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July 21, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 20, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 19, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 18, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Applications are now being accepted for the next AASV Executive Director. The current director, Dr. Tom Burkgren, has announced his intention to retire in May, 2019. The position description and...
July 18, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
AASV has issued the call for abstracts for the 2019 Student Seminar and Poster Session, which is the starting point for scholarship competitions held at the AASV Annual Meeting. Substantial changes...
July 18, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Time is running out to register to enjoy a day of fun and golf in support of the AASV Foundation! Team and individual registrations are due August 6.The AASV Foundation is heading to Landsmeer Golf...
July 18, 2018 — [Research]
The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) conducts national studies to be representative of the U.S. pork industry, generally focusing on operations with 100 or more swine in the top...
July 18, 2018 — [Conf.]
The Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals (EEDA) online course will be offered for continuing education (CE) beginning July 25, 2018. The course covers the causes and consequences of foreign animal...
July 18, 2018 — [Food]
The Trump administration has proposed a fundamental change to the mission of the Food and Drug Administration, one that would transfer most of the responsibility for regulating food safety to the...
July 18, 2018 — [Abs.]
This study was conducted in a commercial 1000-sow herd facing recurrent exudative epidermitis (EE) outbreaks during the nursery period and assessed the efficacy of autogenous vaccination in...
July 18, 2018 — [Abs.]
Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV) causes classical swine fever, a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever affecting both feral and domesticated pigs. Outbreaks of CSF in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South...
July 18, 2018 — [Conf.]
Join your colleagues at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota September 15-18, 2018 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. This annual educational event for the global swine industry...
July 18, 2018 — [Practice]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting veterinary medical professionals, as well as those who work with horses and pigs, that a synthetic progesterone product commonly used in these...
July 18, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 18, 2018 — Harry Snelson [OP-ED]
A colleague recently shared the following profound statement from one of our esteemed veterinary diagnosticians referencing the importance of conducting a necropsy: "A dead sow is a gift, you...
July 17, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 17, 2018 — [AASV]
Dr. Carlos Roudergue has accepted a position as Sow Service Manager for Country View Family Farms, based in Pennsylvania. In his new role, he will be leading a group of sow managers working to...
July 17, 2018 — 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...
July 17, 2018 — Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [Jobs]
The Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan invites applications from qualified individuals for a tenure-track faculty position in Swine Health Management at...
July 16, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 13, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 12, 2018 — Paul Sundberg [News]
In May 2017, the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) released information from a study it funded showing the potential for viruses to contaminate and survive in feed ingredients. These surprising...
July 12, 2018 — 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 MP3 audio interviews is now...
July 12, 2018 — Pharmgate Animal Health [Jobs]
At Pharmgate, we seek to serve our clients with approachability and a level of respect, so we look for employees who aspire to do the same. We pride ourselves on being hardworking and are willing to...
July 11, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Applications are now being accepted for the next AASV Executive Director. The current director, Dr. Tom Burkgren, has announced his intention to retire in May, 2019. The position description and...
July 11, 2018 — AASV Staff [AASV]
AASV has issued the call for abstracts for the 2019 Student Seminar and Poster Session, which is the starting point for scholarship competitions held at the AASV Annual Meeting. Substantial changes...
July 11, 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...
July 11, 2018 — [Conf.]
Veterinary students: Are you shadowing a swine practitioner this summer or have you been involved in an interesting clinical case investigation? Did you work on your veterinary skills by designing a...
July 11, 2018 — [Research]
The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) conducts national studies to be representative of the U.S. pork industry, generally focusing on operations with 100 or more swine in the top...
July 11, 2018 — [Gov.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today a public meeting to discuss foods produced using animal cell culture technology. The public meeting will be held on July 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m....
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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