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October 9, 2019 — AASV Staff [Students]
The AASV Student Recruitment Committee is accepting applications from veterinary students interested in serving as the Alternate Student Delegate on the AASV Board of Directors. This student will...
October 9, 2019 — [Conf.]
The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Iowa Pork Industry Center, The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), District...
October 9, 2019 — [Conf.]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians District #2 is sponsoring a Swine Veterinary Program in coordination with the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association's (NCVMA) Annual Conference...
October 9, 2019 — [Students]
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has an externship opportunity for four senior veterinary students for the 2020-2021 school year. The externships are two weeks in length and take place in...
October 9, 2019 — [Practice]
The AVMA has launched a new website to help guide veterinary students and early career veterinarians with the transition from veterinary school to their professional careers. MyVeterinaryLife.com was...
October 9, 2019 — [Students]
Zoetis Inc. and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) will partner again in 2020 to provide scholarships to second- and third-year veterinary students in the United States...
October 9, 2019 — [An.H.]
The PRRS Outbreak Management Project (POMP) is seeking collaborators to gather data on best management practices throughout the 2019/2020 PRRS outbreak season. A new PRRS outbreak season is...
October 9, 2019 — AASV Staff [Conf.]
The program is pending, but the date has been set for the 2019 Passion for Pigs Seminar & Trade Show, to take place December 10 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri....
October 9, 2019 — AASV Staff [Conf.]
You are invited to sharpen your pig knowledge vision to 20/20 at the Pig Ski conference, February 12-14, 2020 at beautiful Copper Mountain, Colorado! Register now at pigski.com. As in the past, a...
October 9, 2019 — [USDA]
The purpose of this site is to guide you quickly through carcass management options for planning or response purposes. The response goal for waste management is to properly dispose of contaminated...
October 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC) October Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. The percentage of positive porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) cases from...
October 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (ISU VDL) has confirmed Streptococcus equi ssp zooepidemicus in two recent, potentially related cases of sows for slaughter and feeder pigs in...
October 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [FAD]
In August, it was announced the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) received a grant from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, with active support from the National Pork Producers Council...
October 9, 2019 — [Abs.]
A study was conducted on 21 pig herds using one-site production system in the southeast region of Brazil to assess the relationships among serological results for primary pathogens involved in...
October 9, 2019 — Harry Snelson [OP-ED]
During a recent discussion on depopulation methods, the point was made that, "you just don't come back from 410 volts."...
October 8, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Effective October 1, the opportunity for AASV members to receive free copies of articles or request literature searches through the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Medical Sciences Library's...
October 8, 2019 — U.S. Pork - Zoetis [Jobs]
Zoetis, a leading animal health company, seeks a veterinarian with at least 5 years of swine-related practice and/or production system experience. The successful candidate is to be located in the...
October 2, 2019 — Abbey Canon [FAD]
If you observed USDA's African swine fever exercise during September 23-26, we would like to hear about your experience. If you are interested in sharing your observations with others, please send...
October 2, 2019 — [Conf.]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians District #2 is sponsoring a Swine Veterinary Program in coordination with the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association's (NCVMA) Annual Conference...
October 2, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The classic veterinary reference Diseases of Swine has been completely revised and is available to order at wiley.com. AASV members receive a 20% discount from the publishers when purchasing the...
October 2, 2019 — [USDA]
Dr. Alfonso Clavijo has been appointed as Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), a state-of-the-art U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research and diagnostic facility...
October 2, 2019 — U.S. Pork - Zoetis [Jobs]
Zoetis, a leading animal health company, seeks a veterinarian with at least 5 years of swine-related practice and/or production system experience. The successful candidate is to be located in the...
October 2, 2019 — Harry Snelson [OP-ED]
October is National Dental Hygiene month. According to the American Dental Association, you should brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day. As my pappy used to say, "It's better to floss...
October 1, 2019 — [Conf.]
The Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization (PAACO) is hosting one more On-Farm Swine Welfare Auditor Training Course in 2019. The course will be held October 23-24 in Brookings, South...
October 1, 2019 — Iowa State University AASV Student Chapter [AASV]
Would you like to sport your AASV pride with an AASV polo, cap, or beverage tumbler? Here's your chance to purchase any or all of these items and support veterinary students at the same time. The...
September 30, 2019 — AASV Staff [Hum.H.]
September is Suicide Prevention Month. We can all help prevent suicide. AVMA has produced three short videos that address this important topic. What should you do if someone tells you...
September 30, 2019 — [Pharm.]
VET09: Understanding Susceptibility Test Data as a Component of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Settings, 1st Edition is now available from the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute...
September 30, 2019 — [Practice]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is currently
September 30, 2019 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded two $250,000 grants to fund research projects in fiscal year (FY) 2019 aimed to help target and define durations of use for certain medically...
September 30, 2019 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released draft Guidance for Industry, entitled "Eligibility Criteria for Expanded Conditional Approval of New Animal Drugs," to assist animal...
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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