North American PRRS Symposium
Office of Public Engagement
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, MC-002
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Lawrence D. Firkins, DVM, MS, MBA Associate Dean for Public Engagement
North American PRRS/NC-229 Symposium on PRRS, Emerging and Foreign Diseases of Swine
Due to travel restrictions and hotel uncertainty this December caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we made the very difficult decision to cancel the onsite program for NA PRRS/NC-229 symposium previously scheduled for Saturday, December 5 in Chicago.
However, as an alternative approach for our NA PRRS/NC-229 members to share their latest research findings and develop collaborations, we are creating an NA PRRS/NC-229 compendium. We encourage you to submit an extended abstract for inclusion in the compendium. The deadline for abstract submission is September 30.
Detailed information for abstract formatting and submission is available below.
To continue engaging the NA PRRS/NC-229 with the Conference of Research Workers on Animal Disease (CRWAD), we have co-organized a special symposium on ASF with CRWAD, which will be held as a virtual meeting on Saturday afternoon, December 5. Please join us online at https://crwad.org
We wish that everyone stays safe and healthy during this special time.
Best regards,
– NA PRRS/NC-229 Organizing Committee
Organizing Committees
Advisory Committee:
Dr. Fernando Osorio, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Dr. Raymond (Bob) R. R. Rowland, University of IllinoisPlanning Committee:
Executive Director, NA PRRSS – Dr. Ying Fang, University of Illinois
Industry Liaison – Dr. Lisa Becton, National Pork Board
NA PRRSS Internal Coordinators and Proceedings Editors – Kristen Eighner and Crystal Zulauf, University of Illinois
NA PRRSS Onsite Coordinator – Jennifer Stalley, Midwest SolutionsJoint Scientific Committee:
Co-Chairs, Joint Scientific Committee:
Dr. Ying Fang, University of Illinois
Dr. Sheela Ramamoorthy, North Dakota State UniversityCommittee Members:
Dr. Diego G. Diel, Cornell University
Dr. Scott Kenney, The Ohio State University
Dr. Pablo Pineyro, Iowa State University
Dr. Roman Pogranichniy, Kansas State University
Dr. Hiep Vu, University of Nebraska
Dr. Zhengguo Xiao, University of MarylandTravel Fellowship Selection Committee:
Dr. Joan Lunney, USDA, ARS-BARC
Dr. Megan Niederwerder, Kansas State University
Dr. Dongwan Yoo, University of Illinois
Submission For Compendium
Participants are invited to submit an extended abstract of their recent work for assembling into the NA PRRS/NC-229 compendium. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2020. NA PRRS/NC-229 Scientific Committee will review the submission and notify the corresponding author upon acceptance of the abstract.
Past Proceedings
Questions, email the Office of Public Engagement at ope@vetmed.illinois.edu or call 217-333-2907.