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July 8, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
With careful attention to social distancing guidelines and other COVID-19 precautions, plans are moving forward for the annual AASV Foundation Golf Outing, which is returning to Veenker Memorial Golf...
July 8, 2020 — [AASV]
AASV Executive Director Harry Snelson was recently featured on the American Association of Bovine Practitioner's Podcast, Have You Herd? The swine industry has many commonalities with the cattle...
July 8, 2020 — [Research]
Sporadic outbreaks of Senecavirus A (SVA) continue to occur in U.S. swine and cause an economic burden for pig farmers and pork production companies. Besides the impact on herd health and...
July 8, 2020 — [Conf.]
The National Livestock Producers Association will be hosting a 60 minute free webinar, Improving Communication about Antibiotic Stewardship for Producers and Stakeholders, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at...
July 8, 2020 — [Conf.]
The International Conference on Pig Survivability, originally set for Oct. 28-29, 2020 has been postponed a year due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates for the conference...
July 8, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The National Pork Board (NPB) and Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) are funding a 12-month long project, with the collaboration of the National Pork Producers Council and the American...
July 8, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
Building capacity for disease response means an outbreak has happened and a response is needed. How about stopping the outbreak from happening? One of the goals of the Morrison Swine Health...
July 8, 2020 — [Ind.]
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) strongly supports the Responding to Epidemic Losses and Investing in the Economic Future (RELIEF) for Producers Act of 2020, introduced today by Sens. Jim...
July 8, 2020 — [Ind.]
A coalition of more than 150 agriculture, trade and related groups led by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) sent a letter today to Congress warning of a major funding shortfall that could...
July 8, 2020 — [USDA]
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the initial purchase of vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary...
July 8, 2020 — [An.H.]
Cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) continue to be diagnosed in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, primarily on equine premises. Access current situation reports from USDA-APHIS her. Vesicular...
July 8, 2020 — [An.H.]
The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC) July Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. In the July Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report, we learn porcine reproductive and...
July 8, 2020 — [FAD]
New research at Kansas State University is demonstrating that the risk of spreading a deadly animal virus through feed can be effectively reduced through the use of different feed additives. [Source:...
July 8, 2020 — [News]
Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has worked to provide the American public with information about how to safely and effectively kill the...
July 8, 2020 — [Abs.]
In 2014, the hypothesis that feed ingredients could serve as vehicles for the transport and transmission of viral pathogens was proposed and evaluated by multiple investigators under laboratory...
July 8, 2020 — [Abs.]
Pigs are faced with various perturbations throughout their lives, some of which are induced by management practices, others by natural causes. Resilience is described as the ability to recover from...
July 7, 2020 — [AASV]
The dictionary defines a "tip" as a small but useful piece of practical advice. Synonyms include a hint, suggestion, pointer, clue, guideline, recommendation, word of warning, or counsel....
July 7, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
HEARD VET has a new topic for the July 8 and 15 sessions: Talking to and Supporting Producers Through COVID-19 - A Support and Strategy Dialogue Among Swine Veterinarians. Join AASV's social support...
July 7, 2020 — Merck Animal Health [Jobs]
Merck Animal Health is looking for a Manager of Swine Technical Services. This is a field based position with primary locations in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Tennessee....
July 7, 2020 — Merck Animal Health [Jobs]
Merck Animal Health seeks a Director, Integrated Swine and Poultry, US Livestock Technical Services, to lead a field-based, problem-solving, customer-focused team that supports the efforts of sales...
July 1, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The AASV office will be closed on July 3, 2020 in recognition of the Independence Day holiday. The office will reopen on Monday July 6, 2020. We hope you enjoy the holiday weekend with family and...
July 1, 2020 — Harry Snelson [USDA]
Just this week, a research study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences entitled "Prevalent Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009 pandemic viral...
July 1, 2020 — [An.H.]
Significant attention is being paid to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. The study says a Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009...
July 1, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians is pleased to announce the publication of the 5th edition of the Swine Disease Manual, edited by Drs Eric Neumann, Alex Ramirez, and Kent Schwartz....
July 1, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
It's time to recruit your golf team to support the AASV Foundation! Registration will open soon for the annual AASV Foundation Golf Outing, which is returning to Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames,...
July 1, 2020 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Program MSHMP, partially funded by the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), continues to expand its capacity and, as a result, delivers more and higher quality...
June 30, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Did you miss last week's deadline for mailing your responses to the 2020 AASV Salary Survey? Tell you what -- if you received a copy of the survey in the mail, complete and mail it back to AASV this...
June 30, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Curious how other swine vets are handling current events or have handled past similar situations? AASV’s HEARD VET Social Support Group for Swine Vets is offered weekly on Wednesdays at 6pm...
June 30, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation at the AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Sunday,...
June 30, 2020 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Plans are underway for the 52nd annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), to take place February 27 - March 2, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The AASV is moving...
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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