The swine industry has become increasingly alarmed just in the past year or two about the incidence of what has become known as PCV-AD, or Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases.
At a PCV-AD update meeting sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. last week, veterinarians and members of the media were updated on the latest information available about this emerging disease complex. One of the presenters was Dr. Tom Gillespie, a swine practitioner from Rensselaer, Indiana and immediate past president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. He is also chairman of the AASV committee on PCV-AD.
I didn’t get a good picture of Dr. Gillespie at the meeting, but I did do a fairly long interview with him about this issue which the broadcaster in me decided to make into an audio report. It’s a pretty darn complicated issue that needs more than just a post to explain – so here is a 4:30 report with Dr. Gillespie. 
Tom Gillespie.
To find out more about PCVAD, check out these websites – pcvd.org, thepigsite.com and pighealth.com.
Here’s a the view from my room. I have this fantasy of going upstairs on this break and taking a nap. Shh. Don’t tell anyone.
The ZimmCast is coming to you from Norway this week. He’s a busy man, but IFAJ President David Markey took a few minutes out to visit with me.
David has his 
One of the exhibitors here at the IFAJ Congress in Hamar, Norway is 
I mentioned that we’re feeding our senses here in Norway on mares milk. What’s that you may ask.
One of the coolest things about IFAJ is that the members are a mix of publication editors and broadcasters like Adrienne Francis here who works with 
The slogan for this year’s IFAJ Congress is “Feed Your Senses.” That’s what we’re doing all right.
To help entice us to come to Japan next year, the Japanese delegation here distributed bottles of very fine 
We’re just now receiving a presentation from next year’s IFAJ Congress host country, Japan.
Marcus Rediger, Switzerland, is the IFAJ money man who presented the financials, budget and also introduced a project for IFAJ’s 50 year anniversary this year. A DVD has been produced that chronicles some of the history of the organization as well as just helping explain what agricultural journalism is like around the world.