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Tuesday, March
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Opening
General Session
Click here to see/hear synchronized audio
accompanying each presentation, provided by Truffle
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Moderator:
Dr. Leonard Bull, NIAA Chairman of the
Board |
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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 |
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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 |
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Animal Care |
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What Face is Currently Seen? What Are the
Stories on the Newspaper's Front Page or
Television's Evening News? |
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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 |
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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
Dr. Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers
Federation |
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Animal Health
Emergency Management |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section II:
Committee Seminars and Business Meetings |
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Animal Health
and International Trade
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
Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets |
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Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to
Minimize Impacts of Disease
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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Animal
Production Food Safety and Security
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
Bill Price, IGA Supermarkets |
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Regionalization and Compartmentalization as Tools to
Minimize Impacts of Disease
Dr. Thomas J. Myers, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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Equine |
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Contagious Equine Metritis |
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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 |
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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 and Goat |
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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 |
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Animal
Identification and Information Systems |
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Welcome and Introduction
Glenn Fischer and Victor Velez, Animal
Identification and Information Systems Chair and
Vice Chair |
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Animal Identification |
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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
USDA Business Plan Update
Dr. John Wiemers, USDA/APHIS/VS
USDA Information Systems-Infrastructure Update
John Picanso, USDA/APHIS/VS |
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Traceability and Current Equine CEM Issue Update |
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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
Joint session with Poultry |
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Avian Influenza: New perspectives |
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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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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
Joint session with Emerging Diseases |
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Avian Influenza: New perspectives |
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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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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 |