This weekend I returned from a two-week trip to Vietnam where my team and I are finalizing preparations to begin 3 new African Swine...

I had a great time this week at the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Depopulation, Disposal, and Animal Handling Workshop held at...

There seems to be no immediate reprieve from outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza impacting the Americas. Mexico recently...

Recent detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Latin America represent a significant concern for backyard and commercial...

This was an exciting week! We wrapped up the second of a three-week FAO virtual learning course on stamping out. The aim of the course...

Yesterday my colleagues Mark Hutchinson, Bill Seekins, and I wrapped up our last 3-day mortality management training event of the year. ...

The agenda has now been released for the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASW) being held February 26...

As we all struggle to manage outbreaks of African Swine Fever, Avian Influenza, and other livestock diseases, the need for current,...

The United States Composting Council’s COMPOST 2022 is scheduled for January 24 – 27, 2022 in Austin, Texas. This is the Council’s 30th...

Catastrophic and routine losses of poultry and livestock-associated with large-scale production operations have become significant...

Last night I had the opportunity to give a presentation on managing swine carcasses during an outbreak of African swine fever to the...

I recently spoke with Rodrigo Nova, The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) Training Techincal...

The 2021 session of the University of Delaware’s Emergency Poultry Disease Response Certificate Symposium has come to an end. Like most...

On June 18th I delivered my latest in series of webinars to African Swine Fever responders at various levels of the Philippine...

Last month I was able to conduct two in-person training sessions! These were my first in-person training programs since March of 2020. As...

I recently conducted a series of 7 weekly training modules focused on Depopulation, Disposal, and Decontamination best practices.