Please note: Not all presenters have chosen to make their video available. 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Reproduction Workshop: The genetics x environment interaction of sow lifetime productivity

• Opening remarks, Jennifer Patterson and Michael Dyck

• What the data tells us: 10 year trends and gilt retention analysis, Jayne Jackson - VIDEO

• Increasing sow milk yield via greater mammary development in prepubertal and late-pregnant gilts, Chantal Farmer - VIDEO

• Colostrum management of the young gilt, Kara Stewart - VIDEO

• Cycle of life: genetics of survival from early life to herd retention, Egbert Knol

• Sow heat stress: it's not just a summer thing, Tim Safranski

• Evaluation of measures to predict and manage sow longevity, Benny Mote - VIDEO

• Identifying at risk sows, a case control study, Justin Brown - VIDEO

• Thoughts on gilt development from a German perspective, Johannes Kauffold

Geeks to Geeks Workshop: Analytical tools to support pre- and post-outbreak actions to mitigate the impacts of an African swine fever outbreak

• Surveillance program for ASF in the US at VDLs and harvest facilities, Cole Vanicek - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE

• Major Enhancement of U.S. swine industry preparedness and responses to large-scale infectious foreign animal diseases through harmonizing biosecurity plans and advancing disease transmission modeling, Gustavo Machado - VIDEO

• Use of participatory epidemiology and enhanced passive surveillance protocols: our experience in the Dominican Republic and Russia, Andres Perez - VIDEO

• How does disease transmission within a population impact surveillance? (Interactive), Sasidhar Malladi - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE 

• Which farm characteristics impact surveillance? (Interactive), Marie Culhane - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE 

• If it is broken, fix it – rethinking ASF control strategies, Solenne Costard and Huybert Gronendaal

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Carlos Pijoan SDEC symposium - Biosecurity and biocontainment in finishing pigs: An untapped resource to advance disease control?

• Biosecurity in growing pig herds: Challenges and opportunities, Montse Torremorell - VIDEO

• Biosecurity hazards in livestock transport - staged loading and other control measures to address them, Derald Holtkamp - VIDEO

• Lateral infections and mitigations, Mike Eisenmenger - VIDEO

• Risk factors and incidence of PRRS virus introduction into growing pig herds, Jose Angulo

• Importance of basic biosecurity: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) outbreak in an Iowa finisher, Lauren Glowzenski - VIDEO

• Evidence based finisher biosecurity, Maria Pieters

Clinical Cases and Problem-Solving Skills by DVM Students

• Evaluation of cleanliness in weaned pig load-out process using a fluorescent powder, Brenna Werner - VIDEO

• Evaluation of cleaning and disinfecting protocols to eliminate porcine enteric coronaviruses in nursery facilities, Sarah Albers - VIDEO

• The future of the farm: Combating the industry labor crisis, Mallory Wilhelm - VIDEO

• The future of wean pig sampling: Why not rope knot?!, Carly Bates - VIDEO

• Analysis of IAV transmission in large U.S. production systems using active surveillance, Megan Neveau - VIDEO

• Evaluation of rectal and contactless infrared thermometers on body temperature in lactating sows and differences in temperature location, Kaci Way - VIDEO

• Impact of Lawsonia intracellularis maternally derived antibodies on the serological response post-vaccination, Hunter Everett - VIDEO

• Surveillance of Brachyspira hampsonii prevalence in previously negative flows, Austin Janssen - VIDEO

Research Highlights

• Lessons learned from a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection in a naive sow herd, Tom Gillespie

• Upper and lower respiratory microbiome during early Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection in pigs, Robert Valeris-Chacin

• Economic assessment of a sound-based precision livestock farming tool (SoundTalks) based on timing of intervention after a dual Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and PRRS virus seeder challenge in pigs, Dale Polson

• Effects of high growth rates gilts at breed on subsequent performance up to parity 4, Gefferson Silva

• The competency impact after initiating a new training program in the boar stud, Megan Hood

• Long-read whole-genome sequencing and variant discrimination through TELSVirus workflow using influenza A virus as a model, Mariana Meneguzzi

• Influence of barn fill rate on nursery pig exit weight, Haley Schwecke

• Productive effects of body weight variation in pen and consumption of a budget-feeding program in nursery pigs, Julio Baltazar

• Between-farm vehicle movement networks: the impact of the cleaning and disinfection on the probability of disease transmission, Jason Ardila Galvis

• Shifting immune target: how PRRSV GP5-epitope C changes over time, Julia Baker

• Assessment of temperature and holding times to inactivate PRRSV and PEDV on contaminated surfaces commonly found in entry rooms in swine farms, Mafalda Pedro Mil-Homens

Navigating pork’s sustainability challenge for clients, customers & more 

• Welcome and NPB vision for Use of On-farm Sustainability Reports, Ashley McDonald - VIDEO

• Using Your-farm sustainability reports: A producer success story, Dale Stevermer - VIDEO

• Data needs for on-farm sustainability reports, Anne Dinges - VIDEO

• Mining information from Your-farm Sustainability Reports, Chris Hostetler - VIDEO

• Sustainability Continuous Improvement Plans (SCIP plans) and opportunities support of sustainable practices, Anne Dinges - VIDEO

• Carbon markets, Carter Ingram - VIDEO

Monday, September 19, 2022

Keynote Presentations

• JBS: A global culture of being the best,  Matthew Turner, Paul Corns, Kyle Coble, and Darin Madson

• PRRS resistance through gene editing - The path to market, Bill Christianson, Matt Culbertson, and Banks Baker

Breakout Sessions; 10:30-12:00

New information to fine-tune Mycoplasma control and eradication programs 

• Recirculation of M. hyopneumoniae in previously immune animals: A new twist in Mycoplasma control, Paul Yeske - VIDEO

• Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae detection by PCR: the good, the bad and the ugly, Albert Canturri

• Persistence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae following controlled aerosol exposure and field approaches for disease control and elimination, Emily McDowell and Adam Schelkopf

VDL diagnostic cases

• High mortality in finishers - FAD?, Stephanie Rossow

• PRRS virus co-infections in endemic herds, Albert Rovira

• Sampling strategies to diagnose and monitor Senecavirus A, Guilherme Preis

Advances and investments in biosecurity programs

• Next generation biosecurity approaches to control pig diseases, Scott Dee

• What it takes to protect sow farms, Pete Thomas

• Thought process to make biosecurity investment decisions, Luc Dufresne

Emerging science of the swine worker microbiome

• Influence of pig farming on human nose and gut microbiome composition, Markus Hilty, Institute for Infectious Diseases

• Applying genomics and metagenomics to understand the impact of swine farm exposure on the human gut microbiome and resistome, Alaric D'Souza

• Showering as an intervention to disrupt workday shifts in the swine worker skin microbiome, Ilya Slizovskiy

Proposition 12, twelve months later 

• Prop 12: Updates on legal issues, Michael Formica - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE

• Raising pigs for Prop 12 markets - production changes and lessons we are learning, Patricio Vidal - VIDEO

• Raising pigs in Prop 12 compliant farms - what is working (or not) for us, Evan Koep - VIDEO

Breakout Sessions; 1:30-3:00

Post weaning E. coli

• How whole genome sequencing can help to understand the changing face of pathogenic Escherichia coli in pigs, John Fairbrother - VIDEO

• Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC): source of concern regarding gut microbiota composition and antimicrobial resistance in pigs, Mohamed Rhouma

• Field experiences with enterotoxigenic E. coli, Martin Mohr - VIDEO

Actionable monitoring of ASF, PRRS, and other diseases – How to stay up-to-date on what’s happening at-home and abroad

• MSHMP: A real-time disease incidence tool for producers and veterinarians, Cesar Corzo

• A global event-based surveillance system to strengthen the preparedness of the swine industry, Sol Perez

• SDRS: monitoring diagnostic data for animal health decisions and rapid response to crises events, Giovani Trevisan, Daniel Linhares and Guilherme Cezar

Disease mitigation practices: from industry standards to enhanced recomendations to targeted biosecurity practices

• Boar stud targeted biosecurity against ASF, Kaitlyn St. Charles - VIDEO

• Harvest facility pathways and mitigations for ASF, Carie Alexander -VIDEO

• Lessons from our feather friends regarding standard vs. targeted biosecurity, Sylvia Wanzala Martin - VIDEO

Survivability, stewardship, and success

• LCAs – What they can and can’t do and where do we go from here?, Ashley McDonald

• Advancing sustainability through genetic improvements, Banks Baker

• Impact of pig mortality on the profitability of the swine industry, Erika Johnson

Sow livability

• Introduction and sow livability resources, Jason Ross - VIDEO

• Prolapses in Sows – What we know, what has been done, where we go, Jason Ross - VIDEO

• Improved sow livability through refocused individual attention, Chris Rademacher - VIDEO

• What our system has done to improve sow livability, Noel Williams

• Economics of sow mortality - newly developed calculator, Lee Schulz - VIDEO

Breakout Sessions; 3:30-5:00

Practical vaccinology - PRRS/flu

• USDA Vaccine licensing requirements and field impacts of off-label use, Mike Roof - VIDEO

• Influenza A virus vaccine best practices, licensing updates, and usage in North American swine herds, Sabrina Swenson - VIDEO

• Designing an influenza A virus surveillance plan and vaccine for swine using a One Health approach, Clement Meseko - VIDEO

Welfare considerations during a disease outbreak response

• American perspective regarding euthanasia and depopulation, Andrew Bowman

• Adopting European technologies to the US for euthanasia and depopulation, Marie Culhane - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE 

• European perspective regarding euthanasia and depopulation, Marie Culhane - VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE 

Chemical mitigation in feed

• Evaluating relative risks of virus contamination in feed supply chains, Jerry Shurson - VIDEO

• Swine feed biosecurity: mitigation strategies and available resources, Jordan Gebhardt - VIDEO PART 1, VIDEO PART 2

• Reviewing the efficacy of chemical mitigants in reducing the risk of virus transmission in feed, Diego Diel

Helping labor with innovation and community programs

• What do you get when a boomer asks a millennial to give everyone in the sow farm a smart phone?, Joe Dykhuis and Fred Kuhr

• “From the Barn Floor to the Top Floor” data driven production execution for minimizing cost of dysfunction in wean to market production, Sarah Stoutner

• Initiatives to engage our employees in their jobs and communities – How we do it at Hugoson Pork, Angie Toothaker

Supply chain shortages

• Practical aspects of nutrition and feed manufacturing in times of high feed costs, Omarh Mendoza - VIDEO

• Where are your energy hogs?, Lee Johnston - VIDEO

• Balancing needs and versatility in new sow farm design, Hyatt Frobose - VIDEO

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Keynote Presentations

• Grain market outlook, Ryan J Moe 

• FADs,..Are we ready (together)?, Jerry Torrison - VIDEO

Breakout Sessions; 10:30-12:00

PRRS

• Genetic changes in PRRSV antigenic sites through time: Implications for predicting cross-protection, Igor Paploski

• Experimental characterization of the virulence of PRRSV 1-4-4 L1C variant strain in weaned pigs, Jianqiang Zhang

• PRRS 1-4-4 L1C Rebreaks: A practitioner perspective, Brad Leuwerke

FAD industry disease preparedness plans 

• US SHIP: the time is now!, Tyler Holck - VIDEO

• Helping producers navigate the complexities of FAD programs, Jeremy Pittman

• Financial risk management tools for FADs, Steve Malakowsky - VIDEO

Social licensing and the swine industry 

• Meat Processing: Challenges and Opportunities from the MN Department of Agriculture, Andrea Vaubel

• Shifting farm practices based on public perception: today and tomorrow, JoDee Haala

• European political and cultural trends: The shaping of animal agriculture, Tim Snider

Birth to market livability 

• Introduction and pre-wean, nursery and finishing livability resources, Joel DeRouchey - VIDEO

• Colostrum – How much can we move the needle?, Kara Stewart - VIDEO

• What our system has done to improve wean-to-finish livability, Christine Mainquist-Whigham - VIDEO

• Improving livability through grow-finish biosecurity, Kate Dion

• Economics of wean-to-finish mortality – a newly developed calculator, Lee Schulz - VIDEO

• Discussion and take-home practices, Joel DeRouchey

Wrap-Up Session; 12:10-1:00

• Where do we go from here?, Tara Donovan, Carissa Odland and Noel Williams