This document provides an agenda and details for the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference held September 19-22, 2009 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The conference featured keynote speakers and concurrent sessions on topics related to swine health, production, and industry issues. Pre-conference sessions and a poster session were also included. Laura Batista was to receive the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award at a reception on September 21 for her contributions to the swine industry.

1. Allen D. Leman
Swine Conference
September 19 - 22, 2009
RiverCentre, Saint Paul, Minnesota

2. Table of Contents Conference at a Glance
Saturday, September 19
Sponsors ......................................Inside Front Cover
RiverCentre
Conference dedication........................................... 4 • Optimizing Sow Breeding Management and Litter Out-
comes
• Analyzing Production/Financial Data
Science in Practice Award ..................................... 4
• Necropsy Workshop - University of Minnesota
• Progress in Regional Control of PRRS
Keynote addresses................................................. 5 • Decoding Diagnostic Data
2009 Sponsors Sunday, September 20
General and concurrent sessions ...................... 6-7 RiverCentre
AASV
Pre-conference sessions ..................................8-11 • Carlos Pijoan International Symposium: New Approaches
to Herd Diagnostics
AgStar Financial Services • KSU - U of M Nutrition Session:
Abstract/poster session ...................................... 12 • Managing Change
Alpharma Animal Health • Swine Feed Cost
• Solutions to Old Problems
Bayer Animal Health Speaker listing...................................................... 13 • Hedging and Risk Management
• i-Production
Boehringer-Ingleheim Vetmedica Registration .......................................................... 14 Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel
Elanco Animal Health • Poster session opens
Location/hotel .............................Inside Back Cover • Opening reception sponsored by Alpharma Animal Health
and Bayer Animal Health
IDEXX
Host city information ...................Inside Back Cover Monday, September 21
Invervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health RiverCentre
Trade show ..................................Inside Back Cover
National Pork Board • A Breakfast Conversation with Wayne Freese
• Advanced Knowledge, Essential Knowledge, Welfare and
Novartis Animal Health Production sessions
• Case Studies
Pfizer Animal Health • Keynotes - Raoul Baxter and Tom Stein
PIC Science Museum of Minnesota
PigCHAMP • Pfizer reception honoring the Science in Practice Award
recipient, Laura Batista
PRRS CAPS2
Tuesday, September 22
Additional sponsorships are welcome. Please contact vop@umn.edu Get some exercise...... RiverCentre
Sunday Fun Run along the river - check at the
• Keynotes - Kristien Van Reeth and Peter Davies
registration desk for details • Trade show continues
Please check the web site for conference updates and further information: • Concurrent sessions continue
http://www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/adl/home.html

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Allen D. Leman Swine in Sonora, Mexico.
Keynote Speakers
Conference Laura is also president of the Mexican Association of Swine
Practitioners, an association that in 1999 recognized her as the
Grand Ballroom, RiverCentre
Veterinarian of the Year due to her leadership and contributions Raoul Baxter
In 1974, Dr. Leman, a new University to the Mexican swine industry. Several other Mexican regional
of Minnesota Extension veterinarian, associations have also awarded her honorary memberships. Raoul Baxter, president of World Food and Agriculture Business Development, is a 30-year veteran of the meat
and Dr. Jim Hanson, director of the industry whose global career has included tours at Sara Lee Meat Group, John Morrell and Smithfield Foods. As
College of Veterinary Medicine’s con- president of Smithfield International, Baxter grew the company’s foreign pork brands in Asia. At John
tinuing education program, initiated Morrell, Baxter helped launch their first brand-identified fresh meat program. Baxter started Sara Lee’s first
this conference to present new infor- Pfizer Reception Honoring Laura Batista, American branded pork program and instituted some of the company’s first modern grade and yield programs.
mation and discuss issues important to Baxter worked with Temple Grandin to implement new humane handling systems in the pork industry in the mid
the swine industry. Al understood how
the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice 1980s. Baxter has a juris doctorate degree from the Chase College of Law, a master of arts degree in equine
a university could influence practitin- Award Recipient nutrition from the University of Kentucky and bachelor of arts degrees in history and biology from Centre College
ers and empower them to be leaders in Monday, September 21, 6 p.m. of Kentucky.
the swine industry.
Pfizer Animal Health, once again, is delighted to sponsor the
This conference began in a small lecture hall on the St. Paul Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award reception. Enjoy a
campus and evolved into the multi-session international meeting relaxing evening of socializing with fellow attendees, as well as
it is today. congratulating this year’s worthy recipient: Laura Batista. The Thomas E. Stein
reception starts at 6 p.m. Monday, September 21, and promises
Throughout his professional career, Al Leman worked to define to be a great evening. The event is held at the Science Museum Thomas E. Stein is renowned as one of the nation’s leading authorities on the pork industry and pork-related
the link between swine disease and swine production. His un- of Minnesota directly across from the RiverCentre conference technologies. He has served as the chief rxecutive officer and a director of MetaFarms since its inception. Dr. Stein
wavering dedication to the education of practicing veterinarians center. is a veterinarian and management consultant with extensive industry experience in pork production and pork
was manifested, at least in part, through his leadership of this processing. He has worked with livestock production companies throughout the world in a variety of capacities. A
conference. Swine Certificate Program at the native of Illinois, Dr. Stein earned his undergraduate degree in animal science from Purdue University and received
his DVM degree from the University of Illinois. He went on to earn a master’s degree in veterinary medicine at
Dr. Leman left the University of Minnesota in 1986. After his University of Minnesota the University of Minnesota, studying under Dr. Al Leman. For his Ph.D. project, Dr. Stein designed and helped
death in 1992, the conference was renamed in his honor. The develop the PigCHAMP record-keeping system, now a worldwide industry standard.
Swine Group faculty continues to provide the leadership in In order to provide the veterinary profession with veterinarians
developing this program and remains committed to Al’s vision of who have an expertise in swine medicine and to meet the emerg-
excellence. ing needs of the swine industry, a new certificate program has
been developed by the University of Minnesota. This program
will be offered not only to our current DVM students but also
Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award to students at other accredited colleges of veterinary medicine Kristien Van Reeth
Honoring Laura Batista within the United States and to international students who have a
Kristien Van Reeth, a leading academic authority on diseases of swine and the zoonotic risks of both avian and
DVM or equivalent degree.
swine influenza, is on the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University in Belgium, in the Department of
Laura Batista graduated from the Facultad de Virology, Parasitology, Immunology. She has been an active researcher for 15 years in the fields of porcine and
Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia (FMVZ) The recipients in 2009 are: avian influenza and has influenced virology studies and consequently, policy, around the world. She is currently on
de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de the board of the European Society for Veterinary Virology, as well as a member of the International Pig Veterinary
Mexico (UNAM) in 1984. Her career, which Dr. Matt Allerson - Ph.D. candidate, University of Minnesota Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Society for
to date has spanned more than 25 years, Dr. Jason Anderson - Harmony Veterinary Clinic, Harmony, Microbiology. She holds an editorial board position for the journal Veterinary Research. Van Reeth holds a D.V.M.
specializes in diseases and health manage- Minnesota and Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from Ghent University, Belgium.
ment of swine with special interest in porcine Dr. Seth Baker - Ph.D. canndidate, University of Minnesota
reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV). Dr. Carissa Schlosser - Pipestone Veterinary Clinic, Pipestone,
Her experience is primarily in disease prevention, diagnosis and Minnesota
record analysis to optimize swine herd productivity in Mexico,
Latin America, Canada, United States and Europe. She has writ-
ten several peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and articles The recipients in the past were:
in magazines related to the swine industry. Laura has presented Peter Davies
at hundreds of meetings, conferences and symposia around the 2005 - Dr. Darin Madson
world. In 2003, she completed a degree from the University 2006 - Dr. Jared Hanson, Dr. Deb Murray, Peter Davies is professor of swine health and production at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary
of Minnesota under the direction of the late Carlos Pijoan, and Dr. MacDonald Farnham Medicine and past Allen D. Leman endowed chair (2003 – 2009). His previous appointments in swine health at
Scoot Dee. She has also completed considerable specialist train- 2007 - Dr. Laura Bruner, Dr. Beth Thompson, Dr. Han Jin Kim North Carolina State University (1994-1999) and as MAF professor of veterinary public health and food safety at
ing in swine medicine and diplomas in business and personnel Massey University, New Zealand (1999-2003), were preceded by several years in veterinary practice in Australia,
2008 - Dr. Laura Schultz New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and four years in government veterinary service in Australia. He received his
management. Currently she divides her time between the Centre
de Développement du Porc du Québec Inc (CDPQ) in Canada, veterinary degree from Melbourne University, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Sydney, Australia. Peter’s
where she is director of research and development for swine professional experience includes research in zoonotic disease and food safety, disease surveillance, and societal
issues related to food animal production. His involvement in disease surveillance systems dates back to the 1980’s
health, and Batista & Asociados, a one-woman practice offering with the PigMON slaughter surveillance system in Australia. From 2000-2007, he served as a member of the
integral consulting to the swine industry around the world. Lau- International Scientific Committee for the International Center for Research in Veterinary Epidemiology in
ra’s main areas of focus are swine farm and regional biosecurity, Denmark. He is the primary author of the Disease Surveillance chapter in the Ninth edition of Diseases of Swine,
and PRRSV regional control. Her latest research involves testing and while serving as Leman Chair has worked on developing tools for real-time, Web-based disease surveillance for the U.S. swine
of air filtration as an option to control regional dissemination of industry.
PRRSV. Since March 2009 she has been director of the producer
organized program for regional disease control of swine diseases

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Monday, September 21
Keynote Addresses
Peter Davies - moderator
8:00 The Pig Industry Amidst the Economic Meltdown, Raoul Baxter
9:00 Hanson Lecture: Pork Production Information Systems and Data Analysis - Back to the Future, Tom Stein
10:00 Science in Practice Award Presentation to Laura Batista
Advanced Knowledge Essential Knowledge Welfare Production
10:00: Break sponsored by AgStar Financial Services 10:00: Break sponsored by AgStar Financial Services
Tackling Disease Complexes Pharmacology Measurement: The Public versus the Pig Breeding Herd
11:00 Neonatal diarrhea 11:00 What is the right drug? 11:00 What people want 11:00 Group versus individual housing
- Bill Hollis - John Waddell - Charlie Arnot - Joe Connor
11:30 Post-weaning diarrhea 11:30 Getting the dose right (obstacles to achieving therapeutic success) 11:35 What do we measure 11:30 Lameness impacts reproduction
- Mike Eisenmenger - Mike Strobel - Siobhan Mullan - Mark Wilson
12:00 Respiratory disease 12:00 Practical medication tips 12:00 Discussion 12:00 Culling decisions
- Brad Thacker - Keith Kinsley - John Deen
12:30: Lunch sponosred by Elanco 12:30: Lunch sponosred by Elanco
PCV2 Bacterial Diseases Looking Forward Grow Finish
1:30 PCV2 comparisons in herds with PRRS coinfections 1:30 Review of Mycoplasma hyorhinis 1:30 What governments want 1:30 Single versus commingled flows
- Kelly Greiner - Albert Rovira - Jen Greiner - Dave Wade
1:50 Field and research experiences with PCV2 vaccination 2:00 Mycoplasma hyorhinis - field experiences in diagnosis and 2:05 What do we say 2:00 The most common ventilation mistakes I come across as a
- Paul Yeske control - Tom Burkgren consultant
2:10 PCV2 field trials - Brad Leuwerke 2:40 Discussion - Mike Brumm
- Joel Nerem 2:30 Control of lleitis 2:30 Rearing entire boars
2:30 PCV2 in sow herds - Chris Rademacher - Mick Hazzledine
- Jim Lowe
3:00: Break sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica 3:00: Break sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica
Influenza Diagnostic Cases Euthanasia Ethanol and DDGS
3:30 SIV elimination We are asking you to suggest case topics for presentation and discussion during 3:30 Small pigs
- Morgan Morrow 3:30 Outlook for the ethanol industry
- Montse Torremorell this interactive breakout session. - Harold Tilstra
4:00 Creating SIV negative herds 4:00 Large pigs
Send topics, possible case presentations, and ideas to Dr. Albert Rovira - Jeff Hill 4:00 What we know about feeding DDGS to swine
- Bob Thompson (rove0010@umn.edu) by September. - Gerry Shurson
4:30 Comparison of intra-dermal versus intra-muscular vaccination 4:30 New tools
- Deb Murray 4:30 Antibiotic residues in DDGS
for influenza in pigs Please indicate if you have a specific case you are interested in present- - Marc von Keitz
- Tony Nikkel ing. Our diagnosticians will review the case ideas, select the topics to be
addressed (based on Chicago election rules), and lead a discussion on
approaches for diagnostic evaluations on those topics.
Tuesday, September 22
Keynote Addresses
Tom Molitor - moderator
8:00 Pijoan Lecture: Flu - Recent Developments, Kristien Van Reeth
9:00 New Approaches for Swine Disease Surveillance, Peter Davies, University of Minnesota
9:45 Introduction of Montse Torremorell, Leman Chair
PRRS - Air Filtration Influenza A/H1N1 2009 Hot - Button Issues Looking Forward
10:30 An update of research and field experiences
- Scott Dee and Satoshi Otake 10:30 Origin 10:30 New nutrition guidelines
Air filtration is rapidly proving itself to be an effective means to reduce the - Marie Gramer - Mark Whitney
risk of the airborne spread of swine pathogens such as PRRS virus, swine 11:00 Impact
influenza virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. This session will provide 11:00 Carbon footprint
the latest information on PRRS virus aerobiology as well as data from ongoing - Peter Davies and Montse Torremorell - Allan Stokes
air filtration studies from the SDEC and the field. Specific topics include long 11:30 Implications 11:30 Methane emissions
distance spread of PRRS virus, the efficacy of alternative filters for reducing - Jim Lowe - Bob Morrison
the risk of PRRS virus and swine influenza virus and preliminary data from
the application of air filtration to large sow herds in swine dense regions in
conjunction with the evaluation of external risk factors for virus introduction.
12:15 to 1 Closing session: There will be a 15-minute break between the end of the previous sessions and beginning of the
summary session. You will be able to pick up a lunch and find a seat in the room.
Recent Science in Practice recipients Laura Batista, Rodger Main and Jim Lowe, will each give a 10-15 minute synopsis,
“My three take-home messages.”

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Pre-Conference Sessions Part 3: Progress in piloting regional control of PRRS KSU/U of M Nutrition Session: Focus on Feed Efficiency
Sunday, September 20, 2009 – 1:00 to 5:00 pm
2.15: Minnesota - Bob Morrison 4 CE credits; Registration fee $95
2.30: Illinois - Dyneah Augsburger
Saturday Sessions 2.45: Sonora, Mexico - Laura Batista Theme: managing changing swine feed costs: global perspec-
3.00: Michigan - Barb Straw/Jim Kober tive with practical case studies With the wide changes in feed
Optimizing Sow Breeding Management and Litter Outcomes Necropsy Workshop ingredients over the last several years, swine nutritionists and
September 19, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 CE, $140 - Kurt Rossow and Marie Gramer 3.20: Discussion – all presenters veterinarians have been challenged to reexamine and fine-tune
Lunch included Saturday, September 19, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.3 CE 4.00: Close nutritional strategies. Our goal is to provide a perspective on
Sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health credits, Registration fee $95 (translated to Spanish) these changes and present some of the real-world outcomes that
Decoding Diagnostic Data have resulted from these challenges.
Limited to 36 Saturday, September 19, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
The drive to use genetic selection programs to improve sow pro- University of Minnesota Format: Two lead presentations from different perspectives, case
4 CE credits; Registration fee $95
ductivity by maximizing numbers born has led to new concerns presentation, and a wrap-up session with panel discussion and
Limited to 30 participants, RiverCentre
about litter quality and the production potential of pigs born. MVDL diagnosticians will demonstrate and lead discussions on audience participation
- Jerry Torrison, Mary Thurn, Albert Rovira
Increasing between-litter variation in average pig birth weight in necropsy methods and tissue sampling and submission protocols
mature sows is evident, associated with an increasing proportion on three different topics: 1) lameness and neurologic cases; 2) Lead presentations: nutritional strategies used to manage swine
Got data - now what? Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Labora-
of lightweight pigs entering the nursery and grow-finish stages acute death and septicemia cases and, 3) enteric cases. Partici- feed cost changes
tory personnel will lead a hands-on computer workshop using
of production. The origin of this variation will be described. pants will be divided into three groups and rotate through each Microsoft Excel 2007 templates to package diagnostic data 1:00: European Perspective:
Selection, management and nutritional strategies that can affect presentation. The presentations will be in Spanish for one of the into practice-enhancing medical information. Tools offered will
litter quality will be discussed. The opportunity to use advanced groups (please indicate your preference for Spanish at registra- include templates for graphical display of results for reports, Mick Hazzledine
AI technologies to significantly increase the impact of the best tion). Resource materials for use in the clinic will be provided. pivot table applications and analysis of historical data for trend
sire-line genetics in the pork industry, and to use segregated Mick Hazzledine is currently director of pig nutrition services
identificaiton. Participants should be proficinet with Excel 2007 at Premier Nutrition in the UK. Premier Nutrition provides
production systems to address existing variability in growth • Busses will depart from the RiverCentre at 8:30 a.m. and at least familiar with pivot tables. Participants need to bring nutritional services focused on ingredient nutritional profiles,
potential will be considered.
laptop computers with Excel 2007. Participants are also encour- best cost feed formulation, and micro ingredient procurement.
Progress in Regional Control of PRRS aged to share any killer apps they might have related to diagnos- Premier Nutrition operates in Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark,
Continuing the series of collaborative reproduction workshops, Bob Morrison and Peter Davies tic data. Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine and
George Foxcroft (leader of the swine reproduction-development Saturday, September 19, 9:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Poland. His early career was in research, where he ran a large pig
program, University of Alberta) will again facilitate a workshop 5 CE credits; Registration fee $95 and poultry research farm. Mick has held a number of technical,
directed at consultant veterinarians, breeding stock suppliers, Lunch included sponsored by PRRS CAP2 Sunday Sessions marketing and management positions with Dalgety and PIC, for
and breeding herd managers that will set the benchmarks for Carlos Pijoan International Symposium: New Approaches to whom he worked for 25 years. Mick joined a private company,
optimized breeding herd management. The ongoing challenge of controlling PRRS in hog-dense areas Premier Nutrition in 2001, with the mandate to “build a pig
Herd Diagnostics
has brought considerable innovation in approaches for dealing nutrition business.” He is also a founder of Nutrition Partners in
Sunday, September 20 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Airdrie, Alberta which provides nutritional services across the
The 2009 reproduction workshop includes information on breed- with PRRS at a regional level. The first part of this program
ing management strategies and optimized production practices 6 CE credits; Registration fee $165 prairie provinces of Canada. Recent research interests include the
reviews current knowledge of PRRS transmission and herd di-
presented by leading researchers and practitioners from the feeding value of wheat DDGS, reducing skatole by nutritional
agnostics, including outcomes from intensive sampling projects. means and updating and extending his company’s proprietary
North American swine industry. Management strategies to pro- This year’s Carlos Pijoan International Symposium on Disease
The second part illustrates new tools for herd risk assessment Eradication will address innovative ideas for disease surveil- ingredient database. Additional interests include “anything else
duce high - quality litters that offer opportunities for profitability and Web-based surveillance developed to support regional that he can do to make his clients more profitable”!
lance. Several new alternative techniques for sampling and di-
in the global food-animal industry will be the specific focus of projects. The third part conveys recent experiences from regional agnostic testing have been recently introduced. This year’s sym-
this year’s workshop. PRRS control projects underway in North America, with a dis- posium will address the science behind these techniques, how 1:45: North American perspective:
cussion of overall progress and future directions and challenges. they can be utilized in disease surveillance, and ultimately, how
Analyzing Production/Financial Data can we use this new knowledge to control and eradicate disease. Wayne Cast
Saturday, September 19, 2009; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 9.50: Welcome and Introduction You are invited to hear from the experts who have developed and
- Bob Morrison and Bob Rowland validated these techniques and obtain useful information that can Wayne is currently director of nutritional services for Produc-
5 CE credits, Registration fee $195 be readily applied in your practice.” tion Input Solutions. He received his B.S and M.S. degrees from
Lunch and software included. Limited to 25 the University of Nebraska focusing on swine nutrition. He has
- Al Theede Part 1: Managing transmission and measuring circulation 8:30: “Innovations in Veterinary Medicine & Diagnostics: A worked in the swine and feed industry for the past 30 years, both
in regional control of PRRS (brief) History and Future Possibilities” domestically and internationally. Mr. Cast spent over 20 years
Attendees of this workshop practice using a set of spreadsheet - Jane Christopher-Hennings in the feed industry developing cost effective feeding programs
10.00: An update on SDEC PRRSV aerobiology and air filtration 9:15: Oral fluid testing - Science-base applications for his customers, acting as technical support to sales staff in
tools to analyze production and financial data and apply these
research efforts - Scott Dee - Jeff Zimmerman the field and training and developing people. For the past 11
spreadsheets to actual farm cases. Scenarios discuss detailed years, he has been the director of nutrition for Premium Standard
10.30: Regional monitoring of PRRS: fundamentals of 10:00: Role of alternative diagnostic techniques on SIV surveil
calculation of a herd’s cost of production, analysis and compari- lance - Marie Gramer Farms, a Missouri-based swine producer that produces over 4
herd testing - Cesar Corzo
son of the financial impacts of various production and treatment 10:45: Break million pigs per year. In addition to his nutritionist responsibili-
11.00: Regional evaluation of virus behavior: What are we
protocols, proforma financial statements for a sow unit startup, 11:15: Field experiences with oral fluid-based suveillance ties, Wayne was responsible for three feed mills producing over
missing? - Dale Polson
herd depopulation and re-startup financial statements, and week- - Paul Yeske 800,000 tons of feed annually. Mr. Cast is widely recognized for
11:30: Immunological basis of regional control his practical approach to developing swine nutrition programs.
ly cash-flow requirements in a grow-finish unit. Registrants are 12:00: Lunch Break
- Mike Murtaugh
encouraged to bring questions, problems and production/finan- 1:00: Field experiences with FTA card testing
12.00: Lunch - Montse Torremorell
cial data to the workshop. Participants receive working models 2:30: Break
of all relevant spreadsheets, which can be used for real-life case 1:45: Methods of air sampling - Steve Pohl
Part 2: Tools to support regional control of PRRS 2:30: PRRSv detection trade-offs - are more samples and
studies and analytic challenges, both at the workshop and with
future clients. Imperial and metric measurement versions will be bigger pools better? - Dale Polson
1.00: Herd risk assessment (PADRAP) 3:15: Roundtable discussion
distributed. - Derald Holtkamp
1.30: Mapping in regional projects: some of the options
• Laptop with Excel required - Peter Davies
2.00: Break

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2:45: Nutrition related case studies Hedging and Risk Management past year. In this pre-conference training session on i-Production, Monday Sessions
Sunday, September 20, 2009 we plan on providing a robust introduction and overview of the
Interrelationship between iron injection, vitamin E and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. software as well as diving into especially relevant details that A Breakfast Conversation with Wayne Freese
selenium, and genetic line 3 CE credits; Registration fee $95 veterinarians can adopt and use immediately to add value in their September 21, 6:30 am, River Centre
- Chris Rademacher - Brian Buhr consulting practices. This session will feature designers, devel- 1.5 CE credits, Registration fee $35
opers, and power users of i-Production speaking on the follow- - Hosted by Bill Christianson
Dr Rademacher is the Director of Veterinary for New Fashion ing topics:
Pork. New Fashion Pork is a leading, low-cost pork producer In the past couple years, the pork industry has faced unprece-
in the United States with operations in Minnesota, Indiana, dented volatility in both feed input and market hog prices. Given Dr. Wayne Freese is co-founder and CEO/
the general economic uncertainty and pressures on demand< it 1. Overview of i-Production, concentrating on user interface Chairman of the Prairie Holdings Group of
Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Chris is noted for and reports for each of the main applications: Sow Manager,
his thorough diagnostic approach when tackling pig health and is likely this volatility will continue in the coming years. This Agricultural businesses. Included in the
workshop focuses on price risk management strategies on both Finishing Manager, and Sales Manager. group of animal health industry companies,
production issues. 2. Understanding the significance of Report Manager, a new
sides of the ledger-feed and hogs. Special emphasis is given are Newport Laboratories, Vet Med Center,
to the feed input side of the equation, but also includes market application for creating customized reports and sets of re- ProPig, and the Ideas IT group. Dr. Freese
A Review of Mulberry Heart Pathology Independent of ports linked to automated e-mail delivery system.
Vitamin E and Selenium Status hogs. Leading firms with on-the-ground experience will provide received his Bachelor of Science in Animal
insights on risk management strategies during great uncertainty. 3. Appreciating the Excel-based reporting structure in i-Pro- Science in 1968 from ISU, his DVM from
- Kent Schwartz duction, including how to create and using macro to custom- Iowa State University in 1971, and an M.S.
Since 1989, Dr. Schwartz has been a veterinary diagnostician Market environment and session introduction - Brian Buhr ize reports, build new reports, and create your own Excel from the University of Minnesota in 1998.
at Iowa State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in applications. You will learn how to create global macros in Dr. Freese was also a co-founder of Oxford
Ames, Iowa. Each year he reviews over 2,500 submissions from Successful risk management - swineproduction company per- Excel and see how customers are creating their own ways Laboratories, a veterinary biologics company and predecessor to
veterinarians, providing test results interpretation and consulta- spective of manipulating the standard Excel-based reports provided Newport Laboratories.
tion. Dr. Schwartz also instructs and mentors fourth-year veteri- by i-Production.
nary students and conducts field investigations and research, all Feed procurement and origination - price management with new 4. Understanding the “programmability” of i-Production. Web
with a focus on utilizing evidence-based veterinary medicine. demands - Cargill AgHorizons, Dennis Inman - executive vice software companies can “open up” their functionality by
Recently, Dr. Schwartz was honored with the 2009 Howard president providing API (application programming interfaces) to
Dunne Memorial Award by the American Association of Swine many of their underlying features and functions. You can see
Veterinarians recognizing outstanding service contribution to the Managing the margin - CIH (Commodity Ingredient Hedging) this today in the open programming interfaces provided by
swine industry. - Perry Iverson Amazon, EBay, Salesforce, etc. Customers and third parties
are using i-Production as a platform for building their own
Getting the Right Feed to the Right Pig: Clinical Presenta i-Production applications. Programmability is one of the outstanding
tion of a Feed Delivery Error in Nursery Pigs Sunday, September 20, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. features of Web software applications that are built using
- Paul Ruen, DVM 4 CE, Registration fee $95 what are called “Web services.” It means that users can cre-
i-Production software -- overview and in-depth training ate their own applications that call Web Services in i-Pro-
Dr. Ruen is a practitioner at the Fairmont Veterinary Clinic in duction to pull data, perform calculations, or link i-Produc-
Fairmont, Minn., a predominately swine practice that also pro- - Tom Stein
tion with other software programs to create more powerful
vides management services to clients. He provides management i-Production (integrated production management) is a built- and proprietary “mashups.” We will show you how to do
services to a variety of swine clients and works hard to keep our from-scratch, Web software suite of applications for managing this using examples from customers who have created pro-
focus on the three Ps of pig production – pigs, people, and profit. live hog production systems. It includes applications for man- prietary sales projections applications, inventory-tracking
Dr. Ruen also is active in the American Association of Swine aging sow farms (Sow Manager), nursery-finishing (Finish- applications, and automated data transfer applications.
Veterinarians, currently serving as the president-elect. Dr. Ruen ing Manager), and sales/carcass data (Sales Manager). It also 5. Understanding and using the “slice & dice” functionality
is a frequent speaker at veterinary meetings due to his practical includes modules for managing feed data along with richly built into i-Production, including demonstrations on the fol-
approaches to solving production problems. featured and robust functionality for tracking movements, flows, lowing:
and “products.” i-Production provides interfaces to the main feed
Rachitic Rosaries and Rib Nodules mill software programs used in North America. Customers use 1. Sow performance monitor
these daily to download feed deliveries (diets and ingredients) 2. Nursery/finishing closeouts
Steve Dritz DVM and automatically link feed data (amounts and costs) to nurs- 3. Movements and sales
Steve is a member of the K-State Applied Swine Nutrition ery/finishing/wean-to-finish groups. Through a similar set of 4. Expenses and cost of production
Team focusing on finding research -based practical solutions to interfaces to major pork processors, customers are downloading
problems facing swine producers. As an applied field-based re- kill sheet lot/load summary data plus individual carcass data and 6. Understanding the formats, calculation methods, and inter
searcher he has developed relationships in several swine produc- linking this to their finishing/wean-to-finish groups. pretation of key reports:
tion systems across North America that have commercial-scale Over the past six years, i-Production has become a leader in the
research facilities unavailable at K-State. Additionally, Dr. Dritz pork production records and information systems arena. Today, 1. Sow performance monitor
provides nutrition and production advice to a variety of North customers globally use the Sow Manager application to track 2. Sow parity comparison
American swine farms. data on more than 800,000 active sows in the United States, 3. Sow genetics comparison
Canada, Australia, China, and Spain; including removed sows 4. Group closeout
Iodine Value and Impact on Pork Quality: What is dine? (culls and deaths), there are over five million sows in the total 5. Active group summary
Value and Why Should We be Concerned sow database. Using the Finishing Manager application, custom- 6. Closeout summary and closeout performance monitor
- Joel DeRouchey, Kansas State University ers in North America alone track a daily inventory of more than 7. Feed budget comparison (across all Active Groups)
17 million finishing pigs, which represents over 10 percent of the 8. Group load distribution (lights, heavies, in box results
Joel also is a member of the K-State Applied Swine Nutrition by load)
Team. His focus is on understanding the impacts of alternative total North American finishing pig inventory.
9. Summary kill sheet (rollup/consolidation by site,
feed ingredients on diet formulation strategies and feed ingredi- Currently, optimizing carcass profitability and increasing sales grower, pod, business unit, flow, etc.)
ents. Dr. DeRouchey has been a leader in understanding the eco- revenue is a big focus of customers and consultants using the
nomic value of alternative feed ingredients like dried distillers Sales Manager application. i-Production is the only software 7. Understanding the carcass data functionality, learning how
grains. Due to his practical approach, Dr. DeRouchey provides available that builds a highly accessible and easy-to-analyze to download it, and learning how use it in a third-party
nutritional advice to a variety of swine production systems. database of historical kill-sheet load summary and individual model for carcass and revenue optimization.
carcass data. Customers use this data to model optimal weight
4:15: Panel discussion and audience interaction distribution and manage load weight distributions, and have ex- We will conclude the session by presenting the first-ever
perienced substantial increases in revenue by using Sales Man- published benchmarking data from customers using the Sow
How can we use what we learned today to bring value to ager reports and analyzing data sets of their individual carcass Manager and Finishing Manager applications. This will include
my practice and clients? We ask participants to come pre data. Increasing revenue (and how to use Sales Manager to do data on over one million sows as well as nearly 20,000 nursery
pared to challenge speakers. it) has been a feature of several important training sessions and and finishing closeouts from production systems in the United
seminars put on by AASV and Elanco Animal Health over the States and Canada.

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2009 Poster Session Design
Speaker List
Sunday, September 20, Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel Charlie Arnot* Bill Hollis Tom Stein
The conference begins with scientific poster presentations during CMA Consulting Carthage Veterinary Services Metafarms
• Measurements. The size is 48 inches high by 48 inches Charlie@cmakc.com hollis@hogvet.com tomstein@metafarms.com
Alpharma Animal Health and Bayer Animal Health’s ppening wide. Dyneah Augsburger Dr. Derald Holtkamp Allan Stokes
reception on Sunday evening. From 5-7 p.m. you will have an • A clear, simple, uncluttered arrangement is the most attrac- Carthage Veterinary Services Iowa State University National Pork Board
opportunity to discuss new research findings with poster present- tive and the easiest to read. augsburger@hogvet.com deholtk@aol.com astokes@pork.org
ers in the relaxed atmosphere of the Great River Ballroom at • The title lettering should be at least 3inches/8cm high, with Dr. Laura Batista Dennis Inman Dr. Barbara Straw
the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel while enjoying hors authors’ names and affiliations in somewhat smaller print. Centre de developpement du porc du Quebec Perry Iverson Michigan State University
d’oeuvres, beverages and entertainment with friends and col- • All lettering should be legible from a distance of approxi- inc. Keith Kinsley straw@cvm.msu.edu
leagues. mately 5feet/1.5m. Type size should be at least 24 point, in lbatista@cdpqinc.qc.ca Keith_kinsley@hotmail.com Michael Strobel
bold style. The typeface chosen should be a simple and clear Raoul Baxter Egbert Knol Cannon Valley Vet
rjbworldwide@aol.com Dr. James Kober mstrobel@cannonvalleyvet.com
Abstracts and Posters typeface (e.g., Helvetica). Titles should be in all uppercase Dr. Mike Brumm* Swine Veterinary Services of Michigan Bradley Thacker*
letters. The remainder of the text should be in a combination Brumm Swine Consultancy, Inc. koberjd@iserv.net Intervet
Graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. Indi- of upper and lowercase letters. mbrumm1@unl.edu Dr. Brad Leuwerke Brad.thacker@intervet.com
cate you are a student to be eligible for one of four $250 student • Color may be used as desired. Brain Buhr Swine Vet Center Dr. Al Theede
travel awards. • Illustrations should be simple and eye-catching, with unnec- University of Minnesota Bleuwerke@swinevetcenter.com altheede@sasktel.net
essary detail left out. If possible, convert tables to graphic Buhrx002@umn.edu Dr. Jim Lowe* Bob Thompson
displays. Pie graphs can be used to show parts of a whole, Dr. Tom Burkgren Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd PIC
Key Guidelines and Attendance Requirements AASV jim.lowe@pigsrus.net Bob.thompson@pic.com
line graphs can be used to show trends or changing relation-
ships, and bar graphs can be used to show volumes. burkgren@aasv.org Dr. Julie Menard Mary Thurn
The poster session takes place from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, September Wayne Cast Swine Vet Consultant University of Minnesota
20th, at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel immediately • Photos should be enlarged enough to show relevant detail. PS Farms jmenard@fmenard.com Thurn001@umn.edu
preceding the opening reception. Posters will remain on display • Standard computer printouts do not work well on posters, Wayne.cast@psfarms.com Dr. Bob Morrison Dr. Harold Tilstra
throughout the conference. because the type is too small and the lines are too thin to be Bill Christianson University of Minnesota LandO’Lakes
seen from a distance. PIC USA bobm@umn.edu hdtilstra@landolakes.com
• The main/presenting author of the poster must be present Bill.christianson@pic.com Dr. W.E. Morgan Morrow* Dr. Montserrat Torremorell
Dr. Jane Christopher-Hennings* University of North Carolina University of Minnesota
between 5 and 6 p.m. September 20. South Dakota State University Morgan_morrow@ncsu.edu torr0033@umn.edu
• Only one abstract/poster per presenting author will be ac- Jane_christopher-hennings@sdstate.edu Siobhan Mullan Dr. Jerry Torrison
cepted. (You may co-author other abstracts/posters, provid- Joseph Connor Siobhan.mullan@bristol.co.uk University of Minnesota
ed the presenting author attends the conference.) Carthage Veterinary Services Dr. Mike Murtaugh Torri001@umn.edu
• This is an opportunity to present up-to-date developments connor@hogvet.com University of Minnesota Kristien Van Reeth
and new research, but we will accept abstracts that contain Cesar Corzo murta001@tc.umn.edu Gent University
information that has been presented previously. Dr. Peter Davies* Joel Nerem Kristien.vanreeth@ugent.be
University of Minnesota Pipestone Vet Services Marc von Keitz
davie001@umn.edu jnerem@pipevet.com University of Minnesota
Submission Dr. Scott Dee* Dr. Tony Nikkel vonkeitz@umn.edu
University of Minnesota Puratone John Waddell*
If you wish to submit a written abstract for consideration, all deexx004@umn.edu tnikkel@puratone.com jwaddell@alltel.net
submissions are due August 1, 2009. Submit via email to Dr. John Deen* Dr. Satoshi Otake Mr. Dave Wade
vop@umn.edu. University of Minnesota University of Minnesota The HANOR Company, Inc.
deenx003@umn.edu satoshiotake@hotmail.co.jp dwade@hanorusa.com
Dr. Joel DeRouchey Jenny Patterson Dr. Mark Whitney
Format Kansas State University University of Alberta University of Minnesota
jderouch@ksu.edu Jennifer.patterson@ualberta.ca Whitn007@umn.edu
• Single page, one-inch margins, two columns Dr. Steve Dritz Mr. Steve Pohl* Dr. Mark Wilson
• Times New Roman font, 11 point Kansas State University South Dakota State University Zinpro
• Headings must include title, authors, and affiliations (cen- dritz@vet.ksu.edu pohl.steve@ces.sdstate.edu mwilson@zinpro.com
tered) Mike Dyck Dr. Dale Polson* Bradley Wolter*
• Single space, blank line between paragraphs University of Alberta Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. PigsRUs
Michael.dyck@ualberta.ca dpolson@bi-vetmedica.com bradleyw@pigsrus.net
• No page numbers Mike Eisenmenger Chris Rademacher Dr. Paul Yeske*
Swine Vet Center New Fashion Pork Swine Vet Center
Abstracts are reviewed by an academic committee for scientific meisenmenger@swinevetcenter.com cjrademacher@nfpinc.com pyeske@swinevetcenter.com
quality and originality. Authors are notified if their abstract is George Foxcroft Kurt Rossow Dr. Jeff Zimmerman*
accepted for poster presentation by August 20, 2009. Acceptance University of Alberta University of Minnesota Iowa State University
of abstract does not include complimentary conference registra- George.foxcroft@ualberta.ca rosso003@umn.edu jjzimm@iastate.edu
tion. All accepted abstracts will be printed as an addendum to the Dr. Wayne Freese Dr. Albert Rovira*
Newport Labs University of Minnesota *Speakers and their research sponsored by the
conference proceedings. National Pork Board
wfreese@newportlabs.com rove0010@umn.edu
Dr. Marie Gramer* Dr. Paul Ruen
Poster Guidelines University of Minnesota Fairmont Veterinary Clinic
grame003@umn.edu pruen@fmtvets.com
Kelly Greiner Kent Schwartz
Content Carthage Veterinary Services Iowa State University
• The poster should show the full title of your abstract. Jen Greiner kschwart@iastate.edu
• Text should be brief and well-organized, presenting only NPPC Dr. Jerry Shurson
enough data to support your conclusions. Mick Hazzledine University of Minnesota
• The text should make clear the significance of your research. Premier Nutrition shurs001@umn.edu
• The text should include (most likely as separate elements of m.hazzledine@premiernutrition.co.uk Joel Spencer
the poster) your hypothesis, methods, results, and conclu- Dr. Steve Henry* JBS United
sions. Abilene Animal Hospital, PA Joel.spencer@jbsunited.com
• The text should not differ significantly from the material shenry@aahpa.com
submitted for presentation. Jeff Hill*
Jeffhill.2@netzero.net

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Location/Travel Information Host City Information
2009 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference - Registration Conference Facility Mall of America
Dr./Mr./Ms. (please circle) RiverCentre www.moa.com
Name ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 175 W Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, Minnesota Local Weather
Affiliation/Practice/Company Name ____________________________________________________________________ www.rivercentre.org for maps and directions www.weather.com/weather/local/55102
*wireless Internet available
Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *private meeting rooms for ad hoc discussions Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
www.mspairport.com
City, State/Province, Postal Code/Country _______________________________________________________________ Official Conference Hotel
Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Minnesota History Center
Telephone ( ) _________________ Fax ( ) __________________ E-mail _______________________________ 11 E Kellogg Boulevard www.mnhs.org/historycenter
Saint Paul, Minnesota
I agree to be listed on the public class list. ___Yes ___No 651-292-1900 Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball
Registrants of the conference can book a hotel room online www.mntwins.com
Registration (September 21 and 22) at www.crowneplaza.com/stpaul. Enter the conference code
¢ Conference registration (through August 31) $285 S77 to receive the conference rate of $145 single or double Saint Paul Visitor Info
¢ Conference registration (after August 31) $325 occupancy, or call 651-292-1900 and mention you are with www.stpaulcvb.org
¢ Graduate Student $175 the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference.
¢ (includes preconference - subject to space availability, main conference,
social events and proceedings book and CD.)
¢
¢ Current veterinary students no charge Airport Transportation
Taxi costs from MSP International Airport to
Optional pre-conference sessions (September 19 and 20) RiverCentre range from $30-40. Call 612-726-5877
¢
Analyzing Production/Financial Management $195 to arrange for taxi service.
¢ Carlos Pijoan International Symposium $165
¢ Optimizing Sow Breeding Management and Litter Outcomes $140
¢ i-Production $95
¢ Decoding Diagnostic Data $95
¢ KSU/U of M Nutrition $95
¢ Necropsy Workshop $95
¢ Hedging and Risk Management $95
¢ Progress in Regional Control of PRRS $95
¢ Breakfast Conversations with Wayne Freese $35
¢ I would like information on the Leman Scholarship Fund
¢ I would like to donate to the Leman Scholarship Fund $__________
Payment
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Secure online registration: Trade Show
www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/adl Monday, September 21
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mail registration form and payment to:
Leman Swine Conference, 1365 Gortner Avenue, 450 VMC, Saint Paul, MN 55108-1010 Tuesday, September 22
7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Fax:
612-625-5755 (credit card payments only)
Questions?
612-624-3434 or 800-380-8636 or vop@umn.edu
Conference refund/cancellation policy
90 percent refund if cancellation is received at least 10 days prior to the meeting: 50 percent refund if less than 10 days.
No Refunds will be given for failure to attend without notification.

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