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2009 Annual Meeting Proceedings: The Changing Face of Animal Agriculture
| Thank you 2009 Annual Meeting Sponsors! | |||||
| Tuesday, March 31 [back to top] | |||||
| Opening General Session [back to top] Click here to see/hear synchronized audio accompanying each presentation, provided by Truffle Media. |
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| Moderator: Dr. Leonard Bull, NIAA Chairman of the Board | |||||
| The Transformation of United States Livestock Agriculture Dr. James MacDonald, Chief, Agricultural Structure and Productivity Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA |
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| The World's Changing Views of United States Animal Agriculture Jon Caspers, Chairman of the Board, on behalf of Phil Seng, President and CEO, United States Meat Export Federation |
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| Food and Nutrition Policy: Are they getting the right message? Lisa Katic, R.D., President, KConsulting |
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| Moderator: Dr. Mark Engle, NIAA Executive Committee Member | |||||
| Meal Planning in the Supermarket Aisle: What consumers are telling us Frank Beurskens, Co-Founder and CEO, ShoptoCook™, Inc. |
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| Processing Changes: Meeting the challenge of shifting consumer preferences Dan Sutherland, Johnsonville Foods |
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| How Wall Street is Impacting Credit to Farmers Bill Medley, Vice President, Market Segments, Farm Credit Services of Mid-America |
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| Equipping Animal Agriculture in a Changing World Jerry Roell, Sales Branch Manager, John Deere Columbus |
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| Section I: Committee Seminars and Business Meetings | |||||
| Animal Care [back to top] | |||||
| What Face is Currently Seen? What Are the Stories on the Newspaper's Front Page or Television's Evening News? | |||||
| Update on Soring Dr. Rachel Cezar, USDA/APHIS/Animal Care |
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| Recent Factors Impacting Equine Welfare Essie Rogers and Ginny Grulke, Kentucky Horse Council |
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| Ballot Initiatives: How do these things happen? Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association |
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| “Humane Officers”: Who are they? How are they identified? What are their rights and responsibilities? (No presentation available) Becky Reiter, Boone County and Kentucky Animal Control Boards |
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| How We Shape the Face of Animal Care in American Agriculture | |||||
| Shaping Public Opinion: How the pork industry does it Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board |
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| Shaping Public Opinion: How the dairy industry does it (No presentation available) Dr. Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation |
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| Animal Health Emergency Managment [back to top] | |||||
| USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics Activities and Direction Dr. Lee Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics |
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| Target Capabilities List Implementation/Animal Disease Emergencies Response Joe Lombardo, FEMA, NPD |
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| Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture Dr. Leah Dorman, Ohio Department of Agriculture |
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| Southern Animal and Agriculture Disaster Response Alliance Activities and Direction Dr. Ed Hall, Kentucky Department of Agriculture |
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| State Perspectives in CEM Response (No presentation available) Group Discussion Facilitated by Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture |
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| Cattle [back to top] | |||||
| Through the Looking Glass: Trying for transparency with customers Chris Sigurdon, Purdue University Communications Department |
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| American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology: How producers can and will make a difference Liz Doornink, American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT) |
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| New FDA Feed Regulations, Renderer Requirements, and Impact on Cattle Producers Dr. David Meeker, National Renderers Association |
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| Update on Tuberculosis Listening Sessions and Future Direction of TB Program Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Swine [back to top] | |||||
| Discussion of Swine Euthanasia Guidelines Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board |
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| Surveillance of Swine Influenza in Pig and Human Populations Dr. Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board |
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| MRSA in Pigs and People Dr. Liz Wagstrom, National Pork Board |
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| Swine ID Plan Update Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board |
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| Pork Industry's Efforts in FAD Response Capabilities Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board |
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| USDA Swine Program Updates Dr. Troy Bigelow, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Wednesday, April 1 [back to top] | |||||
| Section II: Committee Seminars and Business Meetings | |||||
| Animal Health & International Trade [back to top] Joint Session with Animal Production Food Safety and Security |
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| Safe Meat Supply: Past, present, future Scott Goltry, American Meat Institute |
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| Traceability: Industry threat or value-add? Dr. Ronan Loftus, IdentiGEN North America |
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| Food Safety Challenges for Meat Exports Now and in the Future Jon Caspers, United States Meat Export Federation |
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| Retailer Perspective on COOL, Food Safety and Consumer Demand for Meat Products (No presentation available) Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets |
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| Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to Minimize Impacts of Disease (No presentation available) Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Animal Production Food Safety & Security [back to top] Joint Session with Animal Health and International Trade |
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| Safe Meat Supply: Past, present future Scott Goltry, American Meat Institute |
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| Traceability: Industry threat or value-added? Dr. Ronan Loftus, IdentiGEN North America |
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| Food Safety Challenges for Meat Exports Now and in the Future Jon Caspers, United States Meat Export Federation |
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| Retailer Perspective on COOL, Food Safety and Consumer Demand for Meat Products (No presentation available) Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets |
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| Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to Minimize Impacts of Disease (No presentation available) Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Equine [back to top] | |||||
| Contagious Equine Metritis | |||||
| CEM Revisited: A re-emergent problem for the equine industry species Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky and Dr. Robert Stout, Kentucky Department of Agriculture |
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| Epidemiological Overview of CEM Outbreak Dr. Barry Meade, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Equine Piroplasmosis: National serosurvey update (No presentation available) Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky |
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| The Potential Threat of African Horse Sickness in the United States Dr. Peter Timoney, University of Kentucky |
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| Introduction of the 2010 World Equestrian Games (No presentation available) Marilee Meyers, World Equestrian Games 2010 Foundation |
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| Equine Industry Welfare Initiatives | |||||
| NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance Peggy Hendershot, National Thoroughbred Racing Association |
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| Equine Welfare and Safety at USEF Beth Taylor, United States Equestrian Federation |
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| AAEP Welfare Initiatives (No presentation available) Sally Baker, American Association of Equine Practitioners |
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| The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium: An introduction Hallie Roach, Racing Medication and Testing Consortium |
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| Sheep & Goat [back to top] | |||||
| Scrapie Update Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Update on Minor Species Drug Approval Efforts at FDA Dr. Meg Oeller, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine |
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| The Future of Research Funding: How to proceed in the face of shrinking budgets Dr. David Meeker, National Renderers Association |
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| Bringing Animal Agriculture Together John Adams, Animal Agriculture Coalition |
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| Animal Agriculture in the United States: Policy, trends, and implications Kay Johnson-Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance |
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| Section III: Committee Seminars and Business Meetings | |||||
| Animal Identification & Information Systems [back to top] | |||||
| Welcome and Introduction Glenn Fischer and Victor Velez, Animal Identification and Information Systems Chair and Vice Chair |
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| Animal Identification | |||||
| ID•INFO Workshop 2008 Review and ID•INFO Expo 2009 Preview (No presentation available) Glenn Fischer, ALLFLEX USA, Inc. |
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| Animal ID on Capitol Hill (No presentation available) Chandler Goule, Staff Director, House Agriculture Committee |
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| USDA ID Overview: Convergence of NAIS, COOL, marketing and food safety in the new administration Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| USDA Business Plan Update Dr. John Wiemers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| USDA Information Systems-Infrastructure Update John Picanso, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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| Traceability and Current Equine CEM Issue Update | |||||
| Canadian Traceability Initiative: Trace R&D 2009 Conference Eric Aubin, Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
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| CEM Update Dr. Sue Billings, Kentucky Department of Agriculture |
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| Animal ID Standards: ASTM development of performance standards Bryan Rickard, Kansas Board of Animal Health |
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| Evolution of Ultra High Frequency RFID Technologies Panel Discussion: Dan Ellsworth, Destron Fearing, Niels Fogt, Southfork Solutions, and Doran Junek, Eriginate |
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| Emerging Diseases [back to top] | |||||
| Joint Session with Poultry—Avian Influenza: New perspectives | |||||
| Avian Influenza: Current challenges with H5N1 and H9N2 Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant |
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| Update on Avian Influenza in North America Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant |
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| Pro-Active Risk Assessments for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Morgan Hennessey, University of Minnnesota and Dr. Lee Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics |
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| Presentations | |||||
| Update 'Avian Influenza' Dr. Neville Clarke, National Center for Foreign and Zoonotic Disease Defense |
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| National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Update Dr. Lanny Pace, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine |
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| National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Exercises Update Dr. Rosemary Speers, National Animal Health Laboratory Network |
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| Poultry [back to top] | |||||
| Joint Session with Emerging Diseases—Avian Influenza: New perspectives | |||||
| Avian Influenza: Current challenges with H5N1 and H9N2 Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant |
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| Update on Avian Influenza in North America Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant |
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| Pro-Active Risk Assessments for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Morgan Hennessey, University of Minnesota and Dr. Lee Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS/Emergency Management and Diagnostics |
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| Presentations | |||||
| Round Table Discussion on California Proposition 2 and the Far-Reaching Effects on the Poultry Industry (No presentations available) Dr. Gail Golab, American Veterinary Medical Association Dr. Dave Harlan, Cargill, Inc. Kay Johnson-Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance Dr. Andrea M. Miles, International Avian Influenza Consultant |
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Phone: (719) 538-8843 • Fax: (719) 538-8847 • Email: niaa@animalagriculture.org