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Invited Papers

• PRRS Interventions Study - Zvonimir Poljak (Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph)
• Ontario Swine Veterinary-based Surveillance (OSVS) Project: an update - Dr Bob Friendship (Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph)
• Foodborne Pathogens Linked to Pork and Significance to Food Safety - Keith Warriner (Department of Food Science, University of Guelph)
• Lameness as a Welfare and Productivity Concern - Dr John Deen (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota)
• Omega-3 Enriched Pork: Apparent Conversion of Alpha-Linolenic Acid to Long Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Dr Kees de Lange (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph)
• Canada's Pork Industry: Where We Have Been? Where We Are Going? - Clare Schlegel (Past President, Canadian Pork Council)
• Collecting Oral Fluid Samples for PRRS Monitoring - Dr Greg Wideman (Maitland Veterinary Prof. Corp.)
• Measuring Welfare: Balancing the Needs of Pigs, Producers and the Public - Dr John Deen (Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota)
• Strategies for Control of Boar Taint - Dr Jim Squires (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph)
• Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal Effects of Tile Drains on the Partitioning of Liquid Swine Manure Constituents Between Surface-Water and Groundwater - Dr David Rudolph (Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo)
• Use of Infrared Thermography for Early Detection of Disease Causing Sudden Death in a Swine Finishing Barn - Kevin McIntosh (Department of Clinical Research, University of Guelph)
• Teething in Baby Pigs - Anita Tucker (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph)
• Cost of Production Benchmark for Ontario, Manitoba and Iowa - Ken McEwan (Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph)
• Pig Tales From Africa - Dr Cate Dewey (Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph)

Written-Only Topics

• University of Guelph / OMAFRA Partnership Pork Research Program Projects - C. de Lange (University of Guelph)
• Sustainable Pork Production: From Gene Expression to Nutrient Utilization Efficiency and Pork Meat Quality - C. de Lange (University of Guelph)
• Ontario Pork Research - Jean Howden (Ontario Pork)
• The Sentinel Herd Project Update: Prevalence of Bacteria on Ontario Pig Farms That Are of Public Health Importance - A. Farzan, R.M. Friendship, A. Cook, F. Pollari (Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph; Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph)
• Strep. suis: an update - Robert M. Friendship and Janet I. MacInnes (University of Guelph)
• Clostridial Diseases in Pigs and Public Health Concerns - R. Friendship, J. Gallant, K. Warriner and S. Weese (University of Guelph)
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - J. Scott Weese (Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph)
• Disease Resistance Genes - Tony Hayes (Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph)
• Transport Losses in Finisher Pigs - Cate Dewey, Charles Haley, Zvonimir Poljak, Bob Friendship and Tina Widowski (Departments of Population Medicine and Animal Science, University of Guelph)
• Developments on the Enviropig^TM File - Cecil W. Forsberg, Roy G. Meidinger and J.P. Phillips (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph)
• What Goes Wrong When We Freeze Boar Sperm? - Mary Buhr and Basim Awda (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph)
• Impact of Immune System Stimulation on Apparent Ileal Digestibility of Amino Acids and Whole Body Nitrogen to Sulfur Balance Ratio in Growing Pigs - A. Rakhshandeh1, N.A. Karrow, S.P. Miller, J.K. Htoo and C.F.M. de Lange (Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph and Evonik Degussa Canada Inc., Gibbons, Alberta)
• Rapid Determination of DDGS Feeding Value for Swine Diets - Phil McEwen, Kees de Lange and Ira Mandell and Ron Lackey (University of Guelph and OMAFRA)
• Learning From 2006 to Reduce Future Impacts of Fusarium Epidemics to Stakeholders of the Corn Industry - A.W. Schaafsma and V. Limay-Rios (University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus)
• Variability of Water Flow Rates and the Impact on Therapy Using Tetracycline Powder - Glen Almond, Sharon Mason, Paul Dorr, Ron Baynes, Megan Nemechek and Al Scheidt (North Carolina, USA)
• Survival of Manure Pathogens in Swine Manure - Ann Huber (Soil Resource Group, Guelph)
• Presenting Cost-effective and Practical Group Gestation Housing Designs to Swine Producers in a Video Format - Kathy Zurbrigg (OMAFRA)
• Country of Origin Labeling Update - Bridgette Dyce (Ontario Pork)
• OSHAB Update - Doug MacDougald and Lori Moser (OPIC/OSHAB)
• Handling Stress During Marketing of Pigs from Large Groups - S.M. Hayne, D.L. Whittington and H.W. Gonyou (Prairie Swine Centre, Inc., Saskatchewan)
• The Efficacy of Eight Different Feed Additives on Mitigating the Effects of Deoxynivalenol (DON) - A.D. Beaulieu, J.F. Patience and D. Gillis (Prairie Swine Centre, Inc., Saskatchewan)