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May 23, 2018 — Harry Snelson [AASV]
The AASV office will be closed Monday May 28, 2018 for the Memorial Day holiday. The office will reopen Tuesday morning. Enjoy the holiday and join us in honoring our fallen heroes....
May 23, 2018 — [Research]
[Editor's note: As a result of concerns expressed regarding the interpretation of the findings in the study entitled "Elemental impurities in injectable iron products for swine" published in the...
May 23, 2018 — University of Minnesota Swine Group [Conf.]
Help us bring the IPVS back to the United States by supporting "Minneapolis 2022." The last time the IPVS was held in the US was 2002, and before that, 1976. It's time to bring it back! We...
May 23, 2018 — [An.H.]
There is growing recognition of the role that host genetics plays on disease. Over past years there has been a significant shift in genetic selection programs to include genetic strategies to improve...
May 23, 2018 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) is watching porcine kobuvirus (PKV) as a possible emerging swine virus posing a valid threat to the US pork industry. Originally detected in 2008 in baby...
May 23, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Plans are underway for the 50th annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), to take place March 9-12, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. As part of the meeting, there...
May 23, 2018 — [News]
DNA Genetics, the second largest swine genetic supplier in North America, invites you to the open house of their state-of-the-art genetic transfer center on Thursday May 24. The newly constructed...
May 23, 2018 — Harry Snelson [OP-ED]
We just completed the AASV Program Planning Committee meeting for the 2019 AASV Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. The group gathered was energetic, thoughtful, informed and excited. I think they have...
May 22, 2018 — [Abs.]
Nontyphoidal Salmonella is an important foodborne pathogen with diverse serotypes occurring in animal and human populations. The prevalence of the organism on swine farms has been associated with...
May 22, 2018 — [Abs.]
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is an elusive model of host/virus relationship in which disease is determined by virus pathogenicity, pig breed susceptibility and phenotype,...
May 22, 2018 — [Abs.]
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) is the primary causative agent of enzootic pneumonia (EP), one of the most economically important infectious disease for the swine industry worldwide. M....
May 22, 2018 — The Maschhoffs [Jobs]
The Maschhoffs in Carlyle, Illinois, seeks a herd veterinarian. Job Duties and Responsibilities Assist in the development, implementation and execution of practices and programs that support the...
May 18, 2018 — [Pharm.]
The Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) recently added CVB Notice 18-05 Detection of Senecavirus A (SVA) in Veterinary Biological Products to its website. [Source: USDA...
May 18, 2018 — Harry Snelson [AASV]
The AASV was recently notified of the passing on February 22, 2018 of Dr. John Duane Berthelsen. Dr. Berthelsen was 86 years old and resided in Newton, Iowa. He was a 1971 charter member of the...
May 16, 2018 — Harry Snelson [AASV]
The AASV will hold a members-only session again this year at the World Pork Expo. This year's session will be chaired by AASV Vice president Jeff Harker. The discussion topic will be the pros and...
May 16, 2018 — [USDA]
USDA wants to hear from stakeholders of the U.S. pork industry to help develop objectives for the sixth national swine study to be conducted by USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS)...
May 16, 2018 — [News]
DNA Genetics, the second largest swine genetic supplier in North America, invites you to the open house of their state-of-the-art genetic transfer center on Thursday May 24. The newly constructed...
May 15, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Mark your calendar! The popular AASV Foundation Golf Outing is set for Thursday, August 23 at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City, Iowa. Proceeds from the event benefit the AASV Foundation and provide...
May 15, 2018 — Paul Sundberg [Practice]
The frequency of swine movement in North America makes the industry vulnerable to disease spread. To explore how modifying movement patterns can reduce disease spread, the Swine Health Information...
May 15, 2018 — [Ind.]
People who want to become certified as Pork Quality Assurance Plus 3.0 Advisors are reminded of the application deadline for a session during World Pork Expo in Des Moines. The Iowa Pork Industry...
May 15, 2018 — [Abs.]
Coronaviruses exhibit a propensity for interspecies transmission, with SARS- and MERS-coronaviruses as notable examples. Cross-species transmission by coronaviruses is foremost determined by the...
May 15, 2018 — [Abs.]
Despite years of effort, the proportion of serologically Salmonella-conspicuous pig farms has not been significantly reduced. Incoming piglets are considered to be a significant source of Salmonella...
May 15, 2018 — [Ind.]
If you're attending World Pork Expo in Des Moines, the National Pork Board is offering the following Operation Main Street training session for veterinarians interested in presenting to veterinary...
May 14, 2018 — Dr. Scanlon Daniels [AASV]
AASV's Executive Director, Dr. Tom Burkgren, has announced his intention to retire in May, 2019. He has made this announcement a year in advance to help provide a positive and smooth transition of...
May 9, 2018 — [USDA]
USDA wants to hear from stakeholders of the U.S. pork industry to help develop objectives for the sixth national swine study to be conducted by USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS)...
May 9, 2018 — [Abs.]
The objective of this study was to investigate associations between early life indicators, lactation management factors and subsequent mortality, health, welfare and carcass traits of offspring. A...
May 9, 2018 — [Abs.]
In the fall of 2014, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 was introduced into North America by migrating waterfowl from Asia where, through reassortment, novel HPAI...
May 9, 2018 — [News]
DNA Genetics, the second largest swine genetic supplier in North America, invites you to the open house of their state-of-the-art genetic transfer center on Thursday May 24. The newly constructed...
May 9, 2018 — [News]
The Office of Manitoba's Chief Veterinary Officer reports all but three of the 80 swine herds infected during a 2017 PEDv outbreak have now reached presumptive negative or are transitioning to...
May 9, 2018 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
Recently updated domestic and global disease monitoring reports have been posted on the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) website. In the domestic report, it was noted there has been a...
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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