Swine Program

Friday November 7

Room 302 BC

Time Presenter Topic
8:30 - 9:00 Dr. Suzanne Leonard
NCSU Dept of Animal Science
Ventilation and production practices and their impact on health
9:00-9:15 Dr. Mary Battrell
Murphy Family Farms
AASV PEDv Elimination Task Force Update
9:15-9:45 Dr. Kayla Castevens
Country View Family Farms
Mycoplasma Elimination - Success stories and lessons learned
9:45-10:30 Dr. Kim VanderWaal
The University of Minnesota
Monitoring PRRSV-2 within farms and across regions using variant classification*
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:05 Dr. Don Banks
Murphy Family Farms
Wastewater and environmental sampling of sow farms
11:05-11:25 Dr. Juliana Ferreira
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine
Evaluation of the infectivity of PEDv remaining on swine vehicles after cleaning and disinfection
11:25-11:45 Dr. Mark Ladd
Smithfield Foods
A practical trailer testing program
11:45-12:05 Lindsey Britton
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine
Evaluation of porcine astrovirus type 4 infection dynamics and transmission in piglets
12:05-12:30 Dr. Catherine Harris
NCDA Director of Livestock Programs
State Vet Update

*Sponsored by NC Pork Council

Lunch to follow at Sam Jones - Sponsored by Zoetis