The AASV Board of Directors met on April 21 in Perry, Iowa to conduct official business.
The board welcomed newly elected District Directors Stephen Patterson (District 3) and Maryn Ptaschinski (District 7), who began their terms at the conclusion of the meeting. The board thanked outgoing District Directors Greg Cline and Megan Potter for their service. The board also welcomed newly elected Vice-President Angela Baysinger and the new Alternate Student Delegate Hunter Everett.
The board took several actions during the business section of their meeting.
• Nutrition Committee mission change: The board approved a request to revise the committee’s mission. The new mission is online at aasv.org/members/only/committee/NutritionCommittee.php.
• Student Recruitment Committee name change: The board approved a request to change the committee’s name to Student Engagement Committee.
• Position statement: Raising Pigs without Antibiotics: The board approved changes to the position as recommended by the Pig Welfare and Pharmaceutical Issues Committees. See aasv.org/aasv/positions.
• US Swine Health Improvement Program (SHIP): The board passed a motion to support the US Animal Health Association’s resolution urging USDA APHIS to expand support for the US SHIP.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee request: The board voted to support the attendance of 2 AASV members at the 2023 Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Conference, with a cap of $5000.
• Operation Main Street (OMS): The board approved a request to provide up to $10,000 for costs associated with OMS presentations at veterinary schools in 2022-2023.
• Swine Medicine Talks: The board approved the Student Recruitment Committee’s request for $2500 to support the 2022-2023 series of Swine Medicine Talks webinar broadcasts to US veterinary schools.
• Boar Stud Committee requests: The board approved a request to allow public access to the AASV document, Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Guidelines for Boar Studs Providing Semen to the Domestic Market, available at aasv.org/documents/boarstudguidelines.pdf. The board also authorized the Boar Stud Committee to work with the US Department of Agriculture and state animal health officials to develop standardized requirements for shipping semen across state lines.
• Depopulation nomenclature: The board approved a recommendation from the Pig Welfare Committee to revise the nomenclature associated with depopulation as follows:
Emergency depopulation. Defined as “the rapid and efficient destruction of a complete population of animals in response to urgent circumstances” (AVMA, 2019). Urgent circumstances include but are not limited to disease control, natural disasters, and supply chain disruptions.
Herd repopulation. This event encompasses the management and eradication of unfavorable conditions on farm by removing and replacing the whole herd to improve health, productivity, and welfare. These events are not urgent in nature and may occur over a significant period of time (ie, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus [PRRSV] and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae eradication and genetic rollovers). Unlike emergency depopulation, animals are removed from the herd primarily through currently available market channels.
• PRRSV survey: The board approved the PRRS Task Force’s request to conduct a 5-question survey of AASV members on PRRSV nomenclature.
• Nutrition survey: The board approved a request from the Nutrition Committee to survey members for topics of interest to be presented in a 2024 preconference seminar at the AASV Annual Meeting.
• AASV bylaws: After considering proposed changes to the AASV bylaws recommended by legal counsel, the board made additional revisions and approved the revised bylaws. The bylaws are online at aasv.org/aasv/bylaws.
• Amicus brief: The board passed a motion that AASV prepare an amicus brief to supply facts regarding the California Proposition 12 lawsuit scheduled to be heard by the US Supreme Court in 2022.
Read all AASV position statements at aasv.org/aasv/positions. View each committee’s plan of work at aasv.org/aasv/committee. Members of AASV can read complete Board and Executive Committee meeting minutes at aasv.org/aasv/board.
Call for abstracts - Research Topics
Plans are underway for the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians to take place March 4-7, 2023 in Aurora (Denver), Colorado.
As part of the meeting, there will be a session highlighting research projects related to swine health and production. Abstracts are now being accepted to be considered for presentation during the Research Topics session, which will be held Sunday, March 5.
Those interested in making a 15-minute oral presentation must submit 2 copies of a 1-page abstract on applied research related to swine health and production issues (virology, bacteriology, parasitology, environment, food safety, odor, welfare, etc) to aasv@aasv.org by August 15, 2022. One copy will be used for review purposes and should contain the abstract title but must omit the authors’ names and affiliations. Provide the presenting author’s name, mailing address, phone number, and email address within the email message accompanying each submission.
Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be considered for poster presentation. All submitting authors will be notified of the selection results in September. Authors of abstracts selected for oral or poster presentation must provide a paper, formatted for publication in the conference proceedings, by November 15, 2022.
PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the Research Topics oral and poster session is at the presenter’s expense. No speaking stipend or travel expense reimbursement is paid by the AASV. The presenting author is required to register for and attend the meeting in person to make the presentation. Recorded/virtual presentations will not be accepted unless the meeting converts to an entirely virtual event.
It is not necessary to be an AASV member to submit an abstract for consideration or participate if selected. Nonmember participants may register for the meeting at the AASV regular member rate. Qualifying full-time graduate students must join AASV if they wish to register at the graduate student member rate.
Call for submissions - Industrial Partners
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians is making plans for the 2023 AASV Annual Meeting, to be held March 4-7, 2023 in Aurora (Denver), Colorado.
The AASV invites submissions for the Industrial Partners oral and poster sessions at the 54th AASV Annual Meeting. This is an opportunity for commercial companies to make brief presentations of a technical, educational nature to members of the AASV.
The oral sessions consist of a series of 15-minute presentations scheduled from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 5. A poster session takes place the same day. Poster authors will be required to be stationed with their poster from noon until 1:00 pm, and the posters will remain on display throughout the afternoon and the following day for viewing.
SUBMISSION PREREQUISITE: All companies submitting topics for presentation during the Industrial Partners sessions must register to participate in the AASV Technical Tables Exhibit before September 30.
SUBMISSION LIMIT: Restricted program space necessitates a limit on the number of presentations per company. Companies that are a member of the Journal of Swine Health and Production Industry Support Council and sponsor the AASV e-Letter may submit 3 topics for oral presentation. Companies that are either a member of the JSHAP Industry Support Council or sponsor the AASV e-Letter may submit up to 2 topics. All other companies may submit 1 topic for oral presentation. In addition, every company may submit 1 topic for poster presentation, but the topic must not duplicate the oral presentation. All topics must represent information not previously presented at the AASV Annual Meeting or published in the meeting proceedings.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: To participate, send the following information to aasv@aasv.org by September 30, 2022: 1) Company name 2) Presentation title 3) Brief description of the presentation content 4) Presenter name (one only) and contact details (mailing address, telephone number, and email address) 5) Whether the submission is intended for oral or poster presentation
Receipt of submissions will be confirmed by email. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by October 15 and must submit a paper by November 15 for publication in the meeting proceedings. Failure to submit the paper in a timely manner will jeopardize the company’s future participation in these sessions.
The presenting author is required to register for and attend the meeting in person to make the presentation. Recorded/virtual presentations will not be accepted unless the meeting converts to an entirely virtual event.
Presenters may register for the meeting either as a Tech Table representative, or as an individual registrant (nonmember oral and poster presenters are eligible to register at the AASV regular member rate). The AASV does not provide a speaking stipend or travel reimbursement to Industrial Partners presenters.
Call for papers – AASV 2023 Student Seminar Veterinary Student Scholarships
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation at the AASV Annual Meeting in Aurora (Denver), Colorado on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Interested students are invited to submit a one-page abstract of a research paper, clinical case study, or literature review for consideration. The submitting student must be a current (2022-2023) student member of the AASV at the time of submission and must not have graduated from veterinary school prior to March 5, 2023. Submissions are limited to 1 abstract per student.
Abstracts and supporting information must be submitted online at cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AASV2023. Submissions must be completed before 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 (firm deadline). Late submissions will not be considered. Students will receive an email confirmation of their submission. If they do not receive the confirmation email, they must contact Dr Andrew Bowman (bowman.214@osu.edu) by Friday, September 16, 2022 with supporting evidence that the submission was made in time; otherwise the abstract will not be considered for judging.
The abstracts will be reviewed by an unbiased, professional panel consisting of private practitioners, academicians, and industry veterinarians. Fifteen abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar at the AASV Annual Meeting. Students will be notified of the review results by October 15, 2022, and those selected to participate will be expected to provide the complete paper or abstract, reformatted for publication in the conference proceedings, by November 15, 2022.
Student Seminar
The Zoetis Foundation has provided a grant for a total of $20,000 for awards and the top student presenter scholarship. The grant will go towards a $750 award for the student presenter of each paper selected for oral presentation when they present at the meeting. These students also compete for one of several scholarships awarded through the AASV Foundation. The oral presentations will be judged to determine the amount of the scholarship awarded. As part of the Zoetis Foundation grant, the AASV Foundation will award a $5000 scholarship for the student whose paper, oral presentation, and supporting information are judged best overall.
Elanco Animal Health provides $20,000 in additional funding, enabling the AASV Foundation to award scholarships of $2500 each for 2nd through 5th place, $1500 each for 6th through 10th place, and $500 each for 11th through 15th place.
Student Poster Session
Abstracts that are not selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar will be considered for presentation in a poster session at the Annual Meeting. The Zoetis Foundation grant, combined with direct support from AASV, will provide each student poster presenter at the meeting with a $250 award. Students selected to make a poster presentation will be expected to supply a brief paper, formatted for publication in the conference proceedings, by November 15. The guidelines for preparing posters for the display are available at aasv.org/annmtg/2023/posters.php.
Veterinary Student Poster Competition
The presenters of the top fifteen poster abstracts compete for scholarship awards ranging from $200 to $500 in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition, sponsored by United Animal Health. See aasv.org/annmtg/2023/postercomp for poster judging details.
In all cases, the student presenter is required to attend the meeting in person to make the presentation. Recorded/virtual presentations will not be accepted unless the meeting converts to an entirely virtual event.
Complete information for preparing and submitting abstracts is available at aasv.org/annmtg/2023/studentseminar. The rules for submission should be followed carefully. For more information, contact the AASV office by phone, 515-465-5255, or email, aasv@aasv.org.
Early Career Committee podcasts
The AASV Early Career Committee has been developing a new podcast series highlighting topics for early career swine veterinarians. Podcasts are available to download as .mp3 audio files from the AASV Podcast Library at aasv.org/podcast/.