News Release

AASRP renews management services agreement with NIAA

The American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP) has announced that it has renewed its agreement with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) for management and administrative services.

AASRP President Richard Stobaeus, Jr., DVM, of Brunswick, Ga., made the announcement following the association's annual meeting held in Nashville in July.

NIAA began providing membership support, financial management and general administrative services to AASRP in 2001.  The AASRP Board of Directors voted unanimously to renew the agreement for another one-year term, citing excellent service by NIAA and its staff.

"A well-established trend in the association world is to find other associations with similar interests and consolidate business operations, while maintaining autonomy," said NIAA President and Chief Executive Officer Glenn N. Slack.  He said this is usually done through various degrees of sharing staff resources, consolidating office operations, office/computer equipment, telecommunication services, etc. 

"NIAA is a full-service, membership-based association with a well-trained staff, so we are positioned to provide similar services for other associations," said Slack.  "We look forward to continuing our close working relationship with AASRP and its members."

AASRP's mission is to improve the health and welfare of sheep, goats, cervids and camelids, to further the professional development of the members, provide resources to evaluate the standards of small ruminant practice and to be the voice for small ruminant issues.  AASRP represents over 1,000 veterinarians throughout the United States and abroad.

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