World congress boosts exchange between science and practice
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Around half of all submitted research papers deal with the well-being of pigs.
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A key focus of the 18th world congress of pig veterinarians will be on the exchange of experience
between science and practitioners. Researchers from around the world have submitted around 800 papers
to the congress's scientific committee. "Many of the scientific results can be immediately translated
into practice," says the chairman of the congress's scientific committee, Professor Thomas Blaha.
Transfer of knowledge and technology to practice
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Five days of the latest developments from pig research.
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The Hamburg congress will be held over several days at the end of June and, for the first time in the
long history of IPVS congresses, will include the so-called "Practitioner's Line" in addition to the
traditional scientific programme. This series of presentations bears the motto
"science meets practice." Scientists will be discussing their results with practitioners in the field,
with simultaneous translation into three languages – English, Spanish and German. The papers will be
tailored especially to the needs of practitioners. Practitioners will also discuss their daily work
with their colleagues and examine ways of solving specific cases with them. "Such real case examples
help us practitioners to review our daily routine, and they give us important new stimuli," says
Christoph Pahlitzsch from the IPVS organisational committee, himself a veterinary practitioner.
Presentation of the first PPE vaccine
The focus of all papers to be presented at the conference will be on keeping the pigs healthy. Around
half of all papers deal with ways of eradicating particular infectious agents from pig stocks and
keeping them free of infection in the long term. This includes the latest results in fighting diseases
such as PRRS, PMWS and PPE (PIA). The first vaccination for PPE will be presented. Around a fifth of the
papers highlight ways of improving farm management to provide healthier conditions for pigs. "After all,
our congress motto is ‘healthy pigs for wholesome pork,'" stresses Pahlitzsch.
Publication of all submitted papers
All papers accepted by the scientific committee will be published in two volumes at the beginning of the
congress and issued to each congress participant. The scientific committee is currently assessing the
papers in terms of their relevance, objectivity and other criteria. Eighty percent of these papers will
be presented to the public in the course of the standard scientific panels and the other twenty percent
during the Practitioner's Line.
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