2008 Swine Disease for Practitioners Conference XVI -- Agenda

AGENDA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008

8:00am	Registration
9:00am	Welcome Dean John Thomson, Iowa State University
9:15-10:00am	Pork Exports - Risks to and Impacts of Disease Dr. John Lawrence, Iowa State University
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30-11:15am	Emergency Response capabilities for FAD Introduction Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board
11:15-12:00pm	Blue Ear/High Fever SynDr.ome in Southeast Asia Dr. RB "Butch" Baker, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-1:05pm	Science with Practice Award Presentation Diagnostic Laboratory - Short subjects
1:05-1:40pm	Molecular techniques for bacteriologic diagnoses- Tips for practitioners Dr. Bruce Janke, Iowa State University
1:40-2:00pm	Computer tools to enhance value of antimicrobial sensitivity data Dr. Doug Powers, Four Star Veterinary Service
2:00-2:15pm	Erysipelas - a re-emerging or new disease?? Mr. Joe Bender, Iowa State University
2:15-2:30pm	Application of cotton ropes for herd sampling Mr. John Prickett, Iowa State University
2:30-3:00pm	Break
3:00-3:15pm	Posterior paresis: Differential diagnosis and interventions Dr. Darin Madson, Iowa State University
3:15-3:45pm	Re-emergence of Swine Dysentery - Implications for Control Dr. Jarod Hanson, Murphy-Brown, NC
3:45-4:20pm	ICP Analyses and applications Dr. Steve Ensley, Iowa State University
4:20-4:40pm	Use of Odds Ratios as a field diagnostic tool Dr. Alex Ramirez, Iowa State University
4:40-5:00pm	Taking new tools to the field Dr. Locke Karriker, Iowa State University
5:00-5:30pm	Introduction of Swine-focused Veterinary Students Drs. Alex Ramirez and Locke Karriker, Iowa State University
5:30-7:00pm	Mixer - Dinner on own

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008

6:30-8:00am	Pig-power breakfast and tables - pre-registration required
8:00-9:00am	Dr. Roy Schultz Lecture Series New Understandings about PCV2 virus and effects on pigs Dr. Kenneth C. McCullough, Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, Mittelhausen, Switzerland
9:00-9:20am	Experimental Infections with PCV2a and b types Dr. Philip Gauger, Iowa State University
9:20-9:40am	PCV2 and semen contamination - practical implications SPEAKER: Dr. Darin Madson, Iowa State University
9:40-10:00am	A new classification scheme for PRRS virus Dr. Matt Erdmann, NADC
10:00-10:30am	Break
10:30-10:45am	Web-based Services from the ISU Diagnostic Laboratory Neil Boyes, Iowa State University
10:45-11:00am	Computer-based technologies for educational communications Colin Johnson, Iowa State University
11:00-11:30am	Economic and risk evaluations for clinical decision-making Dr. Derald Holtkamp, Iowa State University
11:30-12:00pm	Economic evaluation techniques to support recommendations Dr. Joe Connor, Carthage Vet Clinic
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-1:30pm	Value, Strengths/limitations of MIC results in clinical practice Dr. Mike Apley, Kansas State University
1:30-2:00pm	College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Welfare Programming Dr. Suzanne Millman, Iowa State University
2:00-2:30pm	Use of Systematic Reviews to inform clinical issues/decisions Dr. Christa Irwin, Iowa State University
2:30-3:00pm	National Transport Biosecurity Summit - What we learned Dr. Lisa Becton, National Pork Board
3:00-3:30pm	Practitioner Role in transport biosecurity evaluations Dr. Angie Delks, Suidae Animal Health
3:30-4:00pm	Disease control in contemporary swine meta-populations: Why "bugs-n'-Drugs" alone don't cut it Dr. Jeff Zimmerman, Iowa State University
4:00-4:30pm	Discussion and Adjourn