For those attending the AASV’s 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco on March 1-4, 2025, we are excited to invite you to support the University of Minnesota! Join us as we present groundbreaking scientific works in collaboration with swine veterinarians, producers and experts from various institutions. Here’s the schedule of our presentations:
March 1, Saturday:
- Postmortem lameness exam (3:35, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 3-4) Dr. Stephanie Rossow at the Boar Stud Issues Preconference Seminar
March 2, Sunday:
- Mycoplasma hyosynoviae: What we know (and mostly what we don’t know) (10:15, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 3-4), Dr. Maria Pieters at the Swine Lameness Seminar
- PRRSV-2 variant classification: A dynamic nomenclature for enhanced monitoring and surveillance (10:30, Yerba Buena Salon 7), Dr. Kimberly VanderWaal at the Research Topics
- Can air filtration systems truly reduce PRRS outbreaks? Estimating the effects of negative and positive pressure systems on PRRS occurrence (10:45, Yerba Buena Salon 7), Dr. Xiomei Yue at the Research Topics
- Poster Sessions (12:00 – 1:00, Location: Yerba Buena Grand Assembly) Complete list of UMN poster presentations can be found below
- Determining the ideal pH target to inhibit Escherichia coli growth in swine drinking water (1:30, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Rachel Retterath at the Student Seminar Session
- The before, during, and after of emergency swine depopulation with foam (3:30, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Gabriela Grant at the Student Seminar Session
- Computationally predicted T-cell epitope trends for 30 years of wild-type PRRSV-2 strains from the USA (3:35, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Julia Baker at the Student Seminar Session
March 3, Monday:
- Estimating prevalence (2:45, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Dr. Cesar Corzo and Dr. Giovani Trevisan at the PEDV Elimination General Session
March 4, Tuesday:
- Don’t be a fomite: The role of personal protective equipment (PPE) in preventing influenza A virus (8:30, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Dr. Montse Torremorell at the Influenza Insights General Session
- Where to begin: Selecting influenza A virus strains for a system-specific vaccine (10:30, Location: Yerba Buena Salon 7), Dr. Marie Culhane and Dr. Emily Mahan-Riggs at the Influenza Insights General Session
UMN Poster presentations at AASV 2025
- Evaluation of the response to antibiotic treatment in newly placed finishing pigs, Bryn Anderson
- Can swine transport trailers be used to evaluate the Salmonella status of a farm?, Casondra Snow
- Sample type comparison for PRRSV detection in individually housed gestating populations, Cassidy Cordon
- Mapping the environmental impacts of African swine fever outbreaks in the Philippines to support ASF preparedness in the US and globally, Mikayla Schlosser
- Refining Senecavirus A disease occurrence estimates in the US breeding herd, Mariana Kikuti
- Use of tongue tip fluids to detect swine pathogens in growing pigs, Marcello Melini
- Use of face masks to decrease exposure to swine influenza A virus in swine farm workers, Montserrat Torremorell
- Experimental evidence of vaccine-driven evolution of PRRSV-2 in pigs-to-pigs infection chains, Kimberly VanderWaal
- Effect of an electrostatic precipitator on mitigating the transmission of airborne viruses in pigs under experimental conditions, Montse Torremorell
Are you a University of Minnesota Alumni? YOU ARE INVITED!
The University of Minnesota will be hosting an Alumni Reception during the 2025 AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco. We have joined forces and are hosting this reception with Ohio State and Iowa State. The reception will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm (pst) on Saturday, March 1st at The Harlequin which is located across the street from the Marriott Marquis. All University of Minnesota alumni and students are invited to attend.
Please RSVP at z.umn.edu/AASVAlumniReception2025 by Monday, February 24.
Kris Hayden and Drs. Cesar Corzo, Montse Torremorell, and Perle Zhitnitskiy look forward to seeing you there!