News
New FDA video on antiparasitic resistance 
Internal parasites in livestock are increasingly becoming resistant to drugs that previously worked to kill them. This resistance to antiparasitic drugs is a growing animal health threat in the U.S., particularly in cattle-both beef and grazing dairy. As producers continue to hone their management strategies to both fit their production goals and maintain their animals' health and welfare, they should consider using a sustainable parasite control program that relies on both drug and non-drug strategies to control parasites. FDA recently released a new video for producers and animal owners on antiparasitic resistance in grazing species. The scenario is a cattle farm with some sheep, but the video also covers goats and horses. It is designed to help explain antiparasitic resistance and ways to minimize it. 

Dairy farmers who use pasture grazing for their milking herd or young stock will find that the concepts about parasite management and antiparasitic resistance outlined in this video may pertain to their herd. You will find the video at: https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ucm578348.htm
New event at NE Dairy Challenge to attract producers
The Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge is scheduled to take place from October 26 through the 28 in Auburn, N.Y. The annual contest attracts 120 students from 13 colleges and universities through the northeast, as well as 100 industry professionals in leadership, planning and mentoring roles.
This year, a new event on Friday night will bring dairy producers and students together for a unique educational and hiring opportunity. Sunnyside Dairy in Scipio Center, N.Y., will host local dairy producers, students and industry professionals for an interactive discussion lead by professional recruiter, Dan Simmons. For more information visit  www.dairychallenge.org  or www.facebook.com/DairyChallenge
Road map launched to stop bovine, zoonotic TB transmission
The first-ever road map to combat animal tuberculosis (bovine TB) and its transmission to people - referred to as zoonotic TB - most often through consumption of contaminated untreated meat or dairy products from diseased animals, calls for close collaboration between those working to improve human and animal health.
The road map is built on a One Health approach, addressing health risks across sectors.

The Roadmap for Zoonotic TB was launched Oct. 12 at the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico, this week. Four health partners - the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease (The Union) - have joined forces to develop the road map and address the major health and economic impacts of this disease.
Food safety initiative focuses on artisan, farmstead cheese makers
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, in partnership with North Carolina State University, has launched a new food safety online course geared toward artisan and farmstead cheese makers, which represents a growing segment of cheese production.

According to the Innovation Center, more than 1,000 U.S. processors are helping meet consumer demand for these types of cheese. To reach and support this cheese-making community more effectively, the Innovation Center has partnered with the American Cheese Society, along with academics, retailers and small dairy manufacturers, to establish the Artisan Food Safety Advisory Team.
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 annual membership renewal. Check your recent e-mails for the reminder or even easier, simply go to www.adsa.org then click on "Membership" and "Renew". If you are not currently a member, why not join this year and take advantage of all the Benefits of Membership. During the coming weeks we will highlight some of the many benefits that come with being an ADSA member.
 
Check out the ADSA You Tube channel
 Did you know that that ADSA has a You Tube channel?  It is ADSANews. Our offerings have recently expanded thanks to the Graduate Student Division.  Play lists for the "GSD Dairy Tales" (8 videos) and "GSD Three-Minute Thesis" recordings from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Annual Meetings (9 videos) have been added to the 10 other playlists on the channel. The presentations are very well done.  Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m0UbCxslwCDJ7amap6Hug?view_as=subscriber


News and Updates for the 2018 Annual Meeting
2018 ADSA Awards Nominations Now Open!   Here's your opportunity to nominate one of your colleagues for an ADSA award! If you're hesitating due to the challenge of assembling the nomination materials, please don't; others, including the nominee, are able to assist you!
The ADSA Awards Program is administered online. Submit your nominations at  http://www.adsa.org/newawards/nominator.asp. Initial nominations (part 1 of the nomination process) are due January 8, 2018. Award recipients will be recognized at the 2018 Annual Meeting.
If you nominated someone last year and you wish to renominate them, you may log in to your account and easily resubmit the information with any necessary modifications.
Communication with nominators and nominees will be via email. Accurate email addresses are necessary. Nominators will be notified by email after initial verification of the nominee is completed in January 2018 so that the biographical and supporting materials (part 2 of the process) can be submitted by the second deadline of February 19, 2018.
If you need any assistance at all, please contact Morgan Montgomery (phone: 217-356-5146, ext. 156; email:  morganm@assochq.org).
Thank you for your continued support of the ADSA Awards Program - One of our ADSA Member Benefits.
The 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting website ( http://www.adsa.org/2018/) will be updated frequently with the latest meeting information, so bookmark the site and visit often. Housing will open in late October 2017, and meeting registration will be available in early February 2018.
The 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting scientific program will feature 1,100 oral and poster presentations from around the globe. Make sure yours is included, as 1,900 scientists from 50 countries meet in Knoxville. Benefit from symposia, workshops, and preconference events presented by the world's leading animal and dairy scientists. Topics include dairy food science, dairy production, animal health and well-being, animal and human nutrition, livestock transport, food safety, and production and management. 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 2018 ADSA® Annual Meeting special events webpage is now open and accepting submissions. Please click on the link below to submit your request if you would like to hold an event during the ADSA Annual Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Please remember, a special event is any type of committee meeting, board meeting, or any other type of event that will require meeting space at the ADSA Annual Meeting. Please get your requests in early so that we can accommodate your preferred meeting location and time!
The deadline for ticketed events is November 30, 2017.
We hope to see you in Knoxville!
 
LARGE DAIRY HERD MANAGEMENT (3RD ED.)
Get your copy now
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

For more information, contact
Ken Olson, PhD, PAS
American Dairy Science Association
Phone: +1-630-237-4961
 
 
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.
 
Support for the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR)
ADSA and FASS joined more than 100 organizations and companies in a coalition letter to the US House supporting the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR). FFAR was established in the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the 2014 Farm Bill. The letter strongly encouraged continued support for FFAR in the next Farm Bill. A copy of the letter is available at https://www.fass.org/Science-Policy/Coalition-Letters
 
Mark your calendar for the35th DISCOVER Conference -   Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows
It's mot too early to start planning. The 35th DISCOVER Conference will be held October 29-November 1, 2018 at the Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL There is an increasing recognition within the animal and dairy science community of the complex and dynamic response to stress and the role of immune response in animal productivity and well-being. The conference will concentrate on the activators and consequences of immune activation. For details visit https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/DiscoverConferences/35thDiscoverConference.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
 
A quick reminder, if you attended the 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting, one of the added benefits was 90 days of complementary access to S-PAC. Have you tried it out yet? You still have time to do it as it runs until today October 9.  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 1,618 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
Oct 17-18, 2017   The Dairy Ingredient Applications Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Oct 17-18, 2017  Dairy Science and Sanitation Workshop, VT Department of Health, Colchester, VT. For more information contact Omar Oyarzabal at 802-524-6501, ext. 452 or email omar.oyzrzabal@uvm.edu
Oct 18, 2017     Southwest Dairy Day, Wildcat Dairy, Comanche Co. TX, For more information contact Dr. Ellen Jordan, Ellen.Jordan@ag.tamu.edu 
Oct 24-25, 2017  Vat Pasteurizer and the science of cheese course. Cornell University. For more information and to register, click here.

Oct 24 - 26, 2017   Global Cheese Technology Forum, Peppermill Resort, Reno, NV, for more information visit www.globalcheesetechnologyforum.org
Oct 24 - 26, 2017   Pasteurizer Operators Workshop, Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Oct 24 - 29, 2017    2017 ADGA Annual Meeting & Convention, Hilton Airport Convention Center,  Atlanta GA, For details visit   http://adga.org/   
Oct 29 - Nov 3, 2017   IDF World Dairy Summit, Belfast, Northern Ireland. For more information, click here.

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 17-18, 2018  Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference, Grove Hotel, Boise, ID. 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 22-25, 2017  International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ont., Canada. For registration and more information, click here.

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
Sept 3 - 6, 2019     ISRP 2019 - International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo Leipzig, Germany, 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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