Concurrent Sessions

Monday, September 22
10:00 break sponsored by AgStar Financial services

PRRS New Vaccine Techniques

11:00
Introduction, Bob Rowland

11:10
Data from trials with MJPRRS, BK Kim

11:30  
Data from trials with PRRS-RS, Hank Harris

11:50
Recent trial data using inactivated vaccines, Mike Roof

Circo Vaccination Decisions

11:00
Current
and future state of knowledge on PCV2 vaccines, Tanja Opriessnig*

11:20
Next generation diagnostic testing & herd profiling, Dick Hesse

11:40
Diagnosing PCVAD in the vaccinated industry, Kent Schwartz

12:00
Discussion

Working With People to Create a Vibrant Culture at the Farm

Why is most training useless?  And what is the return on investing in training?  In this session, Rob Vellella (Carlson School of Business) will describe results from his recent survey of attitudes within the industry.  Then, Jim Lummus (NPB) will provide an overview from industries outside pork production on the key components of a successful effort and typical reasons many employee development efforts fail.  Jon Hoek, Belstra Milling Co., will describe efforts to hire, train and keep "30 PSY" people.

Environmental Impact of Pork Production

11:00
Environmental issues facing the swine industry, Michael Formica*

11:20
Measuring and minimizing energy consumption, Mike Brumm

11:40
Air quality issues, Larry Jacobson*

12:00   Discussion

12:30
Lunch co-sponosred by PigCHAMP and Elanco

PRRS Cost:benefit of air filtration

1:30
Update of transmission and biosecurity research, Satoshi Otake

2:00
Field experiences with air filtration: results and costs, Darwin Reicks

2:30
Analyzing the cost: benefit of air filtration of sow herds, Dale Polson

Post-weaning Catabolic Syndrome

1:30
Introduction,  Jim Kober, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

Post-weaning catabolic syndrome complexities and perspectives, jointly prepared and presented by Luc Dufresne, Tom Fangman, and Steve Henry

Sows, Progeny and Quality
John Deen, Chair

1:30
Economics of sow culling, Stephanie Rutten-Ramos

2:00
Top hog index is as important as PSY, Dave Wade

2:30
Changes in cost and revenue scales in present production streams, John Deen

It’s a New Day in Swine Nutrition

1:30
Energy and amino acid formulation strategies to optimize profit, Dean Boyd

2:00
Benefits and limitations of  feeding DDGS to grower- finisher pigs, Jerry Shurson

2:45
Q & A

3:00 break sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica

PRRS Control

3:30
Rodger Main, Science in Practice Award Recipient

PRRS presents veterinarians and owners with a daily    dilemma: vaccinate, inoculate, acclimate, or pontificate?  Rodger Main will be joined by Luc Dufresne, Bill Hollis, and Mark Wagner, who will discuss their thought processes and approaches to PRRS control. They will also present and debate herd scenarios.

Disease Breakout Session “Diagnostic Case Caucus”

In the spirit of the election year, we are taking a more democratic approach to case presentations --- Diagnostic Decision 2008!  We are asking you to suggest case topics for presentation and discussion during this interactive breakout session.

Send topics, possible case presentations, and ideas to Dr. Albert Rovira (rove0010@umn.edu) by September 8th.

Please indicate if you have a specific case you are interested in presenting. Our diagnosticians will review the case ideas, select the topics to be addressed (based on Chicago election rules), and lead a discussion on approaches for diagnostic evaluations on those topics.

Animal Care

3:30
Effectiveness of a non-penetrating captive bolt for euthanasia of low viability neonatal pigs, Tina Widowski*

3:50
Welfare and sow culling, John Deen

4:10
Relationships among pig temperment, handling experience, measures of stress at slaughter and meat quality, Tina Widowski*

4:30
Effects of facility design on the stress response of market weight pigs during loading and unloading, Anna Johnson

It’s a New Day in Swine Nutrition (cont’d)

3:30
Use of glycerine in grower-finisher and sow diets, Lee Johnston

3:55
Use of enzymes and feed processing strategies to get more energy value from corn distiller by-products, Sam Baidoo

4:20
Evaluation of the energy digestibility of new fractionated corn distiller’s by-products and prediction of their net energy value, Brian Kerr

4:45
Q & A

Tuesday, September 23
10:00 break co-sponsored by Land O' Lakes Feeds and MVP Laboratories

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

10:30
Strain variation being observed in the field, Simone Oliveira

11:00
The effect of cross-fostering on the transfer of cellular and humoral maternal immunity to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Maria Pieters*

11:30
Transmission, Satoshi Otake

Public Health

10:30
Should we be concerned about low concentrations of antibiotics in our water supply?, Randy Singer*

11:00
MRSA in pigs and people - preliminary studies in the US, Peter Davies*

11:30
Community health and CAFOs: what are the research studies telling us?, Annette O'Connor

Managing the New Economic Reality
10:30
Corn and energy costs continue to hit record highs, industry productivity is at an all-time high, and pork exports continue to set   new records as well. New challenges call for new and innovative   approaches.  Steve, Dritz, Derald Holtkamp, and Steve Pollman will join Tim Loula to discuss and debate approaches for the industry’s top producers.

Closing Session
12:15 - 1:00 p.m.

There will be a short 15-minute break between the end of the previous sessions and beginning of the summary session. You will be able to pick up a lunch and find a seat in the room. Lunch sponsored by PIC.

Recent Science in Practice recipients, Jim lowe and Darwin Riecks, will  each give a 10-15 minute synopsis, "My three take-home messages."