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May 7, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
Part of SHIC's mission to protect and enhance the health of the US swine herd includes identifying emerging disease threats through surveillance and monitoring. The recent detection and confirmation...
May 7, 2024 —
The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 21-24, 2024, offers a great opportunity to showcase your work and help improve the world's pig industry. For 50 years the conference has brought...
May 7, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC) May Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available. This month's Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report brings the new SDRS PCR dashboard. The...
May 7, 2024 —
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized Guidance for Industry (GFI) #120: Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation Questions and Answers to assist stakeholders involved with veterinary...
May 7, 2024 —
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took important steps to advance the FDA's regulatory process for intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals. The updated guidance documents...
May 7, 2024 —
The Senate and House agriculture committees released their respective frameworks for the next farm bill, with the House measure including a provision to fix the problems caused by California...
May 7, 2024 —
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will raise the user fees for the Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) program effective Oct. 1, 2024. The National Pork Producers...
May 7, 2024 —
Abstract: Mapping the future of antimicrobial use data collection in US animal agriculture: insights from FDA-funded pilot studies Antimicrobial use (AMU) contributes to the emergence of...
May 7, 2024 — University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine announces a career opportunity for a contract, tenured or tenure-track faculty position at...
May 7, 2024 — University of Pennsylvania
The PennVet residency in animal welfare is a three-year program aimed at developing a knowledge base in animal welfare in a broad variety of species and under varied conditions but focused on swine....
May 7, 2024 — Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS)
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) is currently seeking a dedicated individual to fill the role of Assistant State Veterinarian. As an integral part of our team, the...
May 6, 2024 —
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, in collaboration with the Center for Food Security and Public Health, is offering regional meetings as part of the Iowa Foreign Animal Disease...
May 2, 2024 —
Abstract: Salmonella Control in Swine: A Thoughtful Discussion of the Pre- and Post-Harvest Control Approaches in Industrialized Countries Pork is among the major sources of human salmonellosis in...
May 1, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
The Swine Health Information Center, in collaboration with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, hosted a webinar on influenza A viruses on Friday, April 19, 2024. The goal of the webinar...
May 1, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
The Swine Health Information Center, in collaboration with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, hosted a webinar on influenza A viruses on Friday, April 19, 2024. The goal of the webinar...
May 1, 2024 — Iowa State University
The Iowa State University James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference enables swine practitioners to assist pork producers in a rapidly changing and global production environment by enhancing...
May 1, 2024 — University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine announces a career opportunity for a contract, tenured or tenure-track faculty position at...
May 1, 2024 —
#WellnessWednesday - Social wellbeing tip: Create a screen-free zone in the break room so there is a place where people must put away their phones during lunch and interact with the world around...
April 30, 2024 — AASV Staff
Did you miss the last AASV Swine Medicine Talk? Catch the recording! On April 17th, Dr. Justin Brown presented "Tractor-Trailer Rollovers and Emergency Response." The recordings of all...
April 30, 2024 —
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new regulations to provide animal drug sponsors with predictable requirements for the labeling of prescription and over-the-counter new animal...
April 30, 2024 — University of Pennsylvania
The PennVet residency in animal welfare is a three-year program aimed at developing a knowledge base in animal welfare in a broad variety of species and under varied conditions but focused on swine....
April 28, 2024 — AASV Staff
Did you miss the annual meeting and all the great resources presented? You're in luck! Read the proceedings, listen to podcast interviews of selected speakers, and watch videos of the general...
April 26, 2024 — Megan Niederwerder
In February 2014, porcine deltacoronavirus emerged in the US nearly one year after the initial detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, further impacting the US swine industry. Dr. Mariana...
April 26, 2024 —
For pioneering studies on influenza A viruses in swine, Agricultural Research Service scientist Amy L. Baker is the agency's Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year for 2024. Baker, a...
April 26, 2024 —
Today, by amending and strengthening its animal disease traceability regulations for certain cattle and bison, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection...
April 26, 2024 —
Food animal veterinarians are critical to maintaining a healthy, secure, and safe food supply. Today, there is a critical shortage of food animal veterinarians in both private and public practice,...
April 26, 2024 —
Abstract: The role of vehicle movement in swine disease dissemination: Novel method accounting for pathogen stability and vehicle cleaning effectiveness uncertainties Several propagation routes drive...
April 25, 2024 —
Abstract: Lessons from CanSpotASF: Moving towards risk-based African Swine Fever surveillance with rule-out testing in Western Canada African swine fewer (ASF) is a serious disease present in Africa,...
April 24, 2024 —
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing this Federal Order to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza...
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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