American Association of Bovine Practitoners

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BOVINE PRACTITIONERS 2008 TENTATIVE PROGRAM Updated April 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 24
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Bayer Welcoming Reception
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Merial Dessert Reception
Thursday, September 25
7:00 am- 9:00 am	Clinical Forums- Session 1 Mark Alley - Amazing Grazing Victor Cortese - Designing Vaccination Programs for Today’s Cattle Herds Ken Nordlund - Transition Cow Management Calvin Booker - Developing Consulting Relationships in Bovine Practice Neil Anderson - Cows, barns and stockpeople: Are they made for each other? Chris Ashworth - Sorting Out the NGOs that Can Impact Livestock and Agriculture
8:00 am- 12:00 pm	AABP- AASRP Joint Session 1 8:00-10:00 am: Small Ruminant and Camelid Critical Care Hints and Tricks
9:00 am	Exhibit Hall and Internet Café open
9:00 am- 10:30 am	Issue Forums- Hosted by the AABP Issues and Interests
10:00 am- 10:30 am	Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am- 12:15 pm	General Session 1- 10:30-10:45 am: Introduction to the Theme of the General Sessions 10:45-12:15 am: Lost in Translation – Charlie Arnot
12:15 pm- 1:45 pm	Lunch in the Exhibit Area
1:45 pm- 5:30 pm	Student Case Presentation Competition
	Research Summaries 1
	General Sessions 2 1:45 - 2:15 pm: Overview of Welfare Challenges for Calf Rearing 2:15 - 2:45 pm: Experiences with Whole Milk Feeding in Ontario 2:45 - 3:15 pm: Current Data on Dehorning Calves 3:15 - 4:00 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 4:00 - 4:30 pm: Current Data on Timing and Methods for Castration 4:30 - 5:00 pm: Managing the Cow at Calving Time 5:00 - 5:30 pm: Managing the Calf at Calving Time
3:15 - 4:00 pm	Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
5:30 pm- 6:45 pm	Reception in the Exhibit Area
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm	Opening Session and Student Awards Program Practice Tips Topics and Speakers - TBD
9:00 pm- 12:00 am	Student Reception- Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health
Friday, September 26
6:30 am- 8:00 am	Diamond-V Breakfast Speaker
8:00 am- 12:15 pm	AABP- AASRP Joint Session 2 8:00 - 10:00 am: Reproductive Emergencies in Camelids:Dystocia Handling and Uterine Torsions 10:00 - 10:45 am: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 10:45 am-12:15 pm: Reproductive Emergencies in Camelids : Neonatal Care of Camelids
8:00 am- 12:15 pm	Research Summaries 2
10:00 am- 10:45 am	Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am- 12:15 pm	Beef Session 1 8:00 - 9:00 am: Calfhood Pneumonia 9:00 - 10:00 am: Bovine Neonatal Vaccinology 10:00 - 10:45 am: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 10:45 - 11:45 am: Genetic Defects 11:45 am - 12:15 pm: Question and Answer Session
8:00 am- 12:15 pm	General Sessions 3 8:00 - 9:00 am: Overview of Pain and Lameness 9:00 - 9:30 am: Welfare Issues for Beef Practitioners 9:30 - 10:00 am: Welfare Issues for Dairy Practitioners 10:00 - 10:45 am: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 10:45 - 11:15 am: Update of Lameness Research at UBC 11:15 – 11:45 am: TCFA Beef Audits 11:30 am - 12:15 pm: UK Experiences with On-Farm Welfare Audits
12:15 pm- 1:45 pm	Lunch in the Exhibit Area
1:45pm- 5:30 pm	AABP- AASRP Joint Session 3 1:45 - 3:15 pm: Cytology in Food Animal Practice 3:15 – 4:00 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
	Feedlot Sessions 1:45 - 3:15 pm: The Feedlot: Frontline Ramifications of Agroterrorism 3:15 - 4:00 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Understanding the Risk to United States Agricultural Critical Infrastructure and Your Role in Preparedness at the Local Level
	Research Summaries 3
	Dairy Session 1: Dairy Feed Quality Issues 1:45 - 2:45 pm: Silage Fermentation End Products and Microbial Populations: Their Relationships to Silage Quality and Animal Productivity 2:45 - 3:15 pm: Benchmarking Forage Nutrient Composition 3:15 - 4:00 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 4:00 - 4:45 pm: Nutrient Digestibility of Forages and Grains: Factors Affecting and Lab Evaluation 4:45 - 5:45 pm: Managing Feed Quality Issues to Maximize Health and Productivity
3:15 - 4:00 pm	Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall and Internet Café close
5:30 pm- 7:00 pm	Wine and Cheese Reception Sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health
Saturday, September 27
7:00 am- 9:00 am	Clinical Forums- Session 2 Nevil Speer - Are We Prepared for an Agroterrorist Event? Jorge Estrada - Fostering Productive Relationships with Your Client's Hispanic Labor Darcie Stolz - In the Cow’s Eyes We Are All Equal Jan Shearer - Emerging Issues on the Animal Welfare Front Bernie Erven - Human Resource Management: On Farms or In Your Practice Randy Shaver - Dairy Cattle Feeding Strategies When Ingredient Prices Are High
8:00 am- 5:00 pm	Veterinary Technician Program 8:00-10:00 am: Mastitis Microbiology Wet Lab-1 10:30-11:30 am: Mastitis Microbiology Wet Lab-2 11:30-1:00 pm AABP Luncheon 1:00- 3:00 pm: Silage Evaluation Wet Lab 3:30-5:30 pm: Parasitology Wet Lab
8:00 am- 11:30 am	Student Sessions
8:00 am- 11:30 am	Research Summaries 4
8:00 am- 11:30 am	Beef Session 2 8:00 - 9:00 am: Rotational Grazing 9:00 - 10:00 am: Parasitology Resistance 10:00 - 10:30 am: Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall 10:30 - 11:30 am: Fly Control
9:30 am- 10:00 am	Milk/Refreshment Break
11:45 am- 2:00 pm	Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
2:15 pm- 5:45 pm	Dairy Session 2: Dairy Farm Labor 2:15 - 3:00 pm: Recruiting, Hiring and Training High Quality Diary Farm Workers 3:00 - 3:45 pm: Succession Planning for the Dairy Farm Business 3:45 - 4:15 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break outside meeting rooms 4:15 - 5:00 pm: Effective Diverse Culture Labor Styles 5:00 - 5:45 pm: Dairy Farm Labor Training and Advising in My Practice
	General Sessions 4 2:15 - 2:30 pm: Student Case Presentation Competition Award Winner 2:30 - 3:30 pm: Welfare-Friendly Housing 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Milk/Refreshment Break outside meeting rooms 4:00 - 4:30 pm: Welfare-Friendly Calf Housing 4:30 - 5:00 pm: Slaughter Plant Welfare 5:00 - 5:30 pm: Effective Euthanasia in the Field
	Student Jobs Fair 2:30 – 5:45 pm
3:30 pm- 4:15 pm	Milk/Refreshment Breaks
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Social Event- Sponsored by Schering Plough Animal Health