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2026 SCHEDULE
Online Registration
Housing Information
Preconference
Seminar Information
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Wednesday, August 26 |
Wednesday,
Aug 26
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception Sponsored by Merck
Grand Ballroom Add to Calendar 08/26/2026 6:00 pm 08/26/2025 9:00 pm Central Merck Welcome Reception Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception Sponsored by Merck
Ballroom A
Kick off the AABP Conference with good conversation and an evening meal sponsored by Merck |
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Thursday,
August 27 |
Thursday,
Aug 27
6:30 am - 7:45 am |
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Thursday Breakfast Sponsored by Zoetis
Ballroom A Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 6:30 am 08/27/2026 7:45 am Central Zoetis BreakfastBallroom A
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Thursday,
Aug 27
7:00 am - 9:00 am |
Clinical Forums - Hilton (Breakfast included with purchase)
- CONRAD A - Stocker Production Medicine - John Groves
- CONRAD B - Strategies to improve retention of veterinarians in rural practice - Gabe Middleton
- CONRAD C - Hot topics in pre-weaning calf management: social housing and transportation - Whitney Knauer
- CONRAD D - Fresh cow health—balancing goals with reality - Jess McArt
- SYMPHONY I - When the Work Isn’t Physical: Turning Telemedicine into Billable Hours - Alexandru Pop
- SYMPHONY II - Lets talk about mastitis - Pamela Ruegg
- DIRECTORS ROW 4 - Vaccinating cattle and calves: what's new? - Amelia R. Woolums
- DULUTH - How do I treat this? Defending (or not) our empirical choices for infectious diseases in cattle. - Mike Apley
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Thursday, Aug 27
8:00 am - 10:00 am |
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General - 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 8:00 am 08/27/2026 10:00 am Central General Sessions Christine Navarre - Michael Capel 101 ABCDGHIJ
8:00 - 8:45 am Christine Navarre - Staying Power: Understanding and Improving Retention of Rural Veterinarians
8:45 - 9:30 am Michael Capel - "Helping your first round draft pick become your MVP"- Setting your new associates up for success.
9:30 - 10:00 am Christine Navarre - Michael Capel - Panel Discussion Recruitment and Retention
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
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Thursday,
Aug 27
8:00 am - 6:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opens - Exhibits Hall D |
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Thursday,
Aug 27
9:00 am - 10:15 am |
AABP Committee Meetings -
| Animal Welfare |
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Hilton - CONRAD B |
| Amstutz |
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Hilton - CONRAD A |
| Beef Health Management |
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Hilton - CONRAD C |
| Cattle Youngstock |
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Hilton - CONRAD D |
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
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Hilton - DIRECTORS ROW 2 |
| Genomics |
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Hilton - SYMPHONY II |
| Lameness |
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Hilton - SYMPHONY I |
| Membership |
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MCC - 211A |
| Mental Health |
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Hilton - DIRECTORS ROW 3 |
| Milk Quality and Udder Health |
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Hilton - DIRECTORS ROW 4 |
| Nutrition |
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Hilton - DULUTH |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biologics (CPBI) |
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MCC - 205A |
| Reproduction |
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MCC - 205B |
| Student Activities |
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MCC - 205C |
| Veterinary Practice Sustainability |
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MCC - 205D |
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Thursday,
Aug 27
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Keynote Address - CC 201-204
Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 10:30 am 09/11/2025 12:00 pm Central Keynote Address Natasha Nicholes - Bridging Fields: Aligning the Values of Urban Agriculture and Bovine Practice CC 201-204
10:30 - 12:00 pm Natasha Nicholes Bridging Fields: Aligning the Values of Urban Agriculture and Bovine Practice
12:00 - 12:15 pm AABP 2026 Vice President Candidate Introductions - Dr. Daryl
Nydam and Dr. Eric Behlke |
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Thursday,
Aug 27
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Bovine Bucks Lunch in the Exhibit Area (must be purchased during registration)
Research Posters Student Case Posters Meet the poster presenters (Thursday 12:15 to 1:15)
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Thursday,
Aug 27
1:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student Lameness Seminar - CC 213 |
Thursday, Aug 27
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
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Student Case Presentation Competition - CC 208-209
Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 1:30 pm 09/11/2025 5:30 pm Central Student Case Presentations Various Speakers CC 208-209
Research Summaries (4:30 - 5:15) |
Practice Management - CC 205-207 Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 1:30 pm 09/11/2025 5:30 pm Central Practice Management 1 Martens, Carey, Berry, Wagner, McCall CC 205-207
1:30 - 2:15 pm Alan Martens -
Attracting and Retaining New Veterinarians.
2:15 - 3:00 pm Regina Carey - Neurodiverse Minds, Visible Solutions: Enhancing Workplace Inclusion
3:00 - 3:30 pm Brittany Berry - Communication: A Cornerstone to Clinic Culture.
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by 
4:00 - 4:45 pm
Sarah Wagner - Factors affecting practitioner satisfaction
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Melinda McCall - Integrating On-Call Into Your Life |
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Clinical Skills - CC 201-204
Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 1:30 pm 09/11/2025 5:30 pm Central Clinical Skills 1 Various Speakers CC 201-204
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Pierre-Yves Mulon - Tricks and tips in cast/splint application in cattle
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Anne Murphy - Picking up feet the old fashioned way: how to diagnose and treat lameness when you haven't got a trim chute
3:00 - 3:30 pm Michael Capel
- Managing Controlled Drugs in Ambulatory Practice
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
4:00 - 4:45 pm Caitlin Dobecka -
Behind The Scenes: Fair Play, Honest Competition... & (Prayers for) No Disease Outbreaks
4:45 - 5:30 pm Jenna Bayne - Performing transtracheal washes and bronchoalveolar lavages in cattle – not just for horses!
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Joint Beef/Dairy - CC 210-212
Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 1:30 pm 09/11/2025 5:30 pm Central Joint Beef/Dairy Various Speakers CC 210-212
1:30 - 2:15 pm Anne Wasko - Beef Market Update
2:15 - 3:00 pm Allison Wilton- Dairy Market Outlook
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Lindsey Hornickel - Local to Federal: Tips on advocacy for veterinarians
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
4:00 - 4:45 pm Ivette Roman-Muniz -
Cultural Competence in the Veterinary Team and Farm: Why Should We Care?
4:45 - 5:30 pm Oberlin McDaniel -
Utilizing RVTs and Veterinary Assistants to Elevate Livestock Practice
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Thursday,
Aug 27
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm |
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Practice Tips CC 201-204 Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 5:45 pm 09/11/2025 6:45 pm Central Practice Tips Various Speakers CC 201-204
- Tony Martin - That’s A Wrap
- Micaela LoConte - Practical Strategies for Ensuring High-Quality Milk on Dairy Farms
- Dusty Nagy - Measuring ECG’s in the field
- Tera Barnhardt - Techy Tips to Make Practice Life Easy
- Jess Simons - Save a Shoulder: Embracing Armless Ultrasound
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Thursday,
Aug 27
7:30 - 10:30 pm |
Student Reception - Old Mattress Factory Add to Calendar 09/11/2025 9:00 pm 09/11/2025 11:59 pm Central Student Reception Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health Old Mattress Factory
Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health |
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Friday,
August 12 |
Friday,
Aug 12
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opens
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Friday,
Aug 12
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Quiz Bowl
16th Annual AABP Student Quiz Bowl sponsored by Vaxxinova featured in the Exhibit Hall
Friday Morning
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Friday, Aug 12
8:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Clinical Skills - CC 201-204 Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 8:00 am 09/12/2025 12:15 pm Central Clinical Skills 2 Various Speakers CC 201-204
8:00 - 8:45 am Geoffrey Smith - Clinical Skills: Fluid Therapy
8:45 - 9:30 am Drew Magstadt - Diagnostic testing and sample selection made easy (or at least easier)
9:30 - 10:00 am Rachel O`Leary - Hernia Repairs in the Barn
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by 
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Hot Topics - CC 201-204
10:45 - 11:30 am Bud Dinges - New World Screwworms: A New Issues with an Old Problem
11:30 - 12:15 pm Audry Thompson - Immigration and Farm Workers: Employer Rights and Responsibilities |
Grad Student Competition - Research Summaries - CC 208-209
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 8:00 am 09/12/2025 12:15 pm Central Research Summaries 2 Various Speakers CC 208-209
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AASRP - CC 210-212
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 8:00 am 09/12/2025 12:15 pm Central AASRP 2 Various Speakers CC 210-212
8:00 - 8:45 am Blake Miller - Camelid Practice Tips and Tricks
8:45 - 9:30 am Michael Pesato - Screening, Cleaning, and Quarantining- Biosecurity in Small Ruminant Practice
9:30 - 10:00 am Stephanie Ringler - The National Scrapie Eradication Program, USDA APHIS
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
10:45 - 11:30 am Nathan Helgert - Deadstock: Now What? An algorithmic approach to postmortem examination
11:30 - 12:15 pm Jon Higgins - Sheep and Goat Dystocia - handling them from start to finish |
Practice Management - CC 205-207
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 8:00 am 09/12/2025 12:15 pm Central Practice Management 2 Various Speakers CC 205-207
8:00 - 8:45 am Jody Kull - Sustainable Success: Mastering the Solo Food Animal Veterinary Practice
8:45 - 9:30 am Christine Navarre - Good Records Protect You and Your Practice
9:30 - 10:00 am Mary Mowrer - Using a practice management system to add value to your practice
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
10:45 - 11:30 am
David McCormick - Metrics for Monitoring Practice Health
11:30 - 12:15 pm Tonia Traas - Growth, Lifeblood of a Practice |
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Friday,
Aug 12
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Bovine Bucks Lunch in the Exhibit Area (must be purchased during registration) |
Friday,
Aug 12
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
2025 Job Fair - Hilton Ballroom CDE |
Friday,
Aug 12
1:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
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Dairy Session - CC 201-204
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 1:45 pm 09/12/2025 6:00 pm Central Dairy Session Various Speakers CC 201-204
1:45 - 2:30 pm Michael Overton - The Importance of Producing Enough High-Quality Dairy Replacement Heifers
2:30 - 3:15 pm Michael Overton - Costs and Opportunities Regarding the Replacement of Dairy Cows
3:15 - 3:45 pm Miel Hostens - How can AI change the dairy industry
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 5:15 pm Kelly Reed - Bring value to clients: investing in a systematic approach to evaluating calf programs
5:15 - 6:00 pm Anne Murphy - Basic Acupuncture for the Dairy Cow
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Beef Session - CC 205-207
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 4:15 pm 09/12/2025 6:00 pm Central Beef Session Various Speakers CC 205-207
1:45 - 2:30 pm Paige Pratt - Capturing Value with Genomic Testing
2:30 - 3:15 pm Adriano Vatta - Managing parasites in beef cattle
3:15 - 3:45 pm Lydia Grant - What does a cow/calf producer want from their veterinarian?
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 5:15 pm Dale Blasi - Top 10 things to know about backgrounder nutrition
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Brian L. Vander Ley - A systems approach to nursing calf pneumonia |
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Research Summaries - CC 208-209
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 1:45 pm 09/12/2025 6:00 pm Central Research Summaries 3 Various Speakers CC 208-209 |
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AASRP Session - 210-212
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 1:45 pm 09/12/2025 6:00 pm Central AASRP Session 3 Various Speakers 210-212
1:45 - 2:30 pm Clare Scully - Breeding Soundness Exams in Small Ruminants
2:30 - 3:15 pm Roselle Busch - Lambing & Kidding Season Prep: Practices, Protocols, and Opportunities
3:15 - 3:45 pm Blake Miller - Utilizing RVT in Large Animal Practice
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 6:00 pm AASRP Research Summaries
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Friday,
Aug 12
5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall closes |
Friday,
Aug 12
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Friday Night Dinner, Scholarship presentations and Amstutz Scholarship
Auction - Grand Ballroom
Add to Calendar 09/12/2025 6:00 pm 09/12/2025 9:00 pm Central Zoetis Friday Eve Dinner and Amstutz Auction Sponsored by Zoetis Grand Ballroom
Sponsored by
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CABV/ACVB Social Sponsored by Vetoquinol
(only available to Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians/Association Canadienne des Vétérinaires Bovins Members) |
Saturday,
August 13 |
Saturday,
Aug 13
8:00 am - 11:30 am |
Dairy Session - CC 201-204
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 8:00 am 09/13/2025 11:30 am Central Dairy Session Various Speakers CC 201-204
8:00 - 8:45 am Thainá Minela - Setting up cows for success: insights on first service management strategies and optimization of voluntary waiting periods
8:45 - 9:30 am Mike Zurakowski - Mastitis Management Using On-farm and In-clinic Mastitis Pathogen Detection Systems
9:30 - 10:00 am Sara Place - Latest on greenhouse gas emissions and dairy cattle production
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Enrique Schcolnik - Nutritional Approach to Disease
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Beef Session - CC 205-207 Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 8:00 am 09/13/2025 10:00 am Central Beef Session 2 Various Speakers CC 205-207
8:00 - 8:45 am Nora Schrag - Monitoring antimicrobial use in beef cattle . . . does it matter to practitioners?
8:45 - 9:30 am Tye Perrett - Databased Protocols and Economic Modeling to Manage Pharmaceutical Supply
9:30 - 10:00 am Brad White - Incorporating technology in chuteside diagnostics
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Mary Drewnoski - Can cover crops plus cattle be a recipe for improved soil health? |
| Research Summaries - CC 208-209
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 8:00 am 09/13/2025 11:30 am Central Research Summaries 4 Various Speakers CC 208-209
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Students/New Graduate Sessions - CC 210-212
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 8:00 am 09/13/2025 11:30 am Central Student Sessions Various Speakers CC 210-212
8:00 - 8:45 am Anne Budzinski - Money Mooves to Make
8:45 - 9:30 am Benjamin Bennett - The mentors I didn't even know I needed
9:30 - 10:00 am Elizabeth H. Brock - Ringing Your Own Cowbell: How to Engage in Organized Vet Med
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Allison Vander Plaats - Antimicrobial Selection: Who, What, When, Where & Why
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Saturday,
Aug 13
11:30 am - 2:00 pm |
Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Grand Ballroom
All members welcome to join! |
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Saturday,
Aug 13
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Beef Session - CC 205-207
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 2:00 pm 09/13/2025 6:00 pm Central Beef Session Various Speakers CC 205-207
2:00 - 3:00 pm Adam Shreck - Carcass Weight Trends in Fed Cattle
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Nora Schrag - Generics in cattle: Are they all created the same?"
3:45 -
4:45 pm
Tera Rooney Barnhardt - Keeping Feet in the Boots on the Ground: Veterinarian's Role in Farm Employee Retention
4:45 - 5:30 pm
John Groves - Utilizing Experts to bring value to your practice
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Dairy Session - CC 201-204
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 2:00 pm 09/13/2025 6:00 pm Central Dairy Session Various Speakers CC 201-204
2:00 - 3:00 pm Christopher C.L. Chase - Maternal Interference and the Calf- When it Comes to Vaccination, What Makes Sense and What Doesn’t
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Fiona Maunsell - Dealing with Mycoplasma bovis-associated disease in dairy calves
3:45 - 4:45 pm
Pamela L. Ruegg - Monitoring, managing and making economically efficient decisions about antibiotic usage on dairy farms
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Roger S. Thomson - Udder Care Products - Formulations, Applications and Monitoring
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| Research Summaries - CC 208-209
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 8:00 am 09/13/2025 11:30 am Central Research Summaries 5 Various Speakers CC 208-209
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Student Sessions - CC 210-212
Add to Calendar 09/13/2025 2:00 pm 09/13/2025 6:00 pm Central Student Session Various Speakers CC 210-212
2:00 - 3:00 pm Michelle Schack - Connecting Pastures: Navigating Social Media for Veterinarians
3:00 - 3:45 pm Enrique Schcolnik - Nutrition 101 - Diagnostic Tools, reading a feed tag
3:45 - 4:45 pm Karlene Belyea
- Communication Tips to Positively Impact Work Relationships and Build Trust
4:45 - 5:30 pm Monika Dziuba - Importance of externships and how to choose them
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