The 54th Annual AASV meeting is starting this Saturday in Aurora, Colorado and the University of Minnesota will be there! Check out our list of UMN speakers below.

Saturday afternoon
1:35 Measuring antimicrobial use: Why and how, Noelle Noyes
3:50 PRRSV genotypes: What’s new in the lineage system?, Kim VanderWaal
Sunday morning
8:45 Investigating whether PRRSV can reach groundwater after manure-spreading events, Joaquin Alvarez-Norambuena
9:00 Hand sanitation protocols to decrease the risk of influenza transmission in pigs and from pigs to people, Joaquin Alvarez-Norambuena
Monday afternoon
4:15 What is targeted, science-based African swine fever surveillance?, Marie Culhane
Posters
- An investigation of the number of pigs in gestation pens
that will chew on a rope during oral fluid collection, Brenna Werner - Evaluation of sanger sequencing detection of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in in vitro co-infections, Joaquin Alvarez-Norambuena
- Use of a viability PCR assay for the detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Albert Canturri
- Study of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae gene mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance in field samples, Cipriano De Abreu
- Progression of the newly emerged PRRSV L1C 144 variant in breeding herds Mariana Kikuti
- Addressing biocontainment through environmental contamination assessment in farms housing PRRS lineage 1C 1-4-4 positive pigs, Claudio Marcello Melini
- Evaluation of infectiousness and virulence of the newly emergent and virulent Minnesota PRRS virus variant, Claudio Marcello Melini
- Ten-year retrospective analysis of bacterial pathogens associated with influenza infections in pigs (2012-2021), Mariana Meneguzzi
- Bayesian latent class analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of a novel PCR and indirect ELISA for African swine fever virus antibody, Rachel Schambow
View the full program for a complete list of speakers and presentations. We can’t wait to see you again in-person!