The Goal of the BIVI Flex Symposium

Chuck Zimmerman

Our emcee for the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium was Dr. Klaas Okkinga, Brand Manager, Ingelvac CircoFLEX. He says, “The goal of the symposium is to really bring the latest information that we find in trials we recently conducted, to share those with our customers, who in the past asked questions that these trials are hopefully answering.” Klaas was a little …

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Flex Symposium Full

Chuck Zimmerman

The Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium is underway in St. Paul, MN. We’ve got several presentations taking place right now and I’ve already interviewed all of them. I’ll probably be posting them by Monday since I’ll be traveling home on Sunday. We had to bring in more chairs because the attendance at this year’s Symposium is larger than expected. Now isn’t …

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Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium

Chuck Zimmerman

This afternoon Boehringer Ingelheim will be holding a “Flex Symposium.” I’ll be attending to conduct some interviews and take pictures. Our program includes: PCVAD Scientific Overview – Dr. Edgar Diaz Pig Performance with Ingelvac MycoFLEX® vs. Two-dose Vaccines – Dr. John Kolb Impact of PCV2 Vaccination on Subclinical PCVAD Cases in Canada, France and U.S. – Dr. Emest Sanford Qualifying …

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Swine BioPortal Provides Flexibility to Data Evaluation

Jamie Johansen

The collection of data is important when it comes to monitoring the PRRS virus. But what do you do with all those numbers once you have them? Dr. Enrique Mondaca, Boehringer Ingelheim (BIVI), hit on that during BIVI’s session at the North American PRRS Symposium last week in Chicago. The Swine BioPortal is an answer to how veterinarians and producers …

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BIVI Research Behind The Scenes

Chuck Zimmerman

Attending the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium from the corporate marketing group was Dr. Petra Maas. She is the Technical Manager for Ingelvac CircoFLEX. Her presentation was focused on a behind the scenes look at the research and development of Ingelvac CircoFLEX-MycoFLEX. She says the other speakers presented all the data, she just wanted to let attending veterinarians know more about …

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Vaccination Comparison

Chuck Zimmerman

“Qualifying Animal Responses to Various Immunization Protocols.” That’s the title of the talk given at the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium by Dr. Keith Bretey. He’s a professional services veterinarian for BIVI. He says that basically means comparing the negative side effects of different vaccines. The BIVI products Ingelvac CircoFLEX and MycoFLEX were used in the study and he says they …

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Vaccinations Make a Difference

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. Ernest Sanford came to the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium from Canada. He had some of the hottest new research to present. The title of his presentation was, “Impact of PCV2 Vaccination on Subclinical PCVAD Cases in Canada, France and U.S.” He says this topic has come up fairly recently and they’ve now got some new research data with some …

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One Dose Is Enough

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the speakers at the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium was Dr. John Kolb. I met him at the company’s Animal Health Seminar last month. His topic was “Pig Performance with Ingelvac MycoFLEX vs. Two-Dose Vaccines.” At the Flex Symposium he presented research data that compared using this new single dose product vs. some of the competition’s that required two …

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PCVAD Overview

Chuck Zimmerman

The opening speaker at the Boehringer Ingelheim Flex Symposium was Dr. Edgar Diaz, DVM. He’s a technical manager for BIVI. His task was to provide a scientific overview of PCVAD (porcine circovirus associated disease). Dr. Diaz says that they’ve found the focus to be on vaccinations recently so he was on the agenda to talk about some new research in …

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IA State Grad Receives PCVAD Research Award

Chuck Zimmerman

The other winner of the Boehringer Ingelheim PCVAD Research Awards was Brad Leuwerke, DVM. Brad is an Iowa State University graduate. Brad (center) is pictured with Klaas Okkinga, Boehringer Ingelheim (left) and Dr. Edgar Diaz, DVM, technical manager for PCVAD at BIVI (right). BIVI is providing Brad with a $25,000 cash grant for his research project: * a study to …

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