Agenda for Virtual Symposium on Animal Mortality Management

 

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Exercise      Thursday, May 13

 

Recovery from a Toxic Agent Introduction          Dr. Robert DeOtte                

to Livestock Feeding

                                               

Day 1    Tuesday, May 18

 

Opening

Introduction, Overview of Event                          Mike Mayes

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Keynote Address

The Future of Carcass Management                  Dr. Doug Meckes

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Welcome

Welcoming Remarks                                          Commissioner Steve Troxler

 

Presentation

Food Animal Production Impacts from

Covid19 (part A)                                                  Dr. Tiffany Lee

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Food Animal Production Impacts from

Covid19 (part B)                                                  Dr. Katie Rose McCullough

 

Presentation

US Livestock Food Chain Disruptions

during COVID-19 – State Animal Health             Dr. Mike Neault

Official Perspective

 

Presentation

Operationalizing Grinding

and Composting Disposal                                   Lucia Hunt

                                                                                                                               

Panel

Panel Discussion:                                                Moderated by Gary Flory

Food & Feed Chain Disruption

 

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Break - Sponsor Videos

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Presentation

Is Perception Everything When it

Comes to Disinfection                                         Jeffrey Odle

 

Presentation

Animal Disease Outbreak Response

in a Pandemic                                                     Richard Goforth

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Presentation

Planning for the Use of Government Land for

a Potential Mass Animal Burial Facility               Duncan Worsfold

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Presentation

Composting African Swine Fever

Infected Swine                                                     Lindsay Gabbert

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Presentation

Mortality Management Outbreaks of Avian

Influenza and Newcastle Disease in the

Dominican Republic                                            Dr. Dejelia Gomez

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Presentation

Viability of ASF Virus in Compost &

Swine Lagoons                                                   Dr. Hoang Minh Duc, Dr. Hoang Minh Son

                                                                            and Dr. Phan Hong Ngan

 

Closing Remarks, End of Day 1                          Mike Mayes

 

 

 

Day 2    Wednesday, May 19

 

Opening

Day 2 Introduction                                              Jean Bonhotal

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Welcome

Day 2 Welcoming Remarks                                Dr. Rich Bonanno

 

Presentation

Mobile CO2 Swine Depopulation System           Mike Mayes

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Presentation

Decontamination and Disposal

Capabilities Over Time                                        Lori Miller

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Presentation

Perceptions of Equine Euthanasia and

Mortality Composting                                          Hannah Lochner

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Presentation

California Mortality Composting Morass             Cora Helm

 

Presentation

Responding to Unusual Mortality Events            Mark King

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Presentation

Composting – Deactivation of CWD Prions        Dr. Robert Michitsch, Alex Thomas

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Break - Sponsor Videos

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Discussion

Exercise Wrap Up                                               Dr. Robert DeOtte

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Presentation

Above Ground Burial as a Carcass

Management Tool                                               Gary Flory & Bob Peer

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Poster Session                                                    Moderated by Rebecca Podgorski

Authors Listed Below

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Closing Remarks                                                 Mike Mayes