Allen D. Leman Swine Conference : Volume 24, 1997 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Allen D. Leman Swine Conference University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine
Other Authors: Leman, Allen D., 1944-, Scruton, W. Christopher, Claas, Stephen
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: [St. Paul, Minn.] : Veterinary Outreach Programs, University of Minnesota, 1997.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Diagnostic pathology of emerging and recurring swine disease problems
  • Recent export performance of the US pork industry
  • The changing structure of the pork industry: a packer's perspective
  • Diseases and food safety: problems or opportunities
  • Global PRRS
  • Lessons from Europe for the North American swine industry
  • Gilt pool management: some experiences from around the world
  • Preparing yourself and your clients for the 21st century
  • The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service's perspective on the impact of slaughter plant HACCP systems on food animal production
  • The National Pork's Producers Council's perspective on pre-harvest food safety
  • Pre-harvest food safety: the pork packer perspective
  • Pre-harvest food saftey: how practitioners will lead this effort
  • Gilt development, isolation, acclimatization, and synchronization
  • Attempts to influence the PRRS status of replacement gilts
  • The role of boars in introducing and spreading disease
  • How we established a successful beef consulting practice
  • Building a practice through improved consulting skills
  • Business planning for practice growth
  • The state of the art of salmonella
  • Pre-harvest control of trichinellosis
  • Control of toxoplasmosis
  • State of the art on residue avoidance by pork producers
  • Partial budgeting in a swine operation
  • Using the DuPont model
  • Foodborne disease: the changing epidemiology and emerging issues
  • How the changing environment affects pigs
  • Agricultural change and impacts on rural culture
  • Growth curve analysis: Practical tools for making farm-specific decisions
  • Establishing feed intake and growth curves for individual growing-finishing pig units
  • What to do when feed intake is below target: nutritional, environmental and management strategies
  • The acute PRRS investigative study: an update
  • An update of research at the National Animal Disease Center on current field strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus
  • Interrelatedness of PRRS virus isolates in North America
  • What happens to production records when you think like a food company
  • Using RISK: an approach to modeling uncertainty
  • The theory of constraints applied to pork production
  • How we us PigCHAMP in business planning and assessment of customer needs
  • Generating value-added reports from PigCHAMP
  • Practitioners' need for swine disease diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • New diagnostic tools for the detection of infectious agents
  • Applications of TaqMan PCR in the detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory virus
  • Oligonucleotide-specific capture plate hybridization (OSCPH) assay for detecting Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasuis
  • Application of PCR as a rapid and sensitive method to detect toxigenic Pasteurella multocida
  • Personality type, attitude towards pigs, and herd productivity
  • Gender and cultural issues in the swine industry
  • Employment litigation: the newest PRRS what every employer should know about employee rights and employer liabilities.