CAHFS is proud to announce the next event in the Dr. Will Hueston Speaker Series:

José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaíno, DVM, PhD
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

“African Swine Fever is the current threat of the world swine industry. Is it possible to control the spread of this disease?”

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota

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José Sánchez Vizcaíno is a full professor of Animal Health at the Veterinary School of the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain and the Director of the OIE Reference Laboratory for African Swine Fever. His scientific interest focuses on the study of epidemiology, preventive medicine and control of infectious animal diseases, specifically in developing new diagnostic techniques, vaccines and strategies for their control. He has won numerous awards and recognition in his field and is currently an adjunct professor in the Veterinary Population Medicine Department at the U of M College of Veterinary Medicine.

Event co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine Office of the Associate Dean for Research, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the Swine Disease Eradication Center, and the Veterinary Population Medicine Department.