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September 27, 2016 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians invites submissions for the Industrial Partners portion of the 48th AASV Annual Meeting, to be held February 25-28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. This is...
September 27, 2016 — National Pork Board [Jobs]
The National Pork Board, located in Clive, IA, is seeking a dynamic person to act as our Director of Producer and Public Health. This position will be responsible for the development and...
September 27, 2016 — University of Minnesota [Jobs]
The University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM),Veterinary Population Medicine Department announces the recruitment of candidates for the prestigious Allen D. Leman Chair in Swine...
September 27, 2016 — Newport Laboratories [Jobs]
Newport Laboratories Inc, an animal health company that assists veterinarians and livestock producers to address animal health problems through diagnostic testing and production of veterinary...
September 22, 2016 — Harry Snelson [Gov.]
The Food and Drug Administration has issued Guidance Document #233 (GFI #233) to describe a suggested common format for VFD forms. Drug sponsors are required to provide a VFD form to FDA as part of...
September 21, 2016 — Harry Snelson [AASV]
It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of Mr. John “Jack” Rodibaugh, the father of Dr. Max Rodibaugh, on Sunday September 18, 2016 at the age of 91. Jack had a life-long passion for...
September 21, 2016 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Is there a disease or situation you are seeing that has been especially difficult? What's one thing you do that makes you more efficient? Impresses your clients? Helps you communicate? Makes a...
September 21, 2016 — [Research]
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in prairie soils that had little or no exposure to human or animal activity. [Source: ARS, September 21, 2016...
September 21, 2016 — [AASV]
Dr. Ben Hause recently joined Cambridge Technologies as Vice President of Research/Development and Diagnostics. Cambridge Technologies is a member of Prairie Holdings Group in Worthington, Minnesota,...
September 21, 2016 — [Abs.]
Emerging livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) persist in livestock populations and represent a reservoir for transmission to humans. Understanding the routes of...
September 21, 2016 — Harry Snelson [FAD]
Due to the reappearance of classical swine fever in the national territory (Dominican Republic), it is decided to start a vaccination campaign disease throughout the country. [Source: WTO/SPS...
September 21, 2016 — [International]
On September 13, 2016, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) informed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that 13 sows of Canadian origin exported to the US in six separate loads...
September 21, 2016 — [Abs.]
We investigated the plausibility of aerosol transmission of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus during the 2015 spring outbreaks that occurred in the U.S. midwest. Air samples were...
September 21, 2016 — [News]
The National Pork Board is leading the conversation to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and preserve the responsible on-farm use of antibiotics in pork production. The Pork Checkoff, funded...
September 21, 2016 — [Conf.]
Plans are well underway for the 120th United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) and 59th American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) Annual Meeting. The meeting will...
September 20, 2016 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians invites submissions for the Industrial Partners portion of the 48th AASV Annual Meeting, to be held February 25-28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. This is...
September 20, 2016 — [AASV]
Dr. Thomas Painter has joined the Zoetis Pork Technical Services team as Senior Veterinarian. With over 35 years of experience, Dr. Painter brings extensive knowledge of the industry and strong...
September 20, 2016 — North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine [Jobs]
The Department of Population Health and Pathobiology at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine invites applications from qualified individuals for a non-tenure track...
September 20, 2016 — Tyson Foods [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 Veterinarian to join our Pork Group Technical Services team....
September 20, 2016 — Seaboard Foods - Guymon, Oklahoma [Jobs]
Seaboard Foods is seeking a staff veterinarian to join the production management team for farm operations located in the state of Oklahoma. The position offers a unique opportunity for veterinarians...
September 14, 2016 — [News]
Today, a number of agriculture groups—including the Animal Health Institute, National Pork Producers Council, National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Animal Agriculture Alliance—launched a new...
September 14, 2016 — Harry Snelson [Food]
The National Pork Board has published a Roaster Pig Food Safety Factsheet outlining tips to promote safe handling and proper cooking of roaster pigs. The factsheet describes four core practices of...
September 14, 2016 — [International]
The United Kingdom’s National Pig Association (NPA) producer group has recommended that providing antibiotic use data in the Electronic Medicines Book (eMB-Pigs) should be a requirement of the Red...
September 14, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important...
September 14, 2016 — [Abs.]
Direct and indirect contacts among animal holdings are important in the spread of infectious diseases. The objectives of this study were to describe networks of pig movements and the sharing of...
September 14, 2016 — [USDA]
In July 2014, USDA’s Veterinary Services (VS) presented a “Veterinary Services Proposed Framework for Response to Emerging Animal Diseases in the United States.” A new document, “Emerging Animal...
September 14, 2016 — [Abs.]
A temporal trend analysis was performed on antimicrobial resistance data collected over 4 consecutive years (2011-2014) in the official Belgian antimicrobial resistance monitoring programme....
September 14, 2016 — [AASV]
Dr. Gil Patterson has recently moved into a new position at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU), located in Harrogate, Tennessee. Dr. Patterson’s primary role will...
September 13, 2016 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation during the Student Seminar at the AASV annual meeting in Denver,...
September 13, 2016 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians invites submissions for the Industrial Partners portion of the 48th AASV Annual Meeting, to be held February 25-28, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. This is...
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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