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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
BOVINE PRACTITIONERS
Gateway
to Success
52nd Annual Conference
September 12-14, 2019
St. Louis • Missouri
Joint Meeting with the American
Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
and the National Mastitis Council This conference will
be submitted for
RACE approval
2 WELCOME TO ST. LOUIS
The AABP Program Committee invites you attend the
52nd AABP Annual Conference
in beautiful St. Louis, where you will find this year’s program to be a
Gateway to Success!
The 2019 conference will feature:
• General topics, clinical skills, beef and dairy specific
programming, practice management and more
• Student and new graduate programming
• 10 Clinical Forums
• 17 Preconference Seminars
• Awards presentations
• Scholarship winners
• Joint meeting with the American Association of
Small Ruminant Practitioners
• Joint meeting with the National Mastitis Council
• Amstutz Auction, 5K, tours and other exciting events
• Exhibit Hall with the latest in products and services
• Networking with peers, colleagues and new acquaintances!
2019 Program Committee
Bottom Row, L-R: Drs. Dan Goehl, Edouard Timsit, Calvin Booker (Chair), Becky Funk
Middle Row, L-R: Drs. David Welch, Carie Telgen
Top Row, L-R: Drs. Ryan Rademacher, Keelan Lewis, Jess McArt, Meredyth Jones
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
REGISTRATION INFORMATION AASRP PROGRAMS
Online Registration 24/7.....................https://aabp.org AASRP Program............................................... 20, 22-23
AASRP Research Summaries ..................................... 23
GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Conference Registration information...................... 6-7 NMC Program.............................................17, 20, 22
Hotel Accommodations .............................................. 5
Exhibits ...................................................................... 27 MEETINGS
Tours (Wednesday-Saturday) .............................. 18-19 A Daily Snapshot of Meetings and Events ............... 8-9
Continuing Education ................................................. 9 Annual Business and Awards Luncheon .................... 9
AABP APP...................................................................... 7 Committee Meetings ................................................... 8
Job Fair ...................................................................... 16
AABP SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Diamond V Breakfast and Nutrigenomics .....................25
Beef Session.......................................................... 23-24 CABV-ACVB 12th Annual General Meeting ................. 16
Dairy Session......................................................... 22-23
Christian Veterinary Mission Breakfast ....................... 9
Keynote Address ........................................................ 20
Food Animal Educators Symposium........................... 8
Clinical Skills Session........................................... 20, 22
Practice Management.....................................17, 20, 22 SOCIAL EVENTS
Practice Tips ........................................................ 17, 24 Boehringer Ingelheim Welcome Reception.............. 24
Clinical Forums .................................................... 20, 23 AABP Wine & Cheese Reception ................................ 21
Poster Sessions ......................................................... 21
Zoetis-AABP Foundation and Amstutz Scholarships
Preconference Seminars ...................................... 10-14
Presentation and Live Auction................................ 25
Research Summaries...................................... 20, 22-23
AASRP Open Mic Story Night..................................... 16
STUDENT PROGRAMS Boehringer Ingelheim 5K Stampede Fun Run .......... 26
Students/New Graduates Sessions ..................... 23-24 Merck “The AABP Gateway Gala”and Dinner............ 26
Student Case Presentations ..................................... 21
Quiz Bowl.................................................................... 22
Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Silver sponsors Bronze Sponsors
$6,000+ $6,000 $3,000 $1,500
Boehringer Ingelheim Bovine Veterinarian Hoard’s Dairyman Epitopix
Diamond V Magazine Newport Laboratories Pneu-Dart
Merck Animal Health
Partnar Animal Health
Zoetis
AABP MISSION STATEMENT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF BOVINE PRACTITIONERS
The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
BOVINE PRACTITIONERS 1130 East Main St., Suite 302
Ashland, OH 44805
is an international association of
veterinarians serving society as leaders 1-800-COW-AABP (1-800-269-2227)
in cattle health, welfare and productivity. Email: aabphq@aabp.org • https://aabp.org
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
4 AABP AND CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
American Association of Bovine Practitioners Committee, Officers & Directors
2019 PROGRAM COMMITTEE AABP OFFICERS
Program Chair – Dr. Calvin Booker Past President – Dr. Mike Apley
Preconference Seminars Chair– Dr. Carie Telgen President – Dr. Glenn Rogers
Dairy Sessions – Dr. Jess McArt President Elect – Dr. Calvin Booker
Feedlot Sessions – Dr. Ryan Rademacher Vice President – Dr. Carie Telgen
Cow-Calf Sessions – Dr. Dan Goehl Executive Director – Dr. K. Fred Gingrich, II
Practice Management – Dr. David Welch Treasurer – Dr. Bryan Halteman
Clinical Skills – Dr. Meredyth Jones Parliamentarian – Dr. Christine Navarre
Student Case Presentations and Student Sessions – AABP DIRECTORS
Dr. Keelan Lewis District 1 – Dr. Liz Brock (CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT)
Practice Tips – Dr. Becky Funk District 2 – Dr. Randall Hinshaw (DE, DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Research Summaries – Dr. Edouard Timsit, Dr. Chris Chase District 3 – Dr. Lee Jones (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Poster Sessions – Dr. Edouard Timsit, Dr. Chris Chase District 4 – Dr. Mark Hardesty (KY, MI, OH, WV)
Clinical Forums – Dr. Calvin Booker District 5 – Dr. Wilfred Schuler (IL, IN, WI)
Audio-visual & Technology – Steve Johnson District 6 – Dr. Vickie Cooper (IA, MN)
Publications Editor – Dr. Bob Smith District 7 – Dr. Carl Meyer, Jr. (KS, MO, OK)
AASRP – Dr. Ann Goplen District 8 – Dr. Arn Anderson (AR, LA, TX)
NMC – Dr. David Kelton District 9 – Dr. Jeff Ondrak (CO, NE, NM, ND, SD, UT, WY)
District 10 – Dr. Gerry Koenig (AZ, CA, HI, NV)
District 11 – Dr. Dale Moore (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
District 12 – Dr. Wayne Shewfelt (NB, NF, NS, PE, ON, QC)
District 13 – Dr. Eric Behlke (AB, BC, MB, SK)
Your 2018-2019 AABP Officers and Board of Directors
Welcome You to the 52nd AABP Annual Conference!
Back Row, L-R: Dr. Bryan Halteman (Treasurer), Dr. Pat Gorden (Incoming Vice President), Dr. Randall Hinshaw (District 2),
Dr. Carl Meyer, Jr. (District 7), Immediate Past President Dr. Mike Apley, President Dr. Glenn Rogers,
Dr. Wayne Shewfelt (District 12), Dr. Arn Anderson (District 8), Dr. Wil Schuler (District 5), Dr. Mark Hardesty (District 4)
Front Row, L-R: Dr. Lee Jones (District 3), Dr. Dale Moore (District 11), Dr. Gerry Koenig (District 10),
Dr. Christine Navarre (Parliamentarian), Dr. Vickie Cooper (District 6), Dr. Eric Behlke (District 13),
Vice President Dr. Carie Telgen, Dr. Jeff Ondrak (District 9), Dr. Liz Brock (District 1), President-Elect Dr. Calvin Booker
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND HOTELS 5
Make Your Hotel Reservations by AUGUST 19
to Guarantee AABP Conference Rates!
CONFERENCE HOTEL: MARRIOTT ST. LOUIS GRAND
The AABP conference hotels offer
800 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63101
discounted rates until August 19, 2019.
For BEST AVAILABILITY and to guarantee
reduced rate, reserve by phone or online
24/7 at www.aabp.org. by August 19, 2019.
Individual attendee reservations can be
cancelled up to 72 hours prior to arrival date.
Cancellations after that time will result in a
one night non-refundable guest room charge/
taxes to the attendee’s credit card on file.
An early departure fee of one night’s room/
tax will be charged to the credit card on file if
The Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel features modern
you depart prior to your scheduled departure
guest rooms, lounge and restaurant, the grab-and-go
8th Street Pantry and state-of-the-art fitness center.
date without notifying the hotel at or prior to
Close to many downtown attractions, the Gateway check in. Request changes and cancellations
Arch and across from the convention center. through the housing provider until August 19,
Rates: (USD) Single/Double $179, 2019 via the website, email aabp@experient-
Triple $189, Quad $199 inc.com or call 800-967-8852.
Parking: Self-park $28 daily/Valet $38 daily Contact the hotel regarding changes and
cancellations on/after August 27, 2019.
EMBASSY SUITES ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN
610 North 7th St., St. Louis, MO 63101
CONFERENCE LOCATION:
AMERICA’S CENTER
CONVENTION COMPLEX
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: 314-342-5036
All-suite hotel is adjacent to the convention center. Two-room
suites have one king- or two queen-sized beds, flat-screen TVs,
AABP guarantees a certain wet bar, microwave, refrigerator, WiFi and high-speed internet.
number of hotel rooms at our Complimentary breakfast and evening reception, business
conference hotels to achieve the center, fitness center and heated indoor pool/whirlpool.
lowest rates for attendees. Not Rates: (USD) Single/Double $195, Triple $205, Quad $215
staying in the AABP hotel block Parking: Valet only, $35/day
puts your organization at
a financial risk. Please think
twice before booking outside
of our hotel block.
Only book AABP Annual Conference hotels at https://aabp.org under the Conference tab.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
6 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioner
September 12-14, 2019 • St. Louis, MO • Preconference Seminars September 8-11, 2019
AABP general conference registration includes admission to all AABP scientific sessions
(Preconference Seminars and Clinical Forums excluded), Exhibit Hall and social events.
Register Online
• Preregister online at https://aabp.org by August 15, 2019. Pay securely online via PayPal
with a credit card. After August 15, on-site fees apply. You must preregister for seminars
and other events with limited enrollment to be guaranteed acceptance. Certain seminars may
be canceled if enrollment is inadequate by August 1, 2019.
• Online registration closes August 29, 2019.
• You can print the online form and mail to the AABP office with a check drawn from a US bank. Checks from outside
the US will not be accepted for payment. Printed/mailed registrations must be postmarked by August 1, 2019.
Register online after this date. On-site fees will apply.
Mail printed registrations to: AABP, 1130 E. Main St., #302 Ashland OH 44805
• Please note that onsite registration is for AABP, AASRP and NMC members only. Non-member registrations cannot
be accepted onsite or after August 29, 2019
For your security, credit cards are only accepted via our secure online payment system. No faxed or mailed in credit card
payments will be accepted. Payment by mail must be made by check. Checks should be made out to AABP. Registrations for
residents outside of the U.S. should be made by credit card online. Preconference Seminar and Clinical Forum choices are
not secured until your check is received and processed.
Events Free with Registration
Free of Charge But Registration Required:
• Wednesday Welcome Reception (6:00 pm)
• Thursday Breakfast (6:30 am)
• Friday Evening Auction & Dinner (6:00 pm)
• Saturday AABP Gateway Gala (6:00 pm, no charge but tickets required)
Events With Additional Fee Required (register with online form):
• Tours (Wed-Sat).
• Christian Veterinary Mission Breakfast (Sat., 6:30 am, $45)
• 7th Annual 5K Stampede (Sat. 6:30 am,$40)
Special Services
If, under the American Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services, contact the AABP office at 1-800-COW-AABP
or fred@aabp.org. All requests for special assistance must be made no later than August 1, 2019.
Donations to the AABP Amstutz Scholarship Fund and AABP Foundation
You can help educate our future cattle practitioners by donating to the Amstutz Scholarship Fund, and the AABP
Foundation which supports advancements in the well-being and productivity of cattle through applied clinical research
and scholarship programs that benefit present and future cattle practitioners, on your online registration form.
Thank you for supporting your future colleagues!
AABP Cancellation Policy
Cancellation/refund requests must be received via email to aabphq@aabp.org before August 15, 2019 to qualify for a
100% refund. Refund requests received August 16 through September 6 qualify for a 50% refund. Refund requests re-
ceived after September 6 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis but may not be eligible for a refund.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION 7
Conference Proceedings
Conference proceedings will be mailed to all 2019 2019 AABP Preregistration Fees
conference participants following the meeting and will
Preregister until August 15, 2019.
also be available online at https://aabp.org.
On-site fees apply after August 15.
CE Credit
A CE certificate can be printed by logging on to the AABP/AASRP/NMC member: $425
AABP website and going to My Account. You can print
your certificate at any time from this site. Knowledge 1-Day Registration (available to AABP/AASRP/NMC
of your state’s licensure and CE requirements is your members only): $300
responsibility. Scientific sessions and seminars for the Non-member: $625
AABP conference will be submitted for RACE approval.
Graduate Student AABP Member: $195
The AABP Pocket Guide and conference app with specific
times and room numbers for the conference will be Grad Student Non-AABP member: $295
available at the registration desk in St. Louis. Sessions and
Veterinary Technician: $125
events are listed in order in this printed program, but to
look up specific session times prior to the conference, visit Accompanying person: $95
https://aabp.org and under the Conference tab, (Accompanying persons have access to Exhibit Hall,
click on Schedule. Bovine Bucks lunch tickets on Thursday and Friday,
and social events. All accompanying persons over the
Terms and Conditions: By registering for the American Association of Bovine age of 12 must be registered and
Practitioners Conference (“Conference”), you acknowledge that your registration
wear a name badge to all events
and permission to attend Conference functions may be refused or revoked for any
reason. The Conference further reserves the right to refuse admission to, or eject, attended.) Children age
any person whose conduct is deemed: 1. disorderly or disruptive by Conference 12/under, no charge. Register at
organizers, 2. contrary to the mission of the Conference organizers; or 3. fails to
comply with Conference rules or terms and conditions. You agree that any such Clinical Forums: $60 https://aabp.org
determination, in the sole discretion of Conference organizers, will result in a (includes hot breakfast)
termination of your right to attend Conference events without refund.
Get Connected With the AABP APP!
With the app you will be able to: Apps will be
• View schedules and announcements. available at
least one
• View available draft proceedings. month prior
• Evaluate speakers and topics in real-time. to the meeting
• Add contacts to your phone by scanning a member’s in the Google
name badge, and their contact information will Play and
automatically be added to your phone contacts. Apple’s App
• See which vendors are exhibiting at the conference and where store. Search
they are located in the Exhibit Hall. for AABP in the
appropriate
• See if you are a Silent Auction winning bidder and pay for your
stores.
Silent and Live Auction items on the app.
• Find a St. Louis restaurant or attraction, and check the weather!
Special Lead Retrieval App for Vendors
In addition to the features listed above, this app will enable AABP vendors/ exhibitors to scan an attendee’s QR code on name
badges to retrieve contact information for sales lead retrieval. Purchase the lead retrieval app in the APP store or contact
exhibits@aabp.org for more information on the lead retrieval app.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
8 DAILY SNAPSHOTS
SUNDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT
OTHER WEDNESDAY EVENTS
PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS
#1 Quality Milk Production Tour: Purina Large Animal Nutrition Research Center,
#2A Basic Applied Dairy Nutrition page 18
Food Animal Educators Symposium
AABP Welcome Reception Sponsored by Boehringer
MONDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT Ingelheim, page 24
PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS
THURSDAY DAILY SNAPSHOTS
#1 Quality Milk Production
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
#2A Basic Applied Dairy Nutrition
#3 The Replacement Heifer from Birth to Calving Clinical Forums (fee required), page 20
#12 Thoracic Ultrasound Small Ruminants, page 20
Keynote Address, page 20
TUESDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT Clinical Skills Session, page 20
PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS Practice Management, page 20
Research Summaries, page 20
#1 Quality Milk Production Student Case Presentations, page 21
#2B Hands-on Dairy Herd Nutritional Evaluation NMC Session, page 20
#3 The Replacement Heifer from Birth to Calving
#4 Gut Health
#5 Dairy Goat Nutrition
OTHER THURSDAY EVENTS
#7 On-Farm Animal Care Assessment
#10 NCARG Beef Cattle Genomics Diamond V Breakfast and Nutrigenomics:
#11A Evidence-based Decisions - Spreadsheets Nutrigenomics to Enhance Immunity, Health and
#12 Thoracic Ultrasound Well-Being, Sponsored by Diamond V, page 25
#15 Turning Data into Information Exhibit Hall open 8:00 am - 6:45 pm
Tour: Forest Park “Meet Me in St. Louis”, page 18
WEDNESDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT AABP Committee Meetings
PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (use your Bovine Bucks)
CABV-ACVB 12th Annual General Meeting, page 16
#3 The Replacement Heifer from Birth to Calving Wine & Cheese Reception Before a Night on the
#4 Gut Health Town, Sponsored by AABP, page 21
#5 Dairy Goat Nutrition 12th Annual Job Fair, page 16
#6 Feedlot Cattle Health Programs
#8 Food Armor® Antimicrobial Stewardship
#9 Edwin Robertson Advanced Embryo Transfer
#10 NCARG Beef Cattle Genomics
#11B Evidence-based Decisions – Data
#13 Animal Welfare Programs for Cattle Practice
#14 Captive Bolt/Gunshot Euthanasia
#16 Adding Value to Beef Cowherd Pregnancy Checks
#17 Talkin’ Tall Communication Skills
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
DAILY SNAPSHOTS 9
FRIDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT SATURDAY DAILY SNAPSHOT
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Clinical Skills Session, page 22 Clinical Forums (fee required), page 23
Practice Management, page 22 Beef Session, page 23-24
Small Ruminants, page 22 Dairy Session, page 23
Research Summaries, page 22-23 Students/New Graduates Session, page 23-24
Beef Session, page 23 Research Summaries, page 23
Dairy Session, page 22 Practice Tips, page 17,24
AASRP Research Summaries, page 23
NMC Session, page 22
OTHER SATURDAY EVENTS
OTHER FRIDAY EVENTS Christian Veterinary Mission Breakfast
5K Stampede Fun Run, page 26
Exhibit Hall 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tour: Little Taste of St. Louis, page 19
Tour: Sights of St. Louis, page 19 AABP Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (use your Bovine Bucks) “The AABP Gateway Gala”, Sponsored by Merck,
Quiz Bowl Finals in Exhibit Hall, sponsored by page 26
Newport Laboratories, page 22
Meet the Poster Presenters, page 21
10th Annual Scholarships, Live Auction Dinner,
Sponsored by Zoetis, page 25
AASRP Open Mic Story Night, page 16
As an added benefit of attendance at the 2019 AABP Annual Conference, this program will be submitted for RACE approval.
There will be a total of 23 hours of CE available during the conference for veterinarians and 21 hours for veterinary
technicians. In addition, all preconference seminars will be submitted for RACE approval on an hour-for-hour basis.
Can’t get to every session you want
at the AABP Annual Conference?
Don’t worry! All sessions will be recorded and housed by the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State
University. And the best part for AABP members? All of the presentations are available for FREE certified
continuing education credits! Those presentations that are RACE-approved will be identified as such.
Not only can members access the 2019 conference presentations,
but also presentations from 2015-2018 conferences, including
the 2018 and 2019 AABP Recent Veterinary Graduate conferences.
Log onto the website at https://aabp.org and go directly to
https://aabp.org/members/cont_ed.asp, or on the home page
click on the BCI logo.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners
10 PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS
REGISTER NOW!
Sign up early for these limited-enrollment seminars. Seminars without adequate registrants are
subject to cancellation by August 1, 2019, to facilitate you making alternate travel plans, if necessary.
All seminars are from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Register online at https://aabp.org. Fees must be paid in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.
Find out more at https://aabp.org/meeting/preconference.asp.
#1 Quality Milk Production: #2A Basic Applied Dairy #2B Hands-on Dairy Herd
The Milking Center, Nutrition Nutritional Evaluation
Mastitis and Antibiotics The objective of this seminar is to The objective of this seminar is to
This three-day seminar employs fac- prepare the practicing dairy veterinar- prepre the practicing dairy veterinar-
ulty from the Southwest, Upper Mid- ian to assist clients in applied dairy ian to assess dairy herd nutritional
west and Northeast to bring diverse nutrition. This includes understanding management and to use a dairy ration
experiences to the participants. Using dairy nutrients, identifying nutrient evaluation program (AMTS Cattle Pro)
an interactive and engaging style of imbalances, evaluating dairy feeding to evaluate the nutritional adequacy
content delivery, we aim to provide systems, interpreting feed ingredient of the diets consumed by cows on a
practical information on monitor- test results, and optimizing nutritional farm. This seminar is for veterinarians
ing the milking center for efficient management for transition dairy who wish to learn how to collect feed-
milk harvest, controlling mastitis, cows. This seminar is for veterinarians ing management information from
and when prevention occasionally who want to acquire the skills needed a dairy herd and then evaluate the
fails, economical antibiotic decision to evaluate and help solve nutritional details of the nutritional adequacy
making choices for treating mastitis management problems on dairy of the diet. Information will be pre-
and dry-cow therapy. Tools will be farms. This two-day, didactic seminar sented at the basic to intermediate
discussed that can help you help your is fast-moving and comprehensive. level. Instructors will assume working
clients through milking-time audits Short reviews of basic nutritional prin- familiarity with dairy feed ingredients
that use both computerized records ciples are blended with applied topics and nutrient definitions. Veterinarians
(e.g. DC305) and electronic tools (e.g. and current recommendations. Spe- who have previously taken the Basic
VaDia, Lactocorder) as well as data cific areas covered include managing Applied Dairy Nutrition Seminar (Sem-
that can be collected through obser- dry matter intake, carbohydrate feed- inar 2), have received similar basic
vation. Current thoughts on control- ing (including uNDF and aNDFom), nutrition training, or have experience
ling various mastitis pathogens will energy nutrition, protein feeding, fat using dairy nutrition software should
also be discussed. On the third day feeding, mineral nutrition, vitamin be adequately prepared. Participants
of the seminar we will get hands-on nutrition, byproduct feeds, feed must bring their own computers. A
practice with Dr. Roger Thomson’s additives, feeding systems, feedbunk trial version of the AMTS Cattle Pro
mobile parlor. Rumor has it that this management, feeding for milk com- program will be installed on each par-
might be Dr. Johnson’s last hurrah! ponents, managing transition cows, ticipant’s computer if needed. Instruc-
Fee: $625 and preventing metabolic diseases. tors will guide participants through
Level: Intermediate Feed ingredient evaluation (pH, forage a series of exercises that cover the
Date/Time: Sunday, September 8 particle length, and grain particle size) basics of dairy ration evaluation. Time
Monday, September 9, are presented in a wet lab format. will be allotted for participants to
Tuesday, September 10 evaluate information specific to their
Coordinator: Daryl Nydam Fee: $375 own clients or example herd data pre-
Faculty: Andy Johnson, Level: Basic pared by the instructors.
Roger Thomson, Paul Virkler, Date: Sunday, September 8 Fee: $225
Brandan Treichler Monday, September 9 Level: Basic
Coordinator: Garrett Oetzel Date: Tuesday, September 10
Faculty: Mike Hutjens, Larry Chase Coordinator: Garrett Oetzel
Faculty: Mike Hutjens, Larry Chase
Computers required
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine PractitionersPRECONFERENCE SEMINARS 11
#3 The Replacement Heifer aspects of defining and measuring gut
health to the complex and interactive
Fee: $400
Level: Basic
from Birth to Calving
roles of the intestinal microbiota, intes- Date: Tuesday, September 10
Due to the increasing amount of tinal epithelium, immune cells and Wednesday, September 11
information about the management nutrition. This symposium offers an Coordinator: Bob Van Saun
and nutrition of the replacement dairy opportunity to engage in scientific dis- Faculty: Garland Dalhke,
heifer, this seminar was expanded cussions and exchange opinions with Andrea Mongini
to three-days with the addition of university faculty, industry researchers Computers required
calf and heifer housing. It will cover and practicing veterinarians.
the design and ventilation as well as
adapting current facilities for housing
Fee: $575 #6 Feedlot Cattle Health
Level: Advanced Programs
for calves and heifers. Management
Date: Tuesday, September 10 Many veterinarians work with cattle
and nutrition of the close-up dry cow
Wednesday, September 11 feeders to develop cattle manage-
and its effects on the neonatal calf,
Coordinator: King Hickman ment and health programs. This
perinatal management of the calf,
Faculty: Sara Kvidera, Adam Moeser, practical, clinical-based seminar will
colostrum management and monitor-
Michael Steele, Tanya Gressley, cover topics associated with getting
ing colostrum will also be covered.
Jennifer Rowntree cattle started on feed and monitoring
Nutritional management of the milk-
fed calf as well as older heifers will be cattle health. Basic receiving cattle
discussed, including the use of waste
#5 Dairy Goat Nutrition nutrition including starter ration,
milk, milk replacer, individual and Most dairy practitioners are looking feed mixing and feed delivery will
group feeding systems, and infectious to expand services to address the cur- be discussed. Also covered will be
disease prevention, control and treat- rent dairy climate. Many opportunities processing facilities, low-stress cattle
ment with emphasis on the GI tract exist in providing service to small handling, processing protocols and
and respiratory disease. Reproductive ruminant enterprises, especially if cattle classification. We will have a
management and synchronization impacts can be made on a herd basis discussion on cattle comfort, pen rid-
programs along with the economics of rather than individuals. A key service ing and sick animal identification. Par-
intensive feeding programs will also desirable for small ruminant practice ticipants will develop case definitions
be covered. is providing nutritional guidance for feedlot diseases, injuries and treat-
in minimizing disease threats and ment guidelines for clients to follow
Fee: $575
improving health and performance. and basics to feedlot necropsy. During
Level: Basic
This seminar provides an introduc- the day, participants will discuss feed-
Date: Monday, September 9
tion to goat nutrition, both dairy and lot health data to develop an animal
Tuesday, September 10
meat, with applications of dietary health dashboard and interpretation
Wednesday, September 11
evaluation and formulation using the of data to get to the diagnosis of cattle
Coordinator: Bob Corbett
Iowa State University BRaNDS - Goat health.
Faculty: Sandra Godden, Chris Chase,
modules software. Participants will Fee: $225
Mike Overton, Geof Smith
learn about ruminant feeding and Level: Intermediate
#4 Gut Health – The New requirements, feed analysis and
interpretation, mineral supplementa-
Date: Wednesday, September 11
Paradigm in Production Coordinator: Dan Thomson
tion, and dietary diagnostics giving Faculty: Bob Smith, Dee Griffin
Animal Health you confidence to become more
The aim of this two-day seminar is to
discuss the role of good health in ani-
involved in goat nutrition with your
clients upon returning to practice.
#7 Preparing Your Clients for
mal production and the dynamic and
an On-Farm Animal Care
Participants are required to bring their
essential role the gut plays in it. The Assessment
laptop computer and a time-limited
seminar will cover different aspects version of the BRaNDS software will The National Dairy Farmers Assurance
of the gut microbiome and important be provided and used throughout the Responsible Management (FARM)
factors in gut health maintenance and seminar to gain experience in nutri- Program and the National Beef
disease. A platform will be provided to tional applications. Quality Assurance will provide insight
present and discuss the latest research on the role of bovine practitioners in
findings, from the fundamental dairy and beef animal care on-farm
evaluations and assessments and
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners12 PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS
how to assist clients in preparation ers in the food supply chain. The temperature sensitivity of IVP embryos,
for successful evaluation and Food Armor curriculum is designed to gun warmer use and temp, etc.). We
assessments. The FARM Program provide every veterinarian with the will solicit questions from the group
works with dairy farmers, the knowledge and skills necessary to and make every effort to incorporate
producer community and industry build a robust antimicrobial steward- these in our roundtable portion.
partners to show customers and ship program, one farm at a time. Fee: $300
consumers that the dairy industry is Fee: $175 Level: Intermediate
taking the very best care of cows and Level: Basic Date: Wednesday, September 11
the environment, producing safe, Date: Wednesday, September 11 Coordinator: Kevin Lindell
wholesome milk and adhering to Coordinator: Katie Mrdutt Faculty: Gabriel Bo, Alvaro Guerra
the highest standards of workforce Faculty: John Garber
development. Currently, 98% of
the United States milk supply #9 Edwin Robertson #10 The National Center for
participates in the FARM Animal Advanced Embryo Applied Reproduction
Care program. The BQA Feedyard Transfer and Genomics (NCARG)
Assessment is an on-site educational This seminar will provide participants in Beef Cattle
tool that allows for assessing and with up-to-date information about Veterinarians serve as key informa-
benchmarking key indicators of the embryo transfer industry, and the tion sources for U.S. beef producers
animal care and well-being as well as challenges facing today’s bovine ET and are essential in facilitating the
feedyard conditions. The Feedyard practitioner. Gabriel Bo will lead the adoption of various reproductive
Assessment focuses on three main discussion on recipient management procedures and technologies. There
areas – animals, records, protocols and the questions and challenges fac- are now numerous ways in which
and facilities and equipment. ing this aspect. He will provide data practitioners are able to become
Fee: $75 on fixed-time ET with/without estrus more actively involved in reproduc-
Level: Basic detection, review the use of ET as a tool tive management of our nation’s beef
Date: Tuesday, September 10 to mitigate poor reproductive perfor- herds. Further, progressive veterinar-
Coordinator: Emily Yesier Stepp mance during periods of heat stress, ians provide consulting related to
Faculty: Chase DeCoite and discuss periparturient recipient genetics and genomics, in addition
management. Kevin Lindell will give an regarding the economic implications
#8 Antimicrobial overview of incorporating a large-scale related to stacking reproductive and
Stewardship in Animal ET program into a commercial dairy genomic technologies. The intent of
Agriculture: Food Armor’s and will cover recipient selection and this two-day seminar is to provide
synchronization, pregnancy results an overview of topics that will be
HACCP-based Approach and losses, and the impact on herd reviewed in depth with the creation of
An antimicrobial stewardship pro- reproductive performance. Alvaro a National Center for Applied Repro-
gram robust enough to meet today’s Guerra will discuss pregnancy loss with duction and Genomics in beef cattle.
consumer expectations requires that IVP-derived embryos. Given the rising The Center will provide ongoing sup-
every veterinarian move beyond a costs of FSH products, there is renewed port for the US beef cattle industry
basic VCPR. It demands a program interest in the collection of oocytes utilizing economic impacts resulting
based on recognized and accepted from non-stimulated donors. Guerra from the adoption of reproductive
principles of antimicrobial steward- and Bo will present their experiences
ship for veterinarians in their interac- and genomic technologies to equip
on this topic and discuss the optimal industry stakeholders with the finan-
tions with food animal producers. use of sexed semen in superstimulated
Food Armor®, a team of food industry cial rationale for their adoption and
donors and the performance of newer
professionals ranging from producers continued application.
sexed-semen products. We will also
and veterinarians to packers, proces- cover the do’s and don’ts of donor Fee: $100
sors and food marketers, agree the management, particularly in the area Level: Intermediate
best solution for ensuring a successful of nutrition and its potential impact Date: Tuesday, September 10
antimicrobial stewardship program is on oocyte quality. We’ll finish with a Wednesday, September 11
a collaborative effort across the entire roundtable discussion covering topics Coordinator: David Patterson
food animal industry. Antimicrobial related to the practical application of Faculty: Mike Smith, Jordan Thomas,
stewardship principles have already ET work (embryo placement technique/ Jared Decker, Scott Brown
been created by industry stakehold- depth, recipient/embryo synchrony, Computers required
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine PractitionersPRECONFERENCE SEMINARS 13
#11A Tools and Concepts for be able to apply these tools and con-
cepts to specific cattle practice sce-
Fee: $400
Level: Intermediate
Making Evidence-Based
narios (e.g. reproductive performance, Date: Monday, September 9
Decisions: Level 1 –
heifer development, diagnostics, Tuesday, September 10
Using Spreadsheets investigation of disease and impaired Coordinator: Elizabeth Cox
The objectives of this seminar are to performance). Some of the things Faculty: Terri Ollivett, Catie Cramer,
understand how simple measures of that can be done with data analysis Sebastien Buczinski
health and performance can enable software include preparing summary
veterinarians to better help their cli- reports (descriptive statistics), dis- #13 Animal Welfare
ents and provide additional income covering relationships by statistical Programs for
opportunities for their practices, and analysis, visualizing relationships Cattle Practice
to know how to summarize and ana- using graphs, sorting and categoriz-
lyze data using spreadsheet functions, This seminar on cattle welfare will be
ing data, creating what-if scenarios to primarily discussion-based. Case stud-
graphs and pivot tables. The ability to evaluate a variety of circumstances
work with numbers can help us make ies of issues on farms and undercover
simultaneously, using known prob- videos will be used to start discus-
better decisions, provide stronger, evi- ability distributions to estimate the
dence-based recommendations to cli- sions, facilitated by the faculty, with
likelihood of something happening, attention to recognizing the welfare
ents, and create new practice oppor- and incorporating uncertainty by
tunities. Using data to aid decision issues and group discussions on solu-
simulating data. This workshop will tions. We will provide a brief review of
making requires the veterinarian to: use a computer laboratory (28 com-
1) understand how to think quantita- animal welfare and current concepts
puters) provided by the faculty. Level at the beginning to provide context for
tively; 2) know how to use tools – like 2 attendees should know how to use
spreadsheets – to work with numbers; the discussions that will follow. Topics
computer spreadsheets (or attended will include how to discuss welfare
and 3) apply quantitative skills to Level 1). Attendees will go home with
medical problems. Level 1 is an Excel with clients and colleagues, trying
knowledge that can expand the ser- to fix communications failures and
training workshop. This workshop will vices offered by their practice.
use a computer laboratory (28 com- discussing issues that challenge cul-
Fee: $225 tural and peer groups. The group will
puters) provided by the faculty. It is
Level: Intermediate discuss working with clients to create
helpful, but not required, if attendees
Date: Wednesday, September 11 welfare programs that work and last,
have some familiarity with computer
Coordinator: David Smith identifying areas that need help and
spreadsheets. Attendees will go home
Faculty: Robert Wills, the herd veterinarian as the welfare
with knowledge that can expand the
Kimberly Woodruff program manager (rather than the
services offered by their practice.
provider). The concept of conveying
Fee: $225 #12 Thoracic Ultrasound: emotion and compassion to managers
Level: Basic An Objective Assessment and employees will be presented by
Date: Tuesday, September 10
of Lung Disease in Calves faculty who are currently doing this in
Coordinator: David Smith practice.
Faculty: Robert Wills, Calfhood pneumonia continues to be
Kimberly Woodruff a challenge for producers. This semi- Fee: $175
nar will give you the tools to objec- Level: Intermediate
#11B Tools and Concepts for tively assess lung health in calves Date: Wednesday, September 11
Coordinator: Jim Reynolds
Making Evidence-Based using lung ultrasound in addition to
other tools when working up a prob- Faculty: Jan Shearer, Paul Plummer
Decisions: Level 2 – lem on farm. This is a two-day semi-
Making Better nar with day one in the classroom #14 Introduction to
Decisions with Data and day two as a wetlab at the Purina Captive Bolt/Gunshot
The objectives of this seminar are to Research Farm. NOTE: For biosecurity Euthanasia of Livestock
understand how to use animal health reasons, any attendees have to have Interested in captive bolt or gunshot
and performance data to make appro- been in the U.S. for five days before euthanasia of livestock, but don’t
priate inferences about the occurrence they can travel to the Purina farm. know how to start? Unfamiliar or
of health and performance events, uncomfortable with firearms but
understand probability statistics and to recognize the need for residue-free
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners14 PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS
euthanasia of livestock in your prac-
tice? This one-day introductory semi-
Fee: $150
Level: Basic
#17 Talkin’ Tall:
Elevate your Success by
nar will provide basic instruction on Date: Tuesday, September 10
gunshot and captive bolt euthanasia Coordinator: John Bolinger Standing on Solid
with an emphasis on cattle and small Faculty: Matt Schreck Communication Skills
ruminants. The seminar will include Tablet required Regardless of our station in the
a mixture of lecture, small-group and profession - as clinicians, educators,
individual hands-on training covering #16 Adding Value researchers or leaders – our success
methodology, safety, legal consider- to Beef Cowherd is often affected by our ability to
ations and proficiency. All attendees Pregnancy Checks communicate with clients, students,
will have the opportunity to fire pen- colleagues and team members. Com-
Determining pregnancy status of beef
etrating captive bolt and multiple cali- munication skills are vital, yet we have
cows is an important service both as a
bers of pistol and rifle in a supportive received little training in basic tech-
major source of income for veterinary
environment under the guidance of niques or how to apply them. In this
practices as well as a cost-effective
veterinary users and certified firearms seminar, two colleagues who share a
source of valuable information for
trainers. The seminar will be con- passion for public speaking, leader-
cow-calf producers. But, in order to
ducted off-site at a local firearms ship and helping others succeed will
increase the value of pregnancy status
instructional range; transportation share tips, tricks and techniques for
information and to give veterinarians
to/from conference venue and lunch better communications. Participants
a competitive advantage against other
will be provided. will come away from this session with:
methods for identifying open cows,
Fee: $375 • A toolset for tailoring a presenta-
veterinarians have the opportunity to
Level: Basic tion that is engaging and memo-
add value to pregnancy status deter-
Date: Wednesday, September 11 rable.
mination by using fetal age estimates
Coordinator: Kelly Still-Brooks • All-hours access to the lockbox
to create charts to evaluate and dis-
Faculty: Renee Dewell, Grant Dewell where confidence is stored and
play pregnancy percentages by 21-day
how to find and use it in a presen-
periods. Evaluating the breeding sea-
#15 Turning Data son by 21-day periods and by animal
tation.
into Information • Insights on conversational/coach-
age and/or other management groups
ing/consulting communication
In the morning, beef veterinarians will is useful to practitioners investigating
skills that will lift leadership and
learn how to collect data chute-side herds with reproduction short-falls
enhance professional value.
using a tablet and spreadsheets. Par- by identifying time periods within
Participants will find this 8-hour
ticipants will be taught to create and the breeding season when cows were
program to be energetic, interac-
interpret management reports for not becoming pregnant. In addition,
tive and too short.
use at pregnancy check, calf process- easy-to-read charts can enhance com-
ing, breeding soundness exam and munication between the veterinarian Fee: $225
heifer development. In the afternoon, and beef producer by illustrating the Level: Basic
participants will learn how to take results of fetal aging. Date: Wednesday, September 11
these individual management event Coordinator: Morgan McArthur
Fee: $250
reports and turn them into a year- Faculty: W. Mark Hilton
Level: Intermediate
long production report. This session Date: Wednesday, September 11
will include breaking into groups to Coordinator: Bob Larson
analyze actual yearly data from a beef Faculty: Brad White
farm and then learning how to present Computer required
this information to clients in the form
of an annual meeting. These reports
can be used in large and small herds
alike. They have shaped the way I
practice and allowed me to become
part of the management team for my
clients.
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The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners16 SPECIAL EVENTS
You are invited to the 12th Annual General Meeting of the CABV/ACVB
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 • 12:15 - 1:30 pm Join other CABV/ACVB members from
Members of the Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians/ across the country for a social
Association Canadienne des Vétérinaires Bovins (which sponsored by Vetoquinol on Friday,
includes all Canadian bovine regional associations) September 13 from 8:00 – 10:00 pm.
are encouraged to attend this General Meeting. Watch for further details!
Pick up lunch and bring it with you!
CABV/ACVB continues to consult on many
national issues. Be updated on CABV/ACVB’s
activities over the past year, and add your
voice on concerns of national importance
to the bovine industry in Canada.
All CABV/ACVB Members (WCABP, OABP, AMVPQ, ABPA) are encouraged to attend both events.
12TH ANNUAL Open Mic Story Night
AABP JOB FAIR With story teller and poet , Ron McDaniel
Campfire stories from the barnyard to the office.
Join Ron McDaniel for a night of drinks, fun
and tales with colleagues and friends.
Ticket Prices: Friday,
September 13
Thursday, September 12 NEW $25 in advance
$35 at the door 8:30-10:30 pm
(after the Exhibit Hall
Wine & Cheese Reception)
DATE Following
the Zoetis Dinner
7:00-9:00 pm
Fourth-year students plus food-/mixed-animal
practitioners can meet and discuss future study and
working relationships. Promote your practice and
available jobs, or meet practices offering jobs.
Sign up to participate when you register
for the conference. Questions?
Contact Dr. Fred Gingrich at fred@aabp.org.
All proceeds benefit: The Sam Guss Student Education Fund.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine PractitionersSPECIAL EVENTS 17
The National Mastitis Council is Follow the herd
meeting jointly with AABP in 2019!
to AASRP sessions!
What’s in store from NMC Thursday and Friday?
• Milk quality • Mentoring milkers and
• Milking system the language barrier
evaluation • Bedding management
• Milk quality labs • NMC Research
in-clinic Summaries
• Treatment protocols • And more!
and recordkeeping
A wide variety of timely topics addressing sheep,
goats and other small ruminants will be presented
by experts in the field on Thursday and Friday.
AASRP sessions include:
• On-farm welfare • Enterotoxemia
• Disbudding • Necropsy
• Euthanasia • AASRP Research
• Feeds and VFDs Summaries
• Bluetongue
Practice Management Sessions Will Be Your Practice Tips
Gateway to Success! Saving the Best for Last!
The always-popular Practice Tips Session
will not disappoint Saturday afternoon!
Featured will be:
• Generating Consulting from Nothing: Turn Down
Time into Productive Consulting – Eric Rooker
The AABP Veterinary Practice Sustainability
Committee will offer sessions and tools to • Establish Veterinary Value with Medical
make your practice a success, including: LDA Correction Training for Clients –
Earl Aalseth
• New Alternative to the Traditional
• Technical investments Vet Box – Jessica Laurin
in practice • Out of Sight: Vision Aids for
• Inventory management the Bovine Veterinarian –
• Managing conflict Dan Thomson
• Onboarding/assimilation into
• Elimination of Variables
practice
Associated with the Bovine
• Buying, selling and exit strategies Breeding Soundness Exam –
• Career development and motivation Chance Armstrong
• A Novel Approach to Post-Abortion
Sample Collection – Joan Rowe
Join us Thursday and Friday to take the next steps!
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners18 TOUR OPTIONS
Tour 1: Wednesday, September 11
Buses leave at 7:00 am • Cost: $25 (includes lunch)
PURINA LARGE ANIMAL
NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER
This is a behind the scenes tour of our best in class Large
Animal Nutrition Research Center. Attendees will tour
Purina’s equine, dairy, beef and small ruminant facilities to
give attendees insight into how Purina’s research impacts
the feeds they sell.
The Center has 3,000 animals on site including beef and dairy
cattle, horses, poultry and swine, feedlot facilities and brood
cows on pasture, and tools such as a high-speed equine
treadmill and birth weight data on 2,400 litters and 30,000 pigs.
NOTE: For biosecurity
reasons, any attendees
have to have been in the
U.S. for five days before
they can travel to the
Purina farm.
Tour 2: Thursday, September 12
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm • Cost: $40
FOREST PARK “MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS” TOUR
This itinerary begins with a driving overview of Forest Park given by your
Destination St. Louis tour guide highlighting the history as the site of the
1904 World’s Fair. Your coach will shuttle between the St. Louis Science
Center and Planetarium, the Missouri History Museum, the St. Louis Zoo
and the St. Louis Art Museum. Although the shuttle will run between all four
attractions, it is recommended that guests select two attractions to visit in
order to make the most of their experience.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine PractitionersTOUR OPTIONS 19
Tour 3: Friday, September 13
Time: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Cost: $75
SIGHTS OF ST. LOUIS
This itinerary includes a driving overview
of downtown St. Louis, a tram ride at the
Gateway Arch and a reservation on a public
St. Louis
tour at Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
Tour 4: Saturday, September 14
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm • Cost: $75
LITTLE TASTE OF ST. LOUIS
This tour includes a driving overview of the Loop, Soulard, Lafayette Square, a
stop on The Hill and at Ted Drewes Frozen custard. Treats include Fitz’s Root Beer,
toasted ravioli, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, Gus’ Pretzels and Gooey Butter Cake.
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners20 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
THURSDAY MORNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON NATIONAL MASTITIS
COUNCIL
Diamond V Breakfast and CLINICAL SKILLS SESSION
Nutrigenomics: Nutrigenomics Milk Quality Pays –
to Enhance Immunity, Health and Medical Ultrasound of the Bovine Brandon Treichler
Well-Being Abdomen – Robert Streeter
Milking System Evaluation –
Mario Vailati Riboni Field Anesthesia – Dusty Nagy Where to Start – Roger Thomson
CLINICAL FORUMS 1* Local Anesthesia Techniques for In-clinic Milk Quality Lab –
(fee required) the Eye and Foot – Meredyth Jones The Devil is in the Details –
1 Selective Dry Cow Therapy & Surgical Eye Procedures – Jim Bennett
Culture-based Mastitis Therapy Meredyth Jones Lessons Learned about
– Daryl Nydam/Michael Capel Catheter Placement and Managing Treatment Protocols –
2 Applied Fluid Therapy for Beef Maintenance – Dusty Nagy Adlai Schuler
Cattle – Geof Smith Deep Digital Sepsis – Clinical Growing a Milk Quality Stream
3 Removing Obstacles to Success Differentiation – Robert Streeter in Practice – Phil Meadows
in the Youngstock Program – Therapy of Deep Digital Sepsis – Mentoring Milkers while Bridging
Sandra Godden Robert Streeter the Language Barrier –
4 Cultural Influences on Decision Ashley Zondlak
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Making and Success in Dairy Panel Q&A
Operations – Mark Thomas A New Doc in Town –
5 Raising Dairy Beef – Stuart Hall/ Onboarding, Technical Skills and RESEARCH SUMMARIES
Eric Behlke Assimilation into Practice –
Mark Hardesty Times, titles and presenters will
*Clinical Forums 2 is Saturday be published in the August or
Enhancing Personal Resilience – September AABP Newsletter and
morning
Anna Reddish in the Pocket Guide distributed
Force Multipliers: Getting the at the Conference.
AASRP SMALL RUMINANTS Most out of Your Clinic’s
Evaluating On-farm Welfare of Technical Investment –
Sheep and Goats – Eric Rooker
Melissa Hempstead Inventory Management: Beyond
Captive Bolt Euthanasia of Small the Numbers – How Too Many
Ruminants – Kelly Still-Brooks Clinics Lose More than $10,000
a Year from Poor Inventory
AABP KEYNOTE ADDRESS Management – Eric Rooker
Managing Conflict in Your
You Got It Wrong! What Success
Practice – Richard Stup
Really Means – Dan Grooms
Finding and Defining Your
Success – Callie Willingham
The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine PractitionersSCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 21
THURSDAY CONT’D
STUDENT CASE
Wine & Cheese Exhibit Hall Reception
COMPETITION
Thursday, September 12,
Student AABP members enrolled 5:30-6:30 pm
in North American veterinary
colleges will compete by presenting Join your colleagues, friends and new
interesting cases treated or acquaintances for wine, beer, cheese and
research projects completed. crackers in the Exhibit Hall before heading out
There will be time for interactive for an open night on the town in St. Louis!
discussion between the presenters
and audience to promote relevant
comments by experienced Sponsored by the
AABP Board of
practitioners. Contestants are
Directors
judged on the quality of their
investigation or research and
quality of the presentation. In 2019,
$1,500 will be awarded for the first Investigation of the Occurrence Evaluation of Three Internal Teat
place clinical case, $1,500 for the of Hyperketonemia in Sealants on a Minnesota Dairy
first place research presentation, Subsequent Lactations in Dairy Farm System – Taylor Aubrey
Cattle – Jennifer Lukach Investigation of Presence, Tissue
and $750 for the second place
research presentation. Johne’s Disease in an Embryo Distribution, and Concentrations
Donor Beef Cow – of Residues Associated with
Effect of Bottle or Tube Feeding
Jordynne Walker Barbiturate Administration for
Colostrum on Calf Serum Total
A Case of Late-stage Johne’s Euthanasia – Maddison Tyrrel
Protein, Average Daily Gain,
Morbidity, Mortality and Time Disease in a Young Beef Heifer –
Management – Nicole O’Sell Margaret LaFlamme
Guiding Antimicrobial Therapy: Lethargy and Weight Loss in an
Prevalence of Bacteremia in Adult Wagyu Bull – Autum Ritchey
Dairy Calves with Diarrhea – Evaluating the Effect of Reduced
Jessica Garcia Water Usage in Sprinklers on Milk
Evaluation of the Transitioning Production and Dry Matter
Dairy Cow Due to a 400% Intake – Tracy Potter
Increase in Milk Fever Cases –
Zane Gouker
Visit the AABP Poster Sessions
Thursday, September 12, 12:00 pm to Friday, September 13, 5:00 pm
Meet the poster presenters on Friday from 12:15 – 1:15 pm
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