Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Emergency

Management Response System (EMRS) District 2

January 13-15, 2015 Conyers, GA Kris Keller For users of EMRS

District 2

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Industry Training for

Inspectors of Export Facilities

March 2015 Jason Baldwin Course focuses on

complex, yet common, facility approvals – including ‘field trips’

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Animal Health 101 May 5-6, 2015 Ames, IA Narda Huyke Introductory Course

primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Program Disease

Field Skills Course May 5-7, 2015 Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Spatial Training for

Epidemiologists using ArcGIS

May 12-14, 2015 Fort Collins, CO Jason Baldwin Hands on course on

the use of GPS methods

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Put picture here

Wildlife Seminar for Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness

May 12-14, 2015 Athens, GA Teresa Drotar Intensive introduction

to the importance of recognizing foreign and emerging diseases in wildlife species

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities One Health

Collaboration Methods May 19-21, 2015 Minneapolis, MN Nancy Platter Participants will learn to

apply various tools to address One Health issues and strengthen One Health collaborations.

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Foreign Animal

Disease Diagnostician (FADD) Course

June 1-12, 2015 Plum Island, NY Liz Clark Two week course

with classroom, lab, necropsy and a simulated FAD investigation

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Foreign Animal

Disease Investigation Refresher Course

June 1-5, 2015 Ames, IA John Bare Intensive one week

course for field VMO’s in conjunction with FADD

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Animal Health 101 June 2-3, 2015 Riverdale, MD Narda Huyke Introductory Course

primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Inspection of

Equine Semen and Bovine Embryo Export Facilities

June 2015 Teresa Drotar

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities CEM (Contagious Equine

Metritis) Training July 14-16, 2015 Davis, CA Teresa Drotar For VMOs to learn about

detection and prevention of CEM in breeding horses.

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Field Epidemiologist

Training July 28-30, 2015 Fort Collins, CO Nancy Platter For AEO’s and state

equivalent EO’s for VS Program Disease updates

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities University of TN Foreign

Animal and Emerging Disease Training

August 11-13, 2015 Knoxville, TN Elizabeth Clark Jointly sponsored with

USDA. Of interest to those responsible for foreign animal disease outbreak response and includes speakers with international expertise.

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Live Bird

Marketing System August 18-20,

2015 Starkville, MS Marvirstine Briggs-

Fisher

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Emergency

Management Response System (EMRS) – District 3

September 15-17, 2015

Saint Louis, MO Kris Keller For users of EMRS

District 3

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Program Disease

Field Skills Course November 2015 Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling