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Highlights from the 2023 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference
October 5, 2023 — 
World-renowned experts in the swine industry challenged and led more than 800 people who attended the 2023 Allen D. Leman swine conference in St. Paul, Minn. Read a recap of the event at
AVMA Legislative Advisory Committee Update
August 9, 2017 — Max Rodibaugh
The staff and Officers of AASV do a great job of maintaining contacts in Washington DC. In addition, AASV has representation on American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Legislative Advisory...
USDA-NIH-NPB Influenza Workshop Summary
May 22, 2013 — Dr. Lisa Becton
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Influenza Research Database (IRD), USDA National Centers of Animal Health (NCAH), and National Pork Board...
2011 ISU Swine Disease Conference, November 10-11
November 9, 2011 — Iowa State University
The 2011 Swine Disease Conference gets underway on Thursday, November 10 at the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus. The 2-day conference is designed to answer daily concerns of...
Brief Overview of Safepork 2011
August 3, 2011 — Marcos Rostagno
Dr. Marcos Rostagno recently attended the 9th International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork (Safepork 2011) and graciously...
2010 IPVS a “Smashing Success”
July 22, 2010 — 
As the 2010 International Pig Veterinary Society congress wound to a close, Ernest Sanford, chair of the organizing committee, reflected on the successful congress. He reported that 2,608...
AASV Sponsors PRRS Educational Session at WPX
June 16, 2010 — 
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians sponsored an educational session during the 2010 World Pork Expo entitled "Managing to Eliminate PRRS on the Farm". More than 80 producers...
An Overview of the SafePork 2009 International Symposium
October 28, 2009 — Dr. Marcos Rostagno
The 8th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Pork (SafePork 2009) was recently held in Quebec City, Canada. The attendance included over 160 people from...
Engle Receives ISU Award
November 11, 2008 — Tracy Ann Raef
Mark J. Engle, DVM, MS, received the Science with Practice Award from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The award, presented at the 16th Annual Swine Diseases Conference on Nov....
PCVAD and the Kansas Experience
January 2, 2008 — 
A presentation addressing PCV2 research has been uploaded and is available for viewing on the Kansas State 2007 Swine Day website. The PowerPoint presentation entitled "Circovirus Disease in...
Veterinary Directors Discuss Welfare Issues
July 18, 2007 — 
The American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives (ASVMAE) met prior to the AVMA Annual Convention in Washington, DC last week. The group is composed of representatives of the state...
Animal Handling Conference Scheduled
February 28, 2007 — 
The 2007 Animal Care and Handling Conference, March 29-30, 2007 at the Sheraton Overland Park in Overland Park, Kan., will again feature three distinct tracks to address the needs and interests of...
International PRRS Symposium Held in Chicago
December 20, 2006 — 
The 2006 International PRRS Symposium was recently held in Chicago with approximately 200 attendees. An international list of PRRS researchers presented over two dozen scientific presentations, many...
Industry Representatives Discuss Swine Surveillance
December 20, 2006 — 
Representatives from the National Pork Board, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, and allied organizations met with USDA Veterinary Services staff and the leadership of the USDA's...
REMINDER: 2006 International PRRS Symposium in Chicago
November 1, 2006 — 
The 2006 International PRRS Symposium will be held at the Annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) Meeting in Chicago, IL, Friday, December 1, 2006 and Saturday, December 2,...
USAHA Transmissible Diseases of Swine Committee Meets
October 18, 2006 — 
The US Animal Health Association's Transmissible Diseases of Swine Committee met on October 17 in Minneapolis, MN during the associations' 2006 annual meeting. The Committee, chaired by Dr. Mark...
ISU Swine Disease Conference
September 20, 2006 — 
Online registration is now available for the 14th Annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners November 9 - 10, 2006 at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. The conference, sponsored by the...
International Conference on the "Livestock Revolution"
September 7, 2006 — Thomas Parsons
In the 21st Century, demands for veterinary services will come from many sources that are tangential to the traditional directions of veterinary medicine. Over the next 45 years, world population is...
Abstracts Due for 2006 International PRRS Symposium
August 30, 2006 — 
The 2006 International PRRS Symposium will be held at the Downtown Chicago Marriott on Friday afternoon, December 1st and Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the...
The Executive Seminar on International Agribusiness
August 23, 2006 — Gregg BeVier
Important developments on a global basis and changes in consumer lifestyles will continue to offer exciting challenges for agribusiness executives as they develop strategies for their organizations....
7th Annual Safepork Meeting to be held in Verona, Italy
August 2, 2006 — 
The organizing committee has announced that the 7th International Symposium on the epidemiology and control of foodborne pathogens in pork will be held May 9 - 11, 2007 in Verona, Italy. The goal of...

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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