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NC State College of Veterinary Medicine!

Goal 5-1

Build a Food Animal program that addresses contemporary challenges and advances the health and

productivity of the agricultural industry.

Meetings •  3/9 – lunch meeting with cvm faculty, staff, students •  3/14 – dinner (Cray, Lunn, Fuller) with industry

leadership –  Blinson – NC Beef –  Curliss – NC Pork –  Holley – NC AVMA

•  4/4 - lunch meeting with CVM faculty, staff, students •  4/5 – lunch with poultry industry leadership

–  Bob Ford – NC Poultry

Meeting outcome – CVM 3/9 •  Discussed - Build a FAP that addresses contemporary

challenges and advances health/productivity of the Ag Industry

•  Current FAP –  TAU – food animal + equine –  Pharmacology – minor and backyard species are a challenge.

Goats, cows, swine – train students; proper drug use is a priority –  Poultry – well trained students enter industry. Very little service.

Current program in flux as people retire and new faculty are hired –  Re-involve fish farmers?

•  Is there a fit for aquaculture? •  Is this needed in the FA program?

Meeting outcome – CVM 3/9 •  Perceptions

–  LOSING resources – need balance with teaching –  Place for more ‘niche’ services? – ie Dr. Fletcher’s slide service –  Veterinary services are minimal – primarily ruminant –  No swine resident program –  FA research facilities are a major concern –  Limitation of poultry group with industry –

•  Infectious disease outbreak could have an immediate impact on industry •  Monitoring efforts – struggle to do any type, balance teaching vs.

research, interaction with industry –  Add coursework – Electives, Parasitology, I/I, Poultry curriculum

rework

Meeting outcome – CVM 4/4 •  Vision – To be an indispensable asset to the poultry, swine

and cattle industry –  Local, national, global –  Need to make ourselves ‘unique’ in education, research,

outreach [combo] •  2 double boarded pathologists with focus on poultry •  Significant number of alumni in the FA industry •  ID, AMR, pharmacology, [animal welfare] – strengths in PHP

–  Offer pre and post professional education –  Clinical investigations, diagnostics and research are all important –  Need to be careful of 1 person programs

•  Increases compartmentation of faculty – ‘islands’

Meeting outcome – Leadership dinner/lunch

•  Not enough FA vets –  Debt relief and salary are concerns –  FA vets need mobile units –  Owners are in late 50s, new grads much younger, limited LA experience

•  relationships are hard to develop •  75% independent producers use vet

–  25% producers regularly use QA programs and use vet sporadically •  Communication is an issues – people person, selling self as part of

service, ‘soft skills’ should be taught to students – important skill •  Need closer connection with Rollins •  FA scholars program is critical

–  But undergrads need more animal science focus •  Up-to-date understanding of emerging/critical diseases – ie PRRS

Poultry survey •  Sent by R. Ford after lunch with P. Cray •  Summary of some responses:

–  Welfare – link pets with FA welfare movements. Follow EU, Pets ‘part of the family’. Those who buy coats for dogs treat FAs differently

–  Restructure NCVDL and CVM to work more closely together •  Virology at NCVDL has been limited (finding IBV but not able to differentiate

serotypes) •  Poultry pathologist with field orientation who can also do gross and histology •  Poultry epidemiologist to oversee disease trends in the state – LT, MG/MS, AI

–  The poultry TAU needs significant repurposing/redesign –  Have a molecular program focused on FA diseases, not just AMR –  FA industries must see forward movement before they give support –  Welfare position that serves both CVM and CALS –  Clinical Poultry position who can manage issues as they arise in timely

manner •  Poultry pathologist to replace Dr. Fletcher

PHP Reassessment

•  Poultry Health and Welfare •  Ruminant Health Management •  Swine Health & Production Medicine •  Pathology •  Immunology and Infectious Disease •  Global Health & Epidemiology

Currently…… •  The mission of the Food Animal Program is

to educate veterinarians and expand knowledge to serve food animals and public health at local, regional, and global levels.

•  The vision of the Food Animal Program is to become an indispensable asset of animal agriculture through our efforts at education, research, and service. Our alumni will be outstanding leaders in animal agriculture and in public health.

Values •  Modern food supply veterinarians must understand

management, farming standards, health and welfare metrics, and advanced medical technologies to help clients raise commercial animals under conditions that are humane, efficient, environmentally responsible, and economically viable.

•  Our profession is improved when all veterinarians – regardless of career path – possess fundamental skills in, and appreciation for, animal agriculture.

•  Well-resourced experiential methods, when combined with targeted didactic teaching, are the best primary means of training and assessing students’ abilities in targeted skills, attitudes, and aptitudes.

Strategy/Goals •  Expand time dedicated to food animal topics

and issues in the curriculum, perhaps in core courses, but mostly in electives, selectives, and clinical rotations.

•  Protect and augment funding streams, including state/federal sources, private sources, and services.

•  Protect and augment physical facilities and animal resources that support our teaching mandate.

Strategy/Goals •  Exceed expected graduate knowledge, skills, and aptitudes as

laid out by the AVMA Council on Education, to be determined through our food animal focus students achieving top 2 quartiles in standard licensing examinations.

•  Focus on current strengths in Antimicrobial Resistance, Infectious Diseases, Animal Welfare, Diagnostics, and Teaching. Expand efforts in post-graduate education, both in formal graduate programs and in continuing education venues.

•  Promote strategic food animal-focused hires required to expand educational opportunities and maintain teaching and clinical strengths.

TAU Issues and Concerns •  Older facilities not aligned

with current common farm practice –  Legacy structures/trees

•  Increased student numbers –  At beginning = 73/class –  Current = 100/class (~ +37%)

•  Decreased land –  Early = Current + TC + RB +

State parking (~ -25%) •  NCSU, Raleigh, DOT Plans

–  Incursion into property

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TAU Issues and Concerns •  Older facilities not aligned

with current common farm practice –  Legacy structures/trees

•  Increased student numbers –  At beginning = 73/class –  Current = 100/class (~ +37%)

•  Decreased land –  Early = Current + TC + RB +

State parking (~ -25%) •  NCSU, Raleigh, DOT Plans

–  Incursion into property

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Key Recommendations 1)  Improvements to biosecurity and storm water

infrastructure badly needed 2)  Pasture re-development/renovation critical 3)  Need new “biosecurity” building 4)  Build new facilities for dairy and small ruminants 5)  Replace poultry and swine facilities along with a

new beef working facility 6)  Renovate equine facility and repurpose the 2

landmark barns into usable facilities

Recent Hires •  Dr. Cristina Lanzas - Infectious Disease Epidemiology •  Dr. Casey Theriot - Bacterial Pathogenesis; C. difficile •  Dr. Harrison Dudley - Ruminant Health Management •  Dr. Tobias Kaeser - Swine Immunologist •  Dr. Juliana Ferreira - Swine Health & Production

•  Dr. Elisa Crisci - Swine Virology •  Dr. Gustavo Machado - Trans-boundary Infectious Disease

Epidemiology

•  TBD - Poultry Medicine – advertise September, interview October, onboard January/May

Engagement •  Diagnostic Reorganization •  CALS

–  Co-funded grants – FA focus –  Commitment - Deans Lunn and Linton

•  Rollins –  Co-funded joint position; Diagnostic

Microbiology; 75% service, 25% teaching –  2nd position proposed - pathology –  Adjunct faculty – Drs. Meckes, Trybus, others

PHP Hiring Priorities •  Bacterial pathogenesis – poultry? •  Pathology – poultry, swine, both? •  Mucosal immunologist •  Ruminant production/population medicine •  Pathology – clinical •  Microbiologist – swine •  Global health – poultry, swine, ruminant •  Ruminant epidemiologist •  Geneticist

Next Steps

•  This meeting •  September 21st – presentation to CVM •  October –

– PHP continues reassessment – Refine hiring priorities – Finalize strategic plan

Breakout Questions

•  What are the industry needs – Top 3-5

•  Recommendations for moving forward – Top 3-5