TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Forward
  Dr. Todd See, Conference Chairperson and
  Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, NCSU
• Water: Optimizing Performance While Reducing Waste
  Dr. Glen Almond, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, NCSU
• Coping with PRRS Virus: Treatment, Control and Elimination
  Dr. John Roberts, Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, NCSU
• Management Tips to Reduce Pre-weaning Mortality
  Dr. Don Lay, Research Leader, Livestock Behavior Research Unit, USDA-ARS, W. Lafayette, IN
• Environmentally Superior Waste Management Technologies: Year 2
  Dr. Mike Williams, Associate Professor, Department of Poultry Science, NCSU and
  Director, Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center, NCSU
• Belt Manure Removal and Gasification System to Convert Manure to Fuel: The "Re-Cycle" System
  Dr. Jean Koger, Research Associate, Department of Animal Science, NCSU
• Centralized System for Gasification for Energy and Ash Recovery
  Dr. Garth Boyd, Smithfield Foods, Kenansville, NC