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September 28, 2016 — Paul Sundberg [News]
The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) convened a cross-section of experts involved in swine disease diagnostics at the veterinary diagnostic laboratories of Iowa State University, University of...
September 28, 2016 — Iowa State University Student AASV Chapter
2016 brings back the ever popular Pig Power Networking Event! This fast-paced interview format is a great way to start your Friday morning at the ISU James D McKean Swine Disease Conference. This...
September 28, 2016 — [Students]
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has an externship opportunity for four senior veterinary students annually. The externships are two weeks in length and take place in Washington, D.C. and...
September 28, 2016 — [Abs.]
Swine Influenza A Viruses (swIAVs) have been shown to persist in farrow-to-finish pig herds with repeated outbreaks in successive batches, increasing the risk for respiratory disorders in affected...
September 28, 2016 — [Abs.]
Transplacental infection plays a critical role in the reproductive failure induced by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), yet exposure of sows and gilts to classical PRRSV...
September 28, 2016 — [Pharm.]
Animal health expert David Burch dives deep into antimicrobial legislation and summarised it clearly on a global scale. Which developments are going on at different places around the globe? Besides...
September 28, 2016 — [News]
The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine has opened a newly remodeled and expanded laboratory featuring state of the art scientific equipment. The renovations and new equipment...
September 28, 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 28, 2016 — Zoetis [Jobs]
Zoetis, the leading animal health company, seeks a veterinarian with at least 3 years of swine-related practice and/or production system experience. The successful candidate is to be located in the...
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 27, 2016 — Seaboard Foods of Iowa [Jobs]
Seaboard Foods of Iowa is seeking a staff veterinarian to join the production management team for farm operations located in the state of Iowa. The position offers a unique opportunity for...
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...
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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