Currently fewer than 10 cattle and bison herds remain infected and 41 states are free of the disease. Wildlife are also a concern in the effort to eradicate pseudorabies in swine where feral pigs present a threat of reinfection. Johne's disease, a debilitative condition of dairy cattle, will also be the focus of discussions as interest mounts in this insidious disease. More than 1,000 state and federal animal health officials, practicing veterinarians, livestock producers, and animal health scientists will gather during 30 committee sessions to tackle animal health problems involving livestock, poultry, farmed fish and wildlife, public health, humane handling and environmental quality. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in these subjects.
Diseases are the producer's greatest enemy.