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June 1, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 31, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 30, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 29, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 28, 2020 — [Conf.]
Organizers are excited to announce the upcoming launch of PigX, a monthly podcast developed to share information from the national Improving Pig Survivability project with pork producers and other...
May 28, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 27, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
If you haven't yet participated in the 2020 AASV Salary Survey, the moment you have been waiting for (the "last minute") has arrived! The online survey will close this coming Saturday, May...
This story is available only to AASV Members. Please log in first, and then go back to this page and reload/refresh it to read this story.May 27, 2020 — [Hum.H.]
As COVID-19 continues to impact our personal and professional lives in ways thought unimaginable just a few months ago, we find ourselves filled with uncertainty and forced to confront a level of...
May 27, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [FAD]
Since African swine fever (ASF) was diagnosed in China in August 2018, veterinarians have been studying the virus's characteristics and learning how to manage in barns. The Swine Health Information...
May 26, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Want to get something off your chest? Need a place to talk to other swine vets? Share something with others who understand where you're coming from? Want to just listen to others? Lend your own ear?...
May 26, 2020 — [Gov.]
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is launching a disposal assistance program to help pork producers who are unable...
May 26, 2020 — [Conf.]
Now in its second year of multi-institutional collaborative work with university faculty and staff, swine producers and allied industry partners, the Improving Pig Survivability Project continues to...
May 26, 2020 — [Conf.]
The Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and outreach will host a webinar on Thursday evening May 28 from 7- 8 pm that focuses specifically on new and updated information on...
May 26, 2020 — [Conf.]
The American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM), an AVMA-recognized specialty, seeks new Diplomates to join some of the most distinguished veterinary professionals in preventive...
May 26, 2020 — [USDA]
The Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) recently added Draft Document 638 - VS Memorandum: Guidelines for Autogenous Biologics, to its website for a 3-week comment period. The CVB will consider all...
May 26, 2020 — [USDA]
The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Swine Study, originally scheduled to begin this summer, has been postponed to 2021. The NAHMS Swine Study focuses on the health, health practices...
May 26, 2020 — [Abs.]
Swine medicine resources and caseloads for teaching and supporting extracurricular training activities vary widely among veterinary colleges and are concentrated in specific regions. Student interest...
May 26, 2020 — [Abs.]
Erysipelothrix spp. comprise a group of small Gram-positive bacteria that can infect a variety of hosts including mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and insects. Among the eight Erysipelothrix species...
May 25, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 24, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
May 23, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
During the AASV Annual Meeting, 29 veterinary students interviewed conference speakers to gain additional information about their presentation topic. The next of these interviews is now available to...
This story is available only to AASV Members. Please log in first, and then go back to this page and reload/refresh it to read this story.May 20, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Want to get something off your chest? Need a place to talk to other swine vets? Share something with others who understand where you're coming from? Want to just listen to others? Lend your own ear?...
May 20, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Elected to the AASV Board of Directors in 2019, Dr. Cristina Quijano Alvarez is the District 10 Director, representing Mexico. Dr. Quijano received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics...
May 20, 2020 — [Conf.]
In light of COVID-19 responses, which have eliminated on-farm clinical opportunities for many students, the Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC) has consolidated all of its digital resources...
May 20, 2020 — [Hum.H.]
Gatekeeper training teaches people without professional mental health backgrounds to recognize the signs that someone may be considering suicide, establish a dialogue, and guide the person to seek...
May 20, 2020 — [FAD]
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) is offering a free continuing education program for veterinarians licensed in Iowa titled IowaFADefense. The focus of IowaFADefense is...
May 20, 2020 — [USDA]
Today, USDA formally unveiled details of its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides direct payments to farmers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The program includes $3 billion in...
May 20, 2020 — [Research]
Trials will soon start in Germany to observe progress with transgenic pigs with immune cells that show resistance to ASFv. [Source: Pig Progress 13 May 2020] Originally, tests were scheduled for May...
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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