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August 12, 2024 —
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...
August 6, 2024 —
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is offering a veterinary government relations externship opportunity for three (3), 4th-year veterinary students for the fall of 2024 (September 9-20). The...
August 5, 2024 —
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...
August 1, 2024 —
Abstract: First detection of PCV4 in swine in the United States: codetection with PCV2 and PCV3 and direct detection within tissues Since PCV4 was first described in 2019, the virus has been...
July 30, 2024 —
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is offering a veterinary government relations externship opportunity for three (3), 4th-year veterinary students for the fall of 2024 (September 9-20). The...
July 29, 2024 — AASV Staff
As a veterinarian, you've followed your calling to support the health and well-being of animals. While the rewards of your chosen profession are plenty, the veterinary profession can be challenging....
July 25, 2024 —
Abstract: Evaluation of a heating protocol and stocking density impact on heatstressed fattening pigs As climate change intensifies, heat stress mitigation for pigs becomes more important. Trials...
July 25, 2024 —
Abstract: Monitoring emerging pathogens using negative nucleic acid test results from endemic pathogens in pig populations: Application to porcine enteric coronaviruses This study evaluated the use...
July 23, 2024 —
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is offering a veterinary government relations externship opportunity for three (3), 4th-year veterinary students for the fall of 2024 (September 9-20). The...
July 22, 2024 — AASV Staff
As a veterinarian, you've followed your calling to support the health and well-being of animals. While the rewards of your chosen profession are plenty, the veterinary profession can be challenging....
July 22, 2024 —
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 18, 2024 —
Abstract: African swine fever virus DNA is present in non-biting flies collected from outbreak farms in Romania Background: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and severe haemorrhagic...
July 18, 2024 —
Abstract: Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm Background: Ear and tail lesions are prevalent indicators of impaired welfare...
July 15, 2024 — AASV Staff
We are pleased to announce the launch of AASV's new website! If you haven't yet visited, explore the new website at https://aasv.org. We've worked hard to ensure a smooth transition, but we know...
July 15, 2024 — AASV Staff
As a veterinarian, you've followed your calling to support the health and well-being of animals. While the rewards of your chosen profession are plenty, the veterinary profession can be challenging....
July 15, 2024 —
We are eager to bring back a transformed 2024 ISU McKean Swine Disease Conference at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. The conference will be held on Wednesday July 24, 2024 as a one day...
July 14, 2024 —
The 14th Annual Antibiotics Symposium will be hosted in Denver, Colorado from November 19-21, 2024. Symposium topics will include an industry report on the current state of antibiotic stewardship,...
July 11, 2024 — AASV Staff
AASV members, do you have opportunities for students to gain experience in your practice or production company? Attract interested students with your listing in the AASV directory of swine-oriented...
July 11, 2024 —
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, 2024 —
Abstract: The porcine circovirus 3 humoral response: characterization of maternally derived antibodies and dynamic following experimental infection Since Porcine Circovirus 3 (PCV3) was first...
July 11, 2024 —
Abstract: Quantitative risk assessment model of the presence of porcine epidemic diarrhea and African swine fever viruses in spray-dried porcine plasma Introduction: There are no microbiological...
July 10, 2024 — AASV Staff
The AASV Communications Committee, IT specialist Dave Brown, and staff have been working hard to update and upgrade the AASV website, and we're excited to announce it's coming soon! In fact, the...
July 10, 2024 — AASV Staff
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation at the AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Sunday,...
July 10, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
A study funded by the Swine Health Information Center Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program, in partnership with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Pork Checkoff,...
July 9, 2024 —
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is offering a veterinary government relations externship opportunity for three (3), 4th-year veterinary students for the fall of 2024 (September 9-20). The...
July 9, 2024 — Smithfield Foods
A great job - and a great future - awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We're an $18 billion U.S. food company with nearly 60,000 employees worldwide. We're looking for motivated people who want to join...
July 9, 2024 — Christensen Farms
Christensen Farms seeks a Staff Veterinarian who will be responsible for working with the Production Operations Team to develop strategies and process-oriented approaches to improve the health and...
July 8, 2024 — Abbey Canon
Efforts inform preparedness and response planning for pork producers and veterinarians A multistate outbreak of HPAI Type A (H5N1) in dairy cows began on March 25, 2024, in Texas. The cross-species...
July 8, 2024 — AASV Staff
Golfers, it is time to recruit and register your golf team to support the AASV Foundation! Registration is now open at https://aasv.org/foundation/golf/. Preregister by August 27 to join your...
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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