7/27/01

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Hank Harris, Microbiology, (515) 294-1664
Brian Meyer, Agriculture Communications, (515) 294-0706

ISU TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIG VETERINARY SOCIETY CONGRESS IN 2002

AMES, Iowa -- Next year Iowa State University will host an expected 2,500 people for an international scientific meeting on swine health, pork production and pig-related consumer and environmental issues.

The 17th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress will be held June 2-5, 2002. This is only the second time in its 33-year history that the congress will be held in the United States. The event was held in Ames in its U.S. debut in 1976.

Attending the congress will be veterinarians, animal scientists, pork producers, nutritionists, students and others involved in pig veterinary science. Following the congress, the annual World Pork Expo will be held in Des Moines, June 6-8.

ISU will host the meeting along with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians and the National Pork Board. ISU professor of microbiology Hank Harris is president of the International Pig Veterinary Society and chairs the organizing committee. For more information, visit the IPVS website: http://www.ipvs2002.vetmed.iastate.edu.

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