21st Annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners

The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Iowa Pork Industry Center, The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), District 6, sponsor the 21st Annual Swine Disease Conference. The conference will be held at the Scheman Building, in Ames, Iowa, on November 14-15, 2013. 

The program is designed to answer daily concerns of swine practitioners.
The conference focuses on emerging swine pathogens and their control, and improvements in diagnostics and risk-based controls useful for on-farm health plan development. Special emphasis is on information necessary to formulate management plans for disease control, for bio- security, and for food safety enhancement. This year a special emphasis will be on emerging industry issues of sow gestation crates and antimicrobial resistance and availability. 

 

CONFERENCE GOALS

To enable swine practitioners to assist pork producers in a rapidly changing and global production environment.
To enhance practitioner decision-making tools in disease control, animal welfare, and food safety for the benefit of animals, clients and consumers.

CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
IOWA PORK INDUSTRY CENTER
IOWA VETERINARY MEDICICAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SWINE VETERINARIANS, DISTRICT 6

The conference has applied for 14.0 hours of Continuing Education Credits from the Iowa Board of Veterinary Examiners. 

Thursday - November 14th, 2013

8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration Main Lobby - 1st Floor
9:00 - 9:15 AM IntroductionLisa Nolan, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University

Stephen G. Juelsgaard, Chair of Veterinary Medicine
9:15 - 9:40 AM Brachyspira Infections - Diagnostics and Clinical Considerations
Dr. Eric Burrough, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
9:40 - 10:10AM Advances in Influenza Immunology 
Dr. Marcus Kehrli, Director, National Animal Disease Center, Ames IA10:10 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 10: 50 AM Viral Myelitis - Pathology, Diagnosis, and Sampling
Dr. Paulo Arruda, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
10:50 - 11:10 AM Viral Induced Myelitis - A Practitioner’s View
Dr. Grant Allison, Walcott, Iowa
11:10 11:30 AM

Porcine Circovirus Type 2-Importance of Genetic Shifts in Relationship to Pathogenicity 
Dr. Pat Halbur and Dr. Tanja Opriessnig, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine

11:30-12:00 PM Practitioner Role in Emerging Diseases Identification and Epidemiology
Dr. David Schmitt, Iowa State Veterinarian, Des Moines, Iowa
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 PM Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea - The On-going saga
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus- Practitioner’s View of How Veterinarian’s and the Industry Can Better Manage Emerging Diseases
Dr. Joseph Connor, Carthage Veterinary Services, Carthage, Illinois
1:30 - 2:00 PM Diagnostic Laboratory Responses to an Emerging Disease Outbreak
Dr. Rodger Main, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
2:00 - 2:30 PM

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea - Diagnostics and Testing Methodologies 
Dr. Greg Stevenson, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine

2:30 - 3:00 PM Current Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Research Goals 
Dr. Lisa Becton, National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa
3:00 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 - 3:50 PM External Biosecurity Steps to Control Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Spread
Dr. Michelle Sprague, Audubon-Manning Veterinary Clinic, Audubon, Iowa
3:50 - 4:10 PM Within Systems Biosecurity - What to Remember 
Dr. Ian Levis, Iowa Select Farms, Iowa Falls, Iowa
4:10 - 4:40 PM Truck washes - Friends or Foes
Dr. Joel Nerem, Pipestone Veterinary Clinic, Pipestone, Minnesota
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Disinfection Effectiveness Against PRRS And TGE Under Trailer Conditions
Dr. Peter Schnieder, Innovative Agriculture Solutions, Ames, Iowa
5:00 - 5:30 PM Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Control/Eradication Efforts - Experiences in China
Dr. Jer Geiger, Genus Inc., Shanghai, China
5:30 - 7:30 PM Reception with Tech Tables

Friday - November 15th, 2013

8:00 - 8:40 AM The Evolving Antimicrobial Regulatory Environment - Practitioner Concerns
Dr. Michael Apley, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
8:40 - 9:00 AM Impact of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome on Antimicrobial Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Locke Karriker, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
9:00 - 10:00 AM Roy Schultz Lectureship Series 
Topic: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Genotypic Variability and Their Importance to Control Efforts
Dr. William Laegreid, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
10:00 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 11:00 AM

Practitioner View of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Control
Dr. Steve Henry, Abilene Animal Hospital, Abilene, Kansas

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Impacts of 1st Pulls on Finisher Health 
Dr. Jeremy Pittman, Murphy-Brown, Wakefield, Virginia

11:30 - 12:00 PM

Biosecurity Realities at The Abattoir
Dr. Paul Yeske, Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, Minnesota

12:00 - 12:30 PM Box lunch
12:30 - 1:00 PM Fall Back Pigs - Nutritionist Observations
Dr. Cassie Jones, Kansas State University, Animal Sciences, Manhattan, Kansas
1:00 - 1:20 PM

Pig Care- Reducing "Fall Behinds"
Dr. Paul Armbrecht, Lake City, Iowa

1:20 - 1:40 PM Grow - Finish Lameness Diagnostics - What to Remember
Dr. Darin Madson, Iowa State University, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
1:40 - 2:00 PM Successful SARS-CoV Replicon Vaccine Development: A Case Study in Support of a PEDV Replicon Vaccine
Dr. Kurt Kamrud, Harris Vaccines
2:00 - 2:30 PM Pig Production From China - What Should We Know?
Dr. Jer Geiger, Genus Inc., Shanghai, China
2:30 - 3:30 PM

Panel - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea - Next Steps

Producer Perspectives
Dr. Paul Sundberg, National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa
Practitioner Perspectives 
Dr. Matt Ackerman, Swine Veterinary Services, Greensburg Industry
Epidemiologic Lessons 
Dr. Brian McCluskey, United States Department of Agriculture- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Veterinary Services-Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado 
Regulatory Considerations 
Dr. David Schmitt, Iowa State Veterinarian, Des Moines Iowa

3:30 - 4:00 PM Discussion
4:00 PM Adjourn