AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BOVINE PRACTITIONERS
2019 PROGRAM


Online Registration and Housing Information
Preconference Seminar Information

Wednesday, September 11

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Boehringer Ingelheim Opening Reception

Thursday, September 12

6:30 am - 7:45 am

Diamond V Sponsored Breakfast - Mario Vailiti Riboni PhD Nutrigenomics to Enhance Immunity, Health and Well-Being

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Clinical Forums- Session
7:00 - 9:00 am
1 Daryl Nydam/Michael Capel Selective Dry Cow Therapy & Culture Based Mastitis Therapy
2 Geof Smith Applied Fluid Therapy for Beef Cattle
3 Sandra Godden Removing Obstacles to Success in the Youngstock Program
4 Mark Thomas Cultural Influences on Decision Making and Success in Dairy Operations
5 Eric Behlke/Stuart Hall Raising Dairy Beef

8:00 am - 10:00 am

AASRP
8:00 - 9:00 am Melissa Hempstead Evaluating on farm welfare of sheep and goats
9:00 - 10:00 am Kelly Still-Brooks Cative bolt euthanasia of small ruminants

8:00 am - 6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens

9:00 am - 10:30 am

AABP Committee Meetings

10:30 am - 12:15 pm

Keynote Address
10:30 - 11:20 am Dan Grooms You Got it Wrong! What Success Really Means
11:30 - 12:15 pm Callie Willingham Finding and Defining Your Success

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Student Case Presentation Competition

Research Summaries

Practice Management
1:30 - 2:30 pm Mark Hardesty A New Doc in Town - Onboarding, Technical Skills and Assimilation into Practice
2:30 - 3:30 pm Anna Reddish Enhancing Personal Resilience
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm Eric Rooker Force Multipliers: Getting the Most Out of Your Clinic's Techinical Investment
4:30 - 5:00 pm Eric Rooker Inventory Management: Beyond the Numbers. How too Many Clinics Lose More than $10,000 a Year from Poor Inventory Management
5:00 - 5:30 pm Richard Stup Managing Conflict in your Practice

Clinical Skills
1:30 - 2:00 pm Robert Streeter Medical Ultrasound of the Bovine Abdomen
2:00 - 2:30 pm Dusty Nagy Field Anesthesia
2:30 - 3:00 pm Meredyth Jones Local Anesthesia Techniques for the Eye and Foot
3:00 - 3:30 pm Meredyth Jones Surgical Eye Procedures
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm Dusty Nagy Catheter Placement and Maintenance
4:30 - 5:00 pm Robert Streeter Deep Digital Sepsis- Clinical Differentiation
5:00 - 5:30 pm Robert Streeter Therapy of Deep Digital Sepsis

NMC Sessions
1:30 - 2:00 pm Brandon Treichler Milk Quality Pays
2:00 - 2:45 pm Roger Thomson Milking System Evaluation-where to start
2:45 - 3:30 pm Jim Bennett In Clinic Milk Quality Lab- The Devil is in the Details
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:20 pm Adlai Schuler Lessons Learned about Managing Treatment Protocols
4:20 - 4:40 pm Phil Meadows Growing a Milk Quality Stream in Practice
4:40 - 5:00 pm Ashley Zondlak Mentoring Milkers while Bridging the Language Barrier
5:00 - 5:30 pm Panel Q&A

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Wine and Cheese Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

2019 Job Fair

Friday, September 13

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens

10th Annual AABP Student Quiz Bowl featured in the Exhibit Hall Friday Morning

8:00 am - 12:15 pm

Clinical Skills
8:00 - 8:30 am Amelia Woolums Respiratory Sampling for BRD Diagnosis
8:30 - 9:00 am Amelia Woolums Sample Testing for BRD Diagnosis
9:00 - 9:30 am Dusty Nagy Bovine Neurologic Exam
9:30 - 10:00 am Dusty Nagy Central Nervous System Diagnostics
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:45 - 11:30 am Hot Topic- TBD
11:30 - 12:15 pm Hot Topic- TBD

Research Summaries

AASRP
8:00 - 9:00 am Joan Bowen Ain't Doin' Right: The Value of Necropsy in Diagnosis
9:00 - 10:00 Melissa Hempstead Best Practices for Disbudding Goat Kids
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am Joan Bowen Bluetongue in Small Ruminants
11:30 - 12:15 pm Melissa Hempstead Differences between Calves and Goat Kids Associated with Cautery Disbudding

Practice Management
8:00 - 8:45 am Richard Stup What We Learned from the AABP Human Resource Management Survey
8:45 - 9:15 am David McCormick Ownership Exit Planning
9:15 - 10:00 am Mike Whitehair Creating Careers for Associates not just Jobs
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am Richard Stup Using Feedback to Enhance Motivation and Performance
11:30 - 12:15 pm David McCormick Buying or Selling a Practice and Avoiding Fatal Mistakes

NMC Sessions
8:00 - 8:45 am - Daryl Nydam Pathogen based Treatment Programs- Present and Future
8:45 - 9:30 am - Don Niles Record Keeting, Treatment Protocol Compliance and Measuring Success
9:30 - 10:00 am Charlotte Windor New Tools to Select the right Treatment
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:45 - 11:30 am Sandra Godden Chipping Away at the Tough Questions about Bedding Management and Mastitis
11:30 - 11:45 am Research Summary - Mastitis or Milk Quality Focus
11:45 - 12:00 pm Research Summary - Mastitis or Milk Quality Focus
12:00 - 12:15 pm Research Summary - Mastitis or Milk Quality Focus

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

1:45 pm - 6:00 pm

AASRP
1:45 - 2:45 pm Tim Goldsmith Medicated Feeds and the VFD in Small Ruminants
2:45 - 3:45 pm Joan Bowen Enterotoxemia in Small Ruminants

Beef Session
1:45- 2:00 pm Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame (Beef)
2:00 - 2:45 pm Kelly Lechtenberg Cattle Vaccines: Bridging the Gap between Efficacy Testing and Efficacy, Safety Testing and Safety, Client Expectations and Biology
2:45 - 3:45 pm Annette O'Connor Assessing the Efficacy of Autogenous Vaccines in Bovine Diseases
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:00 pm Jenifer Edmonds Parasite Resisitance Trends and Practical Implementation of Fecal Egg Counts
5:00 - 5:30 pm Christine Navarre New Era of Parasite Control
5:30 - 6:00 pm Christine Navarre BMPs for Beef Cattle

Research Summaries

Dairy Session
1:45 - 2:00 pm Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame (Dairy)
2:00 - 2:45 pm Noa Roman-Muniz Mimimizing Barriers - Developing Culturally Congruent Training Programs and Tools for the Dairy Workforce
2:45 - 3:45 pm Jared Yousey Fostering Success Through People - Creating a Positive Work Culture on Farms
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:00 pm Brandon Treichler The Robot Uprising: Successfully Embracing Technology to Produce High Quality Milk
5:00 - 5:30pm Matias Stangaferro Genomic Testing - Ruminate on this - Automatic Monitoring of Cows Through the Transition Period
5:30 - 6:00 pm Matias Stangaferro Pregnant! Using Activity Monitors for Reproductive Success

AASRP Research Summaries
4:15 - 6:00 pm Research Summaries

5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall closes

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Meet the AABP Foundation - Zoetis Veterinary Student Scholarship Recipients, the Amstutz Scholarship Recipients and bring your checkbook/credit cards to the Amstutz Scholarship Fund Auction!

Dinner and the evening are sponsored by Zoetis

Saturday, September 14

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Clinical Forums
7:00 - 9:00 am
6 Nora Schrag Successful Use of Antimicrobials- A Gateway to Applied Stewardship
7 Carie Telgen Gateway to the Business Side of Running a Practice
8 Tye Perrett Managing and Motivating Your Bovine Practice Team for Success
9 Mark Hilton Techniques for Success in Beef Nutrition Consultation
10 Christine Navarre Practical Parasite Control for Beef Cattle

8:00 am - 11:30 am

Beef Session
8:00 - 8:30 am Jason Osterstock Basics of Genetic Variation and the Use of Genomic Technologies in Cattle
8:30 - 9:00 am Jason Osterstock Review of Commericially Available Genomic Technologies in Cattle
9:00 - 9:30 am Randall Spare Genetic Predictions- Commercial Applications
9:30 - 10:00 am Randall Spare Capturing Value through Genetic Testing
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:00 am Matt Spangler Genomics and the Beef Industry: Missing Links

Dairy Session
8:00 - 9:00 am Kim Bremmer Successful Public Engagement: be a Positive Voice for the Dairy Industry
9:00 - 9:30 am Michael Capel Meet and Greet: Facilitating Knowledge Transfer Through Producer Meetings
9:30 - 10:00 am Michael Capel Win Clients and Influence Management: Running Successful on-farm Trials
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Belinda Thompson Tips, Tools and Lessons to Achieve Diagnostic Success

Students/New Graduate Sessions
9:00 - 10:00 am Erika Wierman Arms Free Ultrasound in Bovine Practice
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Glennon Mays Navigating the Regulations of Regulatory Paperwork: Which Blanks Apply to Me?

Research Summaries

11:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon

2:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Beef Session
2:30 - 3:15 pm Brian Vander Ley Understanding the Mechanism of Metaphylaxis from an Epidemiologic Perspective
3:15 - 3:45 pm Tom Latta Perspectives of the History and Development of Metaphylactic Treatment with Antibiotics and How I Implement Today
3:45 - 4:15 pm Tom Latta The Economics of Metphylactic Antibiotic Treatment
4:15 - 4:45 pm Brian Vander Ley The Role of Diagnostics in Metaphylaxis

Dairy Session
2:10 - 2:25 pm Student Case Presentation Winner
2:30 - 3:15 pm Lance Baumgard The What, Why and Physiologic Cost of Leaky Gut Syndrome
3:15 - 4:00 pm Dave Brennan Learn the Lingo and Successfully Incorporate Nutrition into your Practice
4:00 - 4:45 pm Stuart Hall When Dairies Do Beef- The Feed and Management Approach

Student Sessions
2:30 - 3:00 pm Dan Goehl Utilizing Relationships with Pharmaceutical Companies to Maximize Benefit to you and your Clients
3:00 - 3:45 pm Gabe Middleton Selecting an Externship and Virtual Mentorship
3:45 - 4:45 pm Gabe Middleton Contract Negotiation and Evaluating Modern Contracts

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Practice Tips
5:00 - 5:10 pm Eric Rooker Generating Consulting from Nothing: Turn Down Time into Productive Consulting
5:10 - 5:20 pm Earl Aalseth Establish Veterinary Value with Medical LDA Correction Training for Clients
5:20- 5:30 pm Jessica Laurin New Alternative to the Traditional Vet Box
5:30 - 5:40 pm Don Thomson Out of Sight: Vision Aids for the Bovine Veterinarian
5:40 - 5:50 pm Chance Armstrong Elimination of Variables Associated with the Bovine Breeding Soundness Exam
5:50 - 6:00 pm Joan Rowe A Novel Approach to Post-Abortion Sample Collection

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us for the AABP Gateway Gala sponsored by Merck Animal Health