tyson Foods Inc, the world's largest protein producer and the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500, is looking for a candidate to join our Pork Group Technical Services...
February 10, 2020 — [AASV]
As you finalize your travel plans to attend AASV's 51st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, please remember to do your part to protect the U.S. swine herd from foreign animal diseases, including...
February 8, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
It's time! Make sure you're registered for the AASV 2020 Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Pre-registration closes this Friday, February 14. After that, the member registration rate increases by $100....
February 7, 2020 — [AASV]
Dr. Robert Desrosiers, who had been a technical service veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim Canada since 1997, is no longer an employee of the company. However, he is still working for them as a...
February 5, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
AASV is pleased to announce the candidates for the District Director positions in Districts 2, 5, 9, and 11. In the next few days, eligible voters will receive an email message containing a link to...
February 5, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Did you know the membership directory, only accessible to AASV members, is the most used feature of the AASV website? Visit the new and more mobile friendly directory at...
February 5, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The AASV's issue-based committees will meet on Saturday, March 7 during AASV's 51st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. The meeting times and room assignments have been posted on the annual meeting...
February 5, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The AASV Annual Meeting provides a perfect opportunity for veterinary students to establish relationships with practicing veterinarians. To facilitate this networking, we will again offer the...
February 5, 2020 — Abbey Canon [AASV]
Elected in the spring of 2018, Dr. Melissa Billing represents members from 14 Northeastern U.S. states as the District 1 AASV Director. With a major in biology and minor in chemistry, Melissa...
February 5, 2020 — [Conf.]
Join the Iowa Pork Industry Cetner's Foreign Animal Disease Preparation live webinar on Tuesday, February 11 from 12:00-1:30 pm. The webinar will be led by Dr. Chris Rademacher and Amanda Chipman of...
February 5, 2020 — [Welfare]
North Carolina State University is conducting research on pain management for piglet castration. The end goal of the project is to identify barriers and implement solutions to practical on-farm pain...
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues