2012 Conference Presentations

• Dr. Mary Jane Ireland – Health Canada
  Dr. Steven Vaughn - Food and Drug Administration
  RCC Working Group – Veterinary Drug Submission Harmonization

• Drs. Francine Lord and Cheryl James – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  Dr. Kelly Rhodes - United States Department of Agriculture –Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
  RCC Working Group – Zoning for Foreign Animal Diseases

• Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  North American Beef Cattle Transport

• Mr. Harvey Wagner
  Saskatchewan Pork Development Board
  North American Hog Transportation Training Initiatives

• Ms. Jackie Wepruk
  National Farm Animal Care Council
  Addressing Domestic and International Market Expectations Relative to Farm Animal Welfare

• Dr. Dave Fly
  New Mexico State Veterinarian
  Southern Border Issues

• Dr. Chris Clark
  Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  Role of Veterinarians as the First Line of Defense on Detecting Animal Welfare Issues

• Mr. Aaron Canart – Agri Beef Co.
  Mr. Mike Nikolaisen – British Columbia Association of Cattle Feeders
  Update on Washington-British Columbia Live Cattle E-Certification Pilot Project

• Dr. Josie Smart
  University of Calgary, Department of Anthropology
  Cultural Change in Veterinary Usage since Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

• Dr. Murray Jelinski
  Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  Changing Workload of Western Canadian and American Veterinarians(

• Dr. Eugene Janzen
  University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  Methods to Improve On-Farm Disease Detection