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View Program - Introduction -Mr. Robert Halman, Agriculture Educational Programs Liaison, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park provides an introduction for the seminar and introduces the speakers (3 minutes).
View Program - Understanding BSE –Dr. Mark Varner, Extension Specialist, Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park gives a background briefing on the origins of bSE and similar diseases and provides current research trends (24 minutes).
View Program - New Feed Ban rules –Mr. Shannon Jordre, of the Division of Compliance at the Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration provides an update on recently enacted regulations on feed rations and the feeding of ruminant based rations to livestock (17 minutes).
View Program - Downer Cow Surveillance & Traceability-Dr. Robert Good, Epidemiologist with the Veterinary Services division of USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) presentation covers the recent bSE suspect cow in Washington State and provides an update on disease surveillance and livestock processing and inspections (22 minutes).
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- Question and Answer Session:
After the formal presentations, seminar speakers answer questions from producers
viewing the videoconference from various locations around the state (8 minutes).
