PUBLIC PRACTICE
Friday, February 24
Temple Grandin, PhD
10:00-11:40 am
Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach
A Practical Approach bridges the gap between scientific research and practical application. Drawing on Temple Grandin's extensive experience in teaching animal behavior and designing and auditing livestock handling facilities, the presentation will provide a guide to practical evaluation and auditing of animal welfare problems.
Elizabeth Meek, DVM, MPH
1:00-1:50 pm
M. bovis in Indiana’s Captive Cervid Industry
In 2008 M.bovis was confirmed in a large captive cervid herd of various cervid species. The discovery of the herd was as a result of a bovine epidemiological trace, less than a mile away. The affected herd resulted in stakeholders and state and federal agencies working to eradicate the herd, as well as ensure the traces from the herd were completed and all other known positive herds being identified, indemnified, and removed in a timely manner to ensure continuation of the industry.
1:50-2:40 pm
M. bovis and the Tri-State Area of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana
Over a two year period, the Tri-State area received multiple bovine TB slaughter traces. For over two years, no know index herds were discovered, until 2011. In 2011 an epidemiological investigation by Indiana State and Federal Agencies resulted in confirmation in an affected beef herd. The herd was a well-known, beef breeder who exported all over the country and world, resulting in an exhaustive epidemiological investigation spanning the nation.
Peter Timoney, MVB, MS, PhD, FRCVS
2:40-3:30 pm
CEM: Selected Features of a Frequently Misunderstood Disease
Contagious equine metritis continues to be a source of industry concern both as a cause of short-term infertility in the mare but also because of its impact on international trade in horses and equine germplasm.
3:50-5:30pm
Equine Piroplasmosis: Characteristics of the Disease and How to Prevent/Control It
The events over the past 3-4 years have materially influenced how equine piroplasmosis is viewed as a foreign animal/transboundary disease and whether it has become endemic in the United States.
Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy: A Source of Increased Concern for the Horse Industry
The increased frequency with which outbreaks of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy have occurred since 2000 have given rise to considerable concern over its potential to cause widespread disease associated with high case-fatality rates.