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1998 LCI Annual Meeting Proceedings

1998 LCI Annual Meeting Proceedings
Des Moines, Iowa

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General Session
Significance of Foreign Animal Diseases
Dr. Beth Lautner, National Pork Producers Council

Emerging Diseases
Dr. Alfonzo Torres, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Overview of USDA Emergency Disease Efforts
Dr. Tom Walton, USDA, APHIS, VS

Industry’s Role in Animal Health Emergency Management
Amy Mann, American Horse Council

Seminar Presentations
Preventing Animal Health Emergencies
Foreign Animal Disease Research & Diagnostic Capabilities
Dr. Alfonso Torres, Plum Island Animal Disease Diagnostic Center and Dr. Jim Pearson, National Veterinary Services Laboratory

Canada’s Effort in Foreign Animal Disease Prevention
Dr. Norm Willis, National Center for Foreign Animal Diseases, Agriculture Canada

Economically Significant Cattle Diseases Emerging in the United States
Research Update on Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cattle
Dr. Steven Berry, University of California, Davis

Neosporosis in Cattle
Dr. Mark Anderson, California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Livestock Identification & Information Systems
The Role of Livestock Identification in Animal Disease Emergency Management
Dr. John Wiemers, USDA, APHIS, VS

Managing Electronically Identified Beef Cattle to Optimum End Points
Allen Jackson, Micro Chemicals, Inc.

Surveillance: 2000 and Beyond
Can We Have Adequate ID by 2000?
Dr. John Wiemers, USDA, APHIS, VS

Does USDA Have Plans for Nationwide Surveillance to Meet PRV, Brucellosis and Other Requirements in the Years Ahead?
Dr. Arnold Taft, USDA, APHIS, VS

How Do We Solve Problems of Accuracy Within the Surveillance System?
Dr. Mark Schoenbaum, USDA, APHIS, VS

Will Slaughter Surveillance Solve Your Problems of Adequate and Accurate Numbers?
Dr. Harry Baker, Nebraska Department of Agriculture

Preparedness for Animal Health Emergencies
The National Animal Health Reporting System
Bruce Akey, Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, USDA, APHIS, VS

California Animal Health Emergency Management Plan
Dr. Ken Thomazin, California Department of Food & Agriculture

Texas Animal Health Emergency Management
Dr. Terry Beals, Texas Animal Health Commission

State Initiatives Pane-Establishing Partnerships
Dr. Leroy Coffman, Florida Department of Agriculture

Dr. Paul Williams, Georgia Department of Agriculture

Gracia Szech, Georgia Emergency Management Agency

GPPS – Reducing Foodborne Pathogens on the Farm
NC_BQA Good Management Practices (GMPs)
Dr. Dee Griffin, University of Nebraska

Guidelines for Animal Handling & Care
Management Practices Guidelines for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle
Dr. Mark Spire, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Guidelines for Livestock Handling in Marketing Channels
Nancy Robinson, Livestock Marketing Association

Habituation of American Bison Calves to Routine Husbandry Procedures: Preliminary Study
Dr. Temple Grandin, Colorado State University

Lessons in Swine Disease Epidemics
Hog Cholera in the Dominican Republic
Dr. Mark Schoenbaum, USDA, APHIS, VS

Hog Cholera in the Netherlands
Dr. Dorothy Geale, Agriculture Canada

Surveillance for Emerging Diseases Associated With Swine: An Update on the Swine Futures Project 
Dr. Eric Bush, USDA, APHIS, VS

The Plan for Interstate Movement of Swine Within a Production System
Jim Leafstedt, National Pork Producers Council

Animal Health Emergency Response & Recovery
What is READEO . . . and what it isn’t!
Dr. Tom Holt, USDA, APHIS, VS

The AVMA’s Emergency Preparedness Plan
Dr. Lyle Vogel, American Veterinary Medical Association

Delmarva Indemnity Plan
Dr. Roger Olson, Maryland Department of Agriculture

Utilizing Geographic Information Systems in Emergency or Disaster Management
Dr. Thomas J. McGinn, North Carolina Department of Agriculture

Real-time Disaster Management – Panel
Hog Cholera Outbreak in the Netherlands
Dr. Dorothy Geale, Canada Food Inspection Agency

Foot and Mouth Disease in Taiwan
Dr. Terrance Wilson, USDA, APHIS, VS

Animal Agriculture at an Environmental Crossroads
The Criminalization of Environmental Law: Implications for Agriculture
John Copeland, National Center for Agriculture Law Research & Information

Brucellosis Emergency Action Plan
The Brucellosis Emergency Action Plan (BEAP)
Dr. Claude Barton, USDA, APHIS, VS

Update of Greater Yellowstone Area Brucellosis Situation
Dr. Valerie Ragan, USDA, APHIS, VS

Swine Brucellosis Eradication
Dr. Arnold Taft, USDA, APHIS, VS

New Opportunities for the Sheep Industry
FDA Minor Use Initiative
Col. Michael Blackwell, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine

Other Animal Health Emergency Management Related Presentations
Foreign Animal Disease Agents as Weapons of Biological Warfare
David R. Franz, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command

Importance of Good Public Communication in AHEM
Dr. Douglas Powell, University of Guelph

Veterinary Emergency Management
Sebastian E. Heath, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine

California Animal Health Emergency Management
Ken Thomazin, California Department of Food & Agriculture

Special Presentation
The Seven Megatrends In Agriculture
Dan Manternach, Professional Farmers of America