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January 16, 2019 —
AASV Members, would you like to help shape the next generation of swine veterinarians? For the fifth year, students will come together at the AASV Annual Meeting to be quizzed on their veterinary...
January 16, 2019 — [AASV]
Join your fellow students on Saturday, March 9, for a fun-filled, interactive evening of Swine Veterinary Medicine Trivia! Teams will be arranged when you arrive. The competition will begin at 7:00...
January 16, 2019 — [Students]
The CEEZAD BSL-3 Training/Transboundary Animal Diseases Summer Program is designed to introduce graduate, DVM and upper-level undergraduate students to high-containment training and to provide...
January 16, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
Proactive mitigation of high-risk pathogens in feed with feed additives could be a way for us to protect North American herds from porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine reproductive and...
January 16, 2019 — [Ind.]
You can help inspire exceptional pig farmers/clients who represent the best in pig farming by nominating them today for the 2019 America's Pig Farmer of the YearSM Award at americaspigfarmer.com. Now...
January 16, 2019 — [Students]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the "OneUSDA Internship" opportunity for Summer 2019. As part of the Federal Pathways Program, the OneUSDA Internship will provide...
January 16, 2019 — [Students]
The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine (ISU CVM) is seeking veterinary student applicants for the Swine Veterinary Internship Program (SVIP). There will be several openings for...
January 15, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Nominations for the office of AASV District Director are currently being sought in three AASV districts. Nomination cards have been mailed to all eligible voters in Districts #3 (Arkansas, Kentucky,...
January 15, 2019 — [AASV]
The AASV Annual Meeting provides a perfect opportunity for veterinary students to establish relationships with practicing veterinarians. To facilitate this networking, we will again offer the...
January 15, 2019 — [AASV]
Students, are you looking for employment following graduation? Could any of us stand to improve our interview, networking, and communication skills?If so, we have the perfect opportunity to do so....
January 15, 2019 — [AASV]
AASV members, would you like to meet the "up and coming" generation of swine veterinarians? Don't miss the opportunity to network with 3rd- and 4th-year veterinary students at the AASV...
January 15, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation is pleased to offer the Hogg Scholarship, established to honor the memory of longtime AASV member and swine industry leader Dr Alex Hogg....
January 15, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
The annual election for AASV Vice President is under way. The nominee is Dr. Mary Battrell (Garland, North Carolina), with space on the ballot for a write-in candidate. Information about Dr. Battrell...
January 15, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
As part of its mission to fund research with direct application to the profession, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation is accepting research proposals to be considered for...
January 15, 2019 — [News]
Industry collaboration will focus on protecting animal, public health In 2013, when pork producers faced an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDV, the U.S. pork industry put a renewed...
January 15, 2019 — Holden Farms [Jobs]
Holden Farms seeks a veterinarian based near Northfield, Minnesota to work with both sow farm and grow-finish production teams to ensure herd health and animal welfare, improve overall production,...
January 9, 2019 — [AASV]
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) welcomes Dr. Abbey Canon as Director of Communications. Canon accepted the position currently held by Dr. Harry Snelson, who will assume the...
January 9, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
We hope you've already made your lodging arrangements for AASV's 50th Annual Meeting - now it's time to register for the conference itself! Online registration has just opened for the meeting, to be...
January 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
The Swine Health Information Center's Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report this week shows expected activity in December. Data for the report is collected from the Veterinary Diagnostic Labs at...
January 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [Practice]
The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC's) efforts relating to monitoring, analysis, preparedness, and response to emerging diseases, domestic and foreign, are more essential than ever. The...
January 9, 2019 — [Abs.]
The US swine industry has been impaired over the last 25 years by the far-reaching financial losses caused by the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). Here, we explored the relations...
January 9, 2019 — [News]
A 400-head hog operation in Alberta has contracted the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, a disease that causes diarrhea and vomiting in pigs. Alberta Pork is working closely with Alberta...
January 9, 2019 — [News]
According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, veterinarians have a higher proportionate mortality ratio than the general population. Male...
January 9, 2019 — Paul Sundberg [An.H.]
In the Swine Health Information Center's January Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report, it is stated Heilongjiang province reported the largest infected farm since the start of the African swine...
January 9, 2019 — [Students]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the "OneUSDA Internship" opportunity for Summer 2019. As part of the Federal Pathways Program, the OneUSDA Internship will provide...
January 9, 2019 — [Students]
The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine (ISU CVM) is seeking veterinary student applicants for the Swine Veterinary Internship Program (SVIP). There will be several openings for...
January 9, 2019 — [Research]
Practicing veterinarians, researchers and academics may now apply for one of three $35,000 awards for research related to infectious respiratory disease in pigs. Boehringer Ingelheim sponsors the...
January 8, 2019 — AASV Staff [AASV]
Nominations for the office of AASV District Director are currently being sought in three AASV districts. Nomination cards have been mailed to all eligible voters in Districts #3 (Arkansas, Kentucky,...
January 8, 2019 — [AASV]
The AASV Annual Meeting provides a perfect opportunity for veterinary students to establish relationships with practicing veterinarians. To facilitate this networking, we will again offer the...
January 8, 2019 — [AASV]
Students, are you looking for employment following graduation? Could any of us stand to improve our interview, networking, and communication skills?If so, we have the perfect opportunity to do so....
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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