IVMA
Communiqué
"Serving veterinarians for the benefit of animal and human health"
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January 24
IVMA Board Meeting
February 13-14
IVMA Winter Conference
February 27
Legislative Day
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Iowa One Health Day Conference
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Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual Iowa
One Health Day Conference
on Saturday,
November 3rd at Iowa State University.
The goal of the conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary cast of students and professionals in relevant fields to learn and discuss how the concept of One Health can drive positive change in the health of humans, animals, and the environment.
Why should you attend the Iowa One Health Conference?
- Learn the winner of the 2017 One Health Day Student Event Competition
- Acquire information and skills to find jobs and build your career in new and exciting interdisciplinary fields
- Hear great speakers on varied topics
- Network with other bright and motivated individuals with similar big-picture goals, to ease the process of future interdisciplinary collaborations
- Learn more about new approaches to solving health problems
- Become part of a global movement
Cost - $15 (includes lunch)
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 The SAVMA Chapter at Iowa State University is holding a General Meeting
Thursday, October 18 at the ISU Memorial Union and are inviting IVMA members to attend.
Speakers include:
Dr. Grace Bransford, AVMA Vice-President from the San Francisco Bay area. Dr. Bransford owns a small animal veterinary practice.
Dr. Darrick Hall, Lead Assistant Director for Student Initiatives in the Membership & Field Services Division of the AVMA supports veterinary students and SAVMA Chapters.
Drs. Bransford and Hall will be speaking about career opportunities in the veterinary field. They will highlight
www.MyVeterinaryLife.com a new AVMA initiative to support veterinary students and early career veterinarians.
Also speaking will be IVMA Emerging Leading Liaisons,
Dr. Tara Miller and
Dr. Amanda Steffen who will be speaking about the the IVMA .
SAVMA Meeting
October 18
Memorial Union - Sun Room Hall
Iowa State University
6:00-7:00 pm - Social Hour with appitizers
7:00-8:83 pm - Meeting and Speakers
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| Bovine Embryo Transfer Training Available |
| The Iowa State University Embryo Transfer Program is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for bovine practitioners to learn or to improve their embryo transfer skills during the 2018 ISU-BETTR Short Course.
Dates: December 17-20th, 2018 (4 days, 32 hours)
Location: Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Description: During this course, veterinarians will be taught all the steps of bovine embryo transfer following the International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) standards, by boarded and AETA certified Theriogenologists and highly qualified faculty members. Superovulated cows will be provided for each participant to collect, search, evaluate and freeze embryos. This course will also cover topics such as factors affecting success of bovine embryo recovery, estrus synchronization, donor scheduling, embryo handling and evaluation, followed by further discussions on embryo transfers, recipient management and approaches for increasing pregnancy rates. All equipment will be provided, however you are welcome to bring your own. In addition to lectures and laboratory sessions, the registration fee includes lunches, embryo transfer manual, and an ISU embryo evaluation poster.
Registration Fee:$3000.00 ($750.00 nonrefundable deposit will be required to reserve spot; outstanding balance will be due on the first day of course). It will be first come, first serve for the (8) limited openings.
*Participant limit is 8 people for an adequate training opportunity. If numbers are insufficient to support the program, ISU reserves the right to cancel the course offering.* |
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| It's National Veterinary Technicians Week! |
| Volunteer Opportunites with AVMA |
Nominations for currently vacant positions are being accepted on an ongoing basis until those positions are filled. For positions expiring in August 2019, the deadline to submit nominations is March 8, 2019.
Please submit all nominations via email to
OfficeEVP@avma.org.
If you have a question or would like to learn more about a specific entity, please contact
OfficeEVP@avma.org
or 847-285-6605.
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Webinar Avaialable on Cannabis
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With increasing interest in cannabis as a therapeutic agent in both human and veterinary medicine, it's important for veterinarians to have a working knowledge of cannabis. The AVMA's Lead & Learn webinar series, recently offered a webinar on the topic of cannabis.
The webinar,
Cannabis: What Veterinarians Need to Know,
which offers guidance on advising clients and treating patients who may have been exposed to marijuana, is now available on demand
to AVMA and SAVMA members.
The webinar is offered free of charge to all veterinary professionals with the option to earn 1 hour of CE credit.
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| ISU offering James D McKean Swine Disease Conference |
 The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Iowa Pork Industry Center, The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), District 6, sponsor the ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference. The conference will be held at the Scheman Building, in Ames, Iowa, on November 1-2, 2018.
There will also be 3 pre-conference workshops offered on October 31, the afternoon prior to the main conference.
These workshops will cover African Swine Fever, Disease Surveillance, and Influenza Sequencing and Interpretation.
The program is designed to answer daily concerns of swine practitioners.
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| Save BI Box Tops to Fund Scholarships for ISU CVM Students |
 For the 5th year, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) is offering Future Service Scholarships to support future cattle veterinarians graduating from the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Veterinary Medicine.
BI formed an alliance with the IVMA Foundation to offer this unique scholarship to graduating seniors at ISU. The final amount of the scholarship is determined by BI veterinarian and producer customers submitting box tops from Pyramid® 5 and Pyramid® 5 + Presponse® SQ product boxes.
* $2.50 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5 + PRESPONSE SQ
* $1.25 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5
From now through Dec. 31, 2018, producers and veterinarians throughout Iowa are encouraged to help fund the scholarship by clipping their box tops. Producers should forward their box tops to their veterinary clinics. Clinics then work with their BI sales representatives to submit to:
Boehringer Ingelheim
c/o Shanya Hunter
3902 Gene Field Road
St. Joseph, MO 64506
Thank you for supporting the IVMA Foundation and future Iowa veterinarians!
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Stay Connected
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The IVMA Communiqué is published bi-monthly by the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association.
1605 N. Ankeny Blvd Suite 110
Ankeny, IA 50023
515-965-9237 or Toll Free 800-369-9564
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Are you or a colleague interested in applying for a volunteer opportunity with the AVMA? Multiple Committee and Liaison positions are available this year and in 2019. Please visit the