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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

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

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

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

 

 

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