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FDA releases 2015 NARMS Integrated Report 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with its National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) partners, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service,has released the 2015 NARMS Integrated Report. The annual report highlights antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria isolated from humans (by CDC), raw retail meats (by FDA), and animals at slaughter (by USDA). The report also provides information derived from whole genome sequence data about resistance genes for all  Salmonella  and some  Campylobacter isolates. The report includes NARMS Now, a set of interactive data tools that allow users to explore the dynamics of antibiotic resistance and the genes involved. While overall resistance remains low for most human infections and there have been measurable improvements in resistance levels in some important areas, NARMS is closely monitoring a few areas of concern.
NARMS monitors antibiotic resistance in foodborne bacteria in order to assist public health officials in making data-driven decisions designed to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics for humans and animals. For example, NARMS data inform FDA's approval of safe and effective new antimicrobial drugs for animals, and help CDC and USDA investigate foodborne illness outbreaks. NARMS data will also be critical in evaluating the effectiveness of FDA's Guidance for Industry #213 and the agricultural objectives in the U.S.  National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
Consumers can help protect themselves from foodborne bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria, by following four basic food safety tips: clean, separate, cook, chill. Learn more at  http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/basics/. Click here for the full release.

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New ID requirements for export
Effective February 1, 2018, the identification requirements for export of U.S. breeding cattle to Canada will change. After this date, Canada will require an 840 radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag  AND  a USA tattoo in the right ear.*   The USDA metal tag will no longer be accepted as an option for identification of cattle for export to Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has begun issuing import permits for breeding cattle to reflect these new requirements. The protocols and certificates for breeding cattle are updated accordingly on the APHIS IREGS website and Veterinary Export Health Certificate System.
This change will significantly reduce time during inspection at the Canadian border, as well as eliminate the need for U.S. animals to be retagged with Canadian identification upon reaching their destination in Canada.
*     U.S. regulations require special procedures for applying an 840 RFID tag to an animal already tagged with official identification. Veterinarians/exporters may refer to the IREGS website for further information at the following link:  https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/export/international-standard-setting-activities-oie/sa_by_country/sa_c/ct_animal_canada  
Reducing environmental impact on cow waste
Two researchers in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (CFAES) are studying how to cut methane gas produced by cows and reduce the phosphorus and nitrogen that end up in their manure - and, potentially, waterways.

Zhongtang Yu, a molecular biologist in CFAES, is working to reduce the amount of methane cattle give off by improving their digestion.

Another CFAES researcher, Chanhee Lee, an assistant professor of animal sciences, is focusing on reducing cow waste - both solids and gases. In his studies, Lee tests the effectiveness of adding chemical or biological substances to cow feed to reduce the methane they produce. He also puts additives in manure to lessen the nitrogen and phosphorus in it, thus reducing the odds of those compounds seeping into surface water.

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CDFA awards $35.2m for dairy digester projects
The California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $35.2 million in grant funding to 18 dairy digester projects across the state.

These projects, part of the Dairy Digester Research & Development Program (DDRDP), will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from manure on California dairy farms, CDFA said.

Dairy manure produces methane when it decomposes. Dairy digesters help capture methane emissions, which can be used to produce electricity or natural gas.

"California continues to the lead the nation in supporting smart climate programs that address on-farm challenges and promote agricultural sustainability," CDFA secretary Karen Ross said. "I applaud our dairy farmers for proactively addressing climate pollutants and reducing overall greenhouse emissions to help meet the state's climate goals."

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ADSA News and Happenings
ADSA Members - It's Time to Renew
 Attention ADSA members , you should have recently received a reminder that it is time for our ADSA Membership provides many benefits.  Two of the most obvious are the Journal of Dairy Science® and the Joint Annual Meeting, but there are others that may be overlooked.  During the coming weeks we will highlight many of the benefits and encourage you to take advantage of all that ADSA has to offer.
Did you know that your membership includes a member discount on the new Large Dairy Herd Management (3rd ed., e-book)?  This alone will cover most of your membership cost and you gain all of the additional benefits of membership.
Large Dairy Herd Management  (3rd ed., e-book) is now available for purchase exclusively from the American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) at student and professional (member and nonmember) rates.  Past editions have been among the most widely used dairy information resources in the world.  This edition was developed to help meet the growing information needs of dairy farmers, service professionals, and students from around the world. It brings peer-reviewed dairy science and management information to users in a readily accessible, easy-to-use format. The e-book includes 97 chapters in 15 sections. Detailed information about the sections, section editors, book sponsors and other information on the e-book is available at http://ldhm.adsa.org/ .
This new edition is fully updated and includes numerous color figures, videos, and separate metric and imperial versions. The book is available in both PDF and fixed-layout ePub formats. With purchase of the e-book, both metric and imperial versions in both file formats may be downloaded.  To purchase the book now visit: https://secure.fass.org/prod_ADSA_LDHM_eBook.asp
Thank you for being a member of ADSA!  If you are not yet a member, now is a great time to join and begin gaining the benefits of membership.  Click here to join. 

News and Updates for the 2018 Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars now for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association®, the most comprehensive dairy science meeting in the world. As a global forum for professionals, educators, and students, the meeting will attract more than 1,900 dairy foods and production specialists with common but diverse interests in the future of dairy science. The meeting will include sessions on Animal Health, Nutrition, Reproduction, Genetics and Genomics, Animal Behavior, Extension Education and more. The scientific program will feature 1,100 oral and poster presentations from around the globe. As always, the success of the ADSA Annual Meeting begins with the quality of the science presented-we look forward to your contributions to this global gathering of animal and dairy scientists.
The 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting attendee survey found that...
63.7% brought back 1-3 new ideas that they intend to use in their work;
32.6% brought back more than 3!
51.5% brought back new ideas from a species or discipline other than their primary area of focus!
63.4% of attendees made 2-5 contacts they plan to follow-up with!
Visit https://www.adsa.org/2018/ frequently for more meeting information.
We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville!  
 
2017 Annual Meeting Recorded Symposia are now Available
If you were not able to attend the 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting, you can now do the next best thing: subscribe for access to one or more recorded symposia (speaker audio synchronized to presentation). All recorded presentations are now available to ADSA members and non-members. Please click here to subscribe :https://secure.fass.org/sub_2017_ADSA_Symposia_Recordings_intro.asp.
Plan now to join us for the 2018 Annual Meeting in beautiful and historic Knoxville, Tennessee, from June 24 to 27.
 
Make plans to join us for the34th DISCOVER Conference - Reexamining Amino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow
The 34th DISCOVER Conference that will be held May 29-June 1, 2018 at the  Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL It will focus on the interactions of amino acids (AA) and energy in lactating dairy cattle. The topic is important to the dairy industry because these nutrients do not function in isolation but each alters utilization of the other. This topic is timely because of its major impact on the environmental and economic sustainability of dairy production. The DISCOVER Conference will provide a venue for discussions about interactions of energy and AA and be an important source of new information. Conference topics include pre- and post-absorptive interactions, changes in energy and AA interactions over the lactation cycle, translating dynamic elements of nutrient metabolism into feeding systems and research gaps for the dairy industry.

Conference Topics
* Pre-Absorptive Interactions - Where Protein & Energy First Interact
* Post-Absorptive Interactions - Where Cows Get Stuff to Make Milk
 
* Changes in Energy and AA Interactions Over the Lactation Cycle
* Translating Dynamic Elements of Nutrient Metabolism into Feeding Systems
* Research Gaps and Urgent Needs for the Dairy Industry

Who Should Attend?
Members of the dairy science community who are interested in AA and energy nutrition of dairy cows are encouraged to register. This includes researchers, extension specialists and consultants from academia, government agencies and allied industries. Dairy cattle nutrition consultants, feed and crop industry technical specialists, veterinarians and animal health company representatives are invited. Graduate students are encouraged to attend. For details visit https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/DiscoverConferences/34thDiscoverConference.aspx
 
 
Would you like to help the animal and dairy science community and attend the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting for free?
Referrals are the most tried-and-true way businesses grow, and the same is true for FASS. Do you know a colleague working with an animal science group that is in need of high-quality, cost-effective support services? Help them out by referring them to Jeremy Holzner, FASS Executive Director at jeremyh@assochq.org .
Help them benefit from the shared resource concept and the 264 years of collective experience the FASS staff have in working with non-profit animal science organizations. If your referral becomes a FASS customer prior to June 1, 2018, ADSA will comp your registration to the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting that will be held June 24 to 27, 2018 in Knoxville, TN.  It's win-win-win. For more information about services offered by FASS, click here.
 
 
Have you tried S-PAC® yet?
The Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences (S-PAC) has something for everyone. In addition to abstracts from past ADSA meetings, here are just a few examples from among the 61 conference now included in S-PAC:
Nutrition - Cornell Nutrition Conference, Florida Ruminant Nutrition Conference, Minnesota Nutrition Conference, Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, International Symposium on Dairy Cattle Nutrition, California Nutrition Conference
Management - Western Dairy Conference, Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference, North American Conference on Precision Dairy Management, Virginia Tech Feed and Nutritional Management Cow College
Herd Health - AABP, USAHA, International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis
 
Visit https://spac.adsa.org/ to learn more about S-PAC and all the information it makes available.
Welcome to S-PAC!
 
 

ADSA® on Linked In continues to Grow - Are you included?
Our ADSA Linked In group continues to grow. We now include 1,617 members from around the world, are you one of them? It's a great place to get information about ADSA and industry activities as well as to network with other dairy professionals from around the world.  Check it out here.

Join us for the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting
Calendar of Events
Nov 2 - 5, 2017    International Conference on Communications in Veterinary Medicine 2017: Innovating in Clinical Communications, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, for more information click here
Nov 3, 2017 - 1 pm Central. "Using Activity Monitors in Dairy Herd Reproductive Management" DCRD webinar with Stephen LeBlanc, population medicine professor at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. Canada. For details and to register, visit www.dcrcouncil.org/webinars
Nov 8-9, 2017  Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, Reno, NV, Click here for more information and registration.

Nov 8-10, 2017   The Wisconsin Cheese Grading Short Course UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Nov 13-15, 2017   Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, St. Louis, Mo., For more information click here
Nov 13 - 16, 2017  The Science and Art of Cheese Making Short Course, Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Nov 15-16, 2017     Pennsylvania Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop, For more information click here
Nov 29-Dec 1, 2017    The Ice Cream Makers Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Dec 5-6, 2017   "Making Consistent, Quality Cheese with Concentrated Milk," a CDR short course, Babcock Hall, Room 205. For more information, click here.

Jan 16-April 10, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For  more information, visit https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
Jan 17-18, 2018  Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference, Grove Hotel, Boise, ID. For more information, click here.

Jan 21-24, 2018  Dairy Forum 2018, JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert, CA. For more information, click here.

Jan. 31 - Feb 2, 2018  The National Mastitis Council 57th Annual Meeting, Hilton El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, AZ. For more information click here
Feb. 6-7, 2018  29th Annual Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symposium*, Gainesville, FL. For more information and registration, click here.

Feb. 7-9, 2018   Southwest Nutrition Conference*, Crowne Plaza Resort Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort. For more information, https://sw-nc.com/

Mar 6-7, 2018  High Plains Dairy Conference*, Embassy Suites-Amarillo, TX. For more information, contact Ellen Jordan, e-jordan2@tamu.edu
Mar 6-8, 2018  Food Packaging Short Course, Erickson Food Science Building-252 Penn State University. For more information click here.

Mar 22-25, 2018  International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ont., Canada. For registration and more information, click here.

May 3-July 29, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
May 29-June 1, 2018  34th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture - Reexamining Amino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow*, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. For more information, click here.

June 4-7, 2018  Fundamentals of Food Science Short Course, Erickson Food  Science Building, University Park, PA Click here for details.

June 24-27, 2018 ADSA Annual Conference and Tradeshow, Knoxville, TN, For more information click here
Sep 3 - 6, 2019     ISRP 2019 - International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo Leipzig, Germany, For more information click here
Sep 5-Nov 28, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
Oct 29-Nov1, 2018  35th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture - Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. For more information, click here.
*An S-PAC Partner Conference
If your organization's conference isn't among the ever growing list that contribute proceedings and presentations to S-PAC®, ask your conference organizer to contact Ken Olson for more information about the benefits of participation.
If you would like to have an event included in the "Dates to Note," please contact Ken Olson.

Thanks to our Corporate Sustaining Members
                                 We appreciate your ongoing support of ADSA and the  Journal of Dairy Science ®.
Ag Processing Inc.
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
Dairy Nutrition Plus
Darling International Research
Diamond V
DuPont Pioneer
Elanco Animal Health
Grande Cheese Company
JH Biotech, Inc. 
Lallemand Animal Nutrition
Nutriad, Inc.
Papillon Agricultural Company
Quali Tech, Inc.
Renaissance Nutrition Inc.
Zinpro
Zoetis
Zook Nutrition & Management Inc.
ADSA Membership Benefits                                  
                                            
Did you know that your ADSA Professional Membership provides you with:

*        Electronic access to the Journal of Dairy Science®

*        Joint Annual Meeting at member rates

*        Discover Conferences at member rates

*        S-PAC: Free access to JAM and ADSA divisional abstracts

*        S-PAC subscription at member rates

*        Access to recorded symposia library                                                                       

*        ADSA News (association newsletter)

*        ADSA Dair e-news (ADSA industry newsletter)

*        Access to member directory

*        Peer recognition through ADSA and Foundation Award Program

*        Discounted page charges in Journal of Dairy Science®

*        A strong voice of advocacy for the animal sciences, animal agriculture and agriculture research

*        Broad author recognition through ADSA/Elsevier press release program

*        Linked In and You Tube sites for ADSA

*        Quality networking with academic and industry professionals

*        Travel awards for all graduate students attending Discover Conferences

*        Opportunity to serve peers via committee and officer positions

 
For more information on your benefits please visit: http://www.adsa.org/join.asp
To join now and gain these member benefits, visit: http://www.adsa.org/join.asp

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