TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 - DAY ONE AGENDA

All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone

 

7:00 AM          Registration and Exhibitor Showcase Open          South Hallway

  

GENERAL SESSIONS (Room 302)

8:00 AM          Welcome and Opening Remarks                         

   

8:30 AM          African Swine Fever: Preparedness, Depopulation, Disposal    Dr. Jack Shere

   

9:15 AM          AVMA Policy on Disposal of Animal Carcasses    Dr. Warren Hess, Dr. Mike Murphy 

   

10:00 AM        Break and Exhibitor Showcase                             South Hallway

 

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30 AM        Technical Presentations Session One                  Room 302

  • An Overview of Above Ground Burial - Bobby Clark

  • Results from Oklahoma Shallow Burial with Carbon Study - Jeremy Seiger 

  • North Carolina LPAI 2020 Response: Disposal Operations and Lessons Learned - Joe Hudyncia 

  • Cattle Mortality Composting and Leachate Quality - Dr. Mahmoud Sharara

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10:30 AM        Technical Presentations Session Two                   Room 301

  • Above Ground Burial to Manage ASF Infected Swine - Gary Flory and Mark Hutchinson

  • Compost to Manage ASF Infected Swine - Mark Hutchinson

  • Grinding Animal Carcasses to Facilitate Disposal - Gary Flory

  • Mortality Composting of 2022 HPAI Infected Broilers, Turkeys and Pullets: Successes and Challenges - Josh Payne

 

12:30 PM        Lunch and Exhibitor Showcase                            Room 302 and South Hallway

 

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

1:30 PM          Technical Presentations Session Three                Room 302 

  • Understanding Ground Poultry Mortality Composting - Paige Doklovic

  • Use of Nitrogen Foam for Swine Depopulation - Lucia Hunt 

  • AVMA Humane Endings: An Update - Dr. Cia Johnson

  • In-barn Heat Treatment of Pig Carcasses Experience - Dr. Brett Ramirez

   

1:30 PM          Technical Presentations Session Four                  Room 301

  • Indoor Air Quality and People in Agriculture - Dr. Lucas Pantaleon

  • Impact of Stockpiling on Nitrogen Value of Swine Mortality Compost for Wheat and Corn Production-Dr. Stephanie Kulesza

  • Routine vs. Catastrophic Composting Management - Keith Warren

  • Challenges Faced While Responding to Avian Influenza Outbreak in North Carolina the Spring of 2020 - Taylor Long

 

3:30 PM         Break and Exhibitors Showcase                             South Hallway

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PLENARY SESSIONS (Room 302)

4:00 PM          Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Mass Mortality Composting in Australia - Dr. Kevin

                       Wilkinson

 

4:30 PM         Update on the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine’s efforts to Prevent Pentobarbital Drug

                       Residues from the Entering Food Supply - Dr. Neal Bataller

 

5:00 PM         Q&A for Plenary-Dr. Neal Bataller and Dr. Kevin Wilkinson

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS, HORS D'OUEVRES AND BEVARAGES, and EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE (South Hallway)

5:15 PM          Poster Presentations

  • Composting Deactivation of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions - Alex Thomas and Rob Michitsch

  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Low Cost Portable Vehicle Decontamination System for Cases of Disease Outbreak - Ava Grace Flory

  • Disposal in the Face of a Novel Virus: SARS-CoV-2 in Mink - Rebecca Podgorski

  • Pennsylvania Swine Barn Changing from Burial to Compost Barn - J. Craig Williams

  • Reducing Wasted Meat in Dornod Mongolia - Jean Bonhotal

  • Impacts of Foam on Whole Swine Carcass Composting - Paige Doklovic

  • Immersive Animal Mortality Management Classes Powered by Virtual Reality (VR) Field Tour-Zong Liu and Xiao Wang 

  • Operational Costs in a Carcass Disposal Event-Marissa Cereceres 

   

7:00 PM          Free Evening