News and Announcements of General Interest

Upcoming Meetings
Updated April 1, 2008

• Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference, April 7–8, 2008, Hilton Arlington, Arlington, Texas. Topics for discussion include mineral needs of the modern dairy cow; feed additives' impact on efficiency; reproduction and heat stress; using by-products/low-quality forages and forage extenders in dairy rations; transition cow nutrition; heifer nutrition; and starch digestibility. Early registration closes March 23, 2008. Contact Ellen Jordan (e-jordan2@tamu.edu) or visit the Texas Animal Nutrition Council web site (http://www.txanc.org/conference.html) for more information.
• Fourteenth Discover Conference on Lipids for Dairy Cattle: Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Challenges, May 18–21, 2008, Abe Martin Lodge, Nashville, Indiana. For the latest information, visit http://www.adsa.org/discover/.
• The XXVIII International Workshop/Symposium on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology, June 13–20, 2008, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. For scientific content, contact Daniel Fung (dfung@ksu.edu); for registration information, contact Debbie Hagenmaier (debbieh@ksu.edu). A detailed description of the program can be found at http://www.dce.ksu.edu/conf/rapidmethods.
• The International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) holds its Congress every 2 years, and it is regarded as the main event in this field. The 20th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS 2008) will take place in Durban, South Africa, on June 22–25, 2008. The Congress is an important forum for the presentation and discussion of new developments in pig veterinary, its associated disciplines and sciences. An exhibition will accompany the meeting, enabling delegates to review the ever-developing scientific innovations associated with these fields. The objectives are to bring together all those concerned with the development in the field of pig veterinary and science: pig health and productivity; feeding, management, and housing; reproduction and breeding; food safety, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance; economy; animal welfare; and environment. For more information, visit http://www.ipvs2008.org.za/
• The 2008 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, July 7–11, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana. Join us in Indy as we celebrate the ASAS Centennial! Abstract submission deadline is February 6, 2008. Visit the meeting web site (http://adsa.asas.org/meetings/2008/) regularly for updates.
• Welfare & Epidemiology Conference, July 14–16, 2008, Ames, Iowa. Industry representatives, veterinarians, government personnel, academics and students interested in conducting and applying epidemiological and animal welfare research tools to the field should attend this conference. For more information, visits www.ucs.iastate.edu/welfare. Deadline for submission of abstracts is April 30, 2008.
• The 4th International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL-2008), September 10–13, 2008, in Ghent, Belgium. This combination of congress and workshops will be of great interest to scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders involved in the assessment of welfare of farmed, laboratory, and other animals housed and managed in groups. More information about WAFL-2008 can be found at www.wafl2008.com.
• IDF World Dairy Summit 2008, November 8–14, 2008, in Mexico City, Mexico. "Facing the supply challenge: The industry in a new environment." The dairy sector is currently facing important challenges such as climate change, economic policies of developed and developing countries, agriculture competition, globalization, technological innovation, etc. The IDF 2008 Weorld Dairy Summit will be a unique opportunity to discuss these challenges as well as to discover the Mexican culture. Visit the event site regularly for updates: http://www.wds2008mexico.com/.
• Fifteenth ADSA Discover Conference, Biology of the Calf: Birth to 4 Months, November 16–19, 2008, Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, Virginia. For the latest information, visit http://www.adsa.org/discover/.
• World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP 2008), November 23–28, 2008, Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa. For more information, visit http://www.wcap2008.co.za or e-mail wcap@up.ac.za.
• Animal Science Image Gallery: If you could use more images for your teaching or outreach, test the Animal Science Image Gallery (http://anscigallery.nal.usda.gov/).