9th Annual  
          Applied Animal and Public Health  
          Research and Extension Symposium 
          Sponsored by the American Association  of Extension Veterinarians 
          Saturday,  October 19, 2013 
          3:00  – 6:00pm  
          Room:  Royal Palm Salon 3/4 
          Town  and Country Hotel, San Diego, California 
        Coordinators:   
          Russ Daly, South Dakota State  University (moderator);    
          Bob Wills, Mississippi State  University 
          Carla Huston, Mississippi State  University 
        
          
            Title  | 
            Presenter  | 
           
          
            Welcome    and introductions  | 
            Russ Daly & Carla    Huston, moderators  | 
           
          
            Detecting    MRSA in swine production facilities  | 
            Tim Frana, Iowa State    University  | 
           
          
            Communicating    pre-harvest food safety to diverse audiences  | 
            David Smith, Mississippi    State University  | 
           
          
            Improving    the Safety and Quality of Raw Milk in Pennsylvania  | 
            Ernest Hovingh, Penn    State University  | 
           
          
            Characteristics of Utah dairy    farms test-positive for Mycobacterium    avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Mycoplasma spp., or Bovine Viral    Diarrhea virus  | 
            Jennifer Bunnell, Utah State University   | 
           
          
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            BVDConsult: an    Internet-based tool for BVDV prevention and control  | 
            David Smith,    Mississippi State University  | 
           
          
            The Prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus in Cull Cows at    a Southeastern Abattoir  | 
            Lee Jones, University    of Georgia  | 
           
          
            Factors affecting Tritrichomonas foetus culture and PCR    test performance  | 
            Carla Huston, Mississippi    State University  | 
           
          
            Evaluation of effect    of sample pooling on sensitivity for detection of T. foetus using real-time qPCR assay  | 
            Chelsea Whitehouse, Utah State University   | 
           
         
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