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We are eager to bring back a transformed 2024 ISU McKean Swine Disease Conference. The conference will be held on Wednesday July 24, 2024 as a one day meeting prior to Iowa Swine Day, which will be held on Thursday July 25, 2024. Although the events are separate, this provides the opportunity to feature two extraordinary conferences here in Ames.

This year’s conference will have four plenary talks in the morning covering topics such as the PRRS resistant pig, the state of the markets and how the U.S. swine industry competes globally as well as a panel on Prop 12 compliant systems and the keys to doing it successfully. There are two concurrent tracks in the afternoon focused on key learnings in wean to market biosecurity, outbreak investigations, new diagnostic techniques, new vaccine technologies as well as advances in veterinary telemedicine and water line biology. There are also several practitioner led cases PRRS recombination events, killed vaccines for various diseases (PRRS and Rota), E.coli, influenza surveillance techniques as well as research completed with H5N1 influenza strains.

This year we are bringing back the Pig Power Networking Event for interested swine students and swine practitioners. This will be held on Tuesday July 23rd at 10:30am at the new ISU VDL. Also on Tuesday, July 23rd, there will again be a PRRS Management Pre-Conference Workshop held from 12:30-5:30pm at the ISU CVM sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.

This years program has been submitted for 14 CEUs through AASV.

CONFERENCE GOALS

To enable swine practitioners to assist pork producers in a rapidly changing and global production environment.
To enhance practitioner decision-making tools in disease control, animal welfare, and food safety for the benefit of animals, clients and consumers.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
IOWA PORK INDUSTRY CENTER
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SWINE VETERINARIANS, DISTRICT 6