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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 - 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 10:30 am 08/27/2026 12:00 pm Central Keynote Address Eric Rooker - Flourishing Veterinary Medicine: A Game of Dollars and Sense 101 ABCDGHIJ
10:30 - 10:45 pm AABP 2027 Vice President Candidate Introductions - Dr. Becky Funk and Dr. John Groves
10:45 - 12:15 pm Eric Rooker Flourishing Veterinary Medicine: A Game of Dollars and Sense
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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 pm - 5:30 pm |
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Student Case Presentation Competition - MCC 208 A-D
Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 1:30 pm 08/27/2026 5:30 pm Central Student Case Presentations Various Speakers MCC 208 A-D
Research Summaries (4:30 - 5:15) |
Practice Management - MCC 103 A-F Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 1:30 pm 08/27/2026 5:30 pm Central Practice Management 1 Middleton, Gunderson, Jackman, Pop, Harms MCC 103 A-F
1:30 - 2:15 pm Gabe Middleton - If you build it, they will buy: cultivating the next generation of practice owners.
2:15 - 3:00 pm Todd Gunderson - Flexible scheduling: Guidelines for navigating the demands of rural practice
3:00 - 3:30 pm Robert Jackman - Build It and They Will Haul It
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
4:00 - 4:45 pm
Alexandru Pop - Stop Giving It Away: Building a Sustainable Model for Remote Consultation
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Petra Harms - Let's talk about A.I. No, not that one... the *other* A.I. |
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Clinical Skills - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 1:30 pm 08/27/2026 5:30 pm Central Clinical Skills 1 Various Speakers MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Caitlin Wiley - The humbling OB cases: Looking at dystocias from the bright side with excitement and opportunity
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Luis Feitoza - Lung Ultrasound in Feedlot Cattle
3:00 - 3:30 pm Meredyth Jones Cook - The Eyes Have It: Surgery of the Eye
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
4:00 - 4:45 pm Matt Miesner -
Field Surgery topics in calves and Field Surgery Topics in Cows
4:45 - 5:30 pm Matt Miesner - Field Cow Surgery
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Joint Beef/Dairy - MCC 102 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 1:30 pm 08/27/2026 5:30 pm Central Joint Beef/Dairy Bortoluzzi, Boyum, Bennett, Fritz, Lehman MCC 102 A-F
1:30 - 2:15 pm Eduarda Bortoluzzi - Everybody Hurts - Assessing Pain in Animals
2:15 - 3:00 pm Brett Boyum- On the Mooove: Advancing Best Practices in Bovine Transportation
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Benjamin Bennett - Make it Rain - Alternative Revenue Streams for Cattle Veterinarians
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
4:00 - 4:45 pm Scott Fritz -
Liver and Learn - Biopsy and Interpretation
4:45 - 5:30 pm Jill Lehman -
Taking Care of the Cows and the People
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Thursday,
Aug 27
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm |
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Practice Tips MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 5:45 pm 08/27/2026 6:45 pm Central Practice Tips Bennett, Fritz, Gunderson, Schmidt, Rethorst MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
- Ben Bennett - Helpful AI Apps for use in Practice
- Scott Fritz - Bovine Toxicology Sampling: What to Collect and Why It Matters
- Todd Gunderson - Restraining feet in a squeeze chute: why they made you take physics to get into vet school
- Paige Schmidt - Meet Me at the Dead Pile: Practical Field Necropsies that Matter
- Dave Rethorst - Answering The “Why” Of Vitamin A Deficiency
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Thursday,
Aug 27
7:30 - 10:30 pm |
Student Reception - TBD Add to Calendar 08/27/2026 9:00 pm 08/27/2026 11:59 pm Central Student Reception Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health
Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health |
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Friday,
August 28 |
Friday,
Aug 28
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opens
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Friday,
Aug 28
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Quiz Bowl
17th Annual AABP Student Quiz Bowl sponsored by featured in the Exhibit Hall
Friday Morning
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Friday, Aug 28
8:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Clinical Skills - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 8:00 am 08/28/2026 12:15 pm Central Clinical Skills 2 Various Speakers MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
8:00 - 8:45 am Meredyth Jones Cook - Medical Ultrasound - Ultrasounds Are Not Just for the Rectum!
8:45 - 9:30 am Renee Dewell - Euthanasia: Intrathecal Lidocaine and Poll Shot Methods
9:30 - 10:00 am Elizabeth Homerosky - Blow Holes and Blow Outs! Strategies for performing a rumenostomy and rectal prolapse amputation
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
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Hot Topics - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
10:45 - 11:30 am TBD
11:30 - 12:15 pm TBD |
Grad Student Competition - Research Summaries - MCC 208 A-D
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 8:00 am 08/28/2026 12:15 pm Central Research Summaries 2 Various SpeakersMCC 208 A-D
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Mixed Animal - MCC 102 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 8:00 am 08/28/2026 12:15 pm Central AASRP 2 Various Speakers MCC 102 A-F
8:00 - 8:45 am Clare Scully - Practical Field Procedures for Small Ruminants
8:45 - 9:30 am Christopher Burrows - Spay and Neutering Pet Pigs
9:30 - 10:00 am Oberlin McDaniel - Lap of Love: In-home small animal euthanasia services
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
10:45 - 11:30 am Clare Scully - Field Management of Urolithiasis in Small Ruminants
11:30 - 12:15 pm Callie Fogle - A Practical Guide to the Equine Colic Workup |
Practice Management - MCC 103 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 8:00 am 08/28/2026 12:15 pm Central Practice Management 2 Various SpeakersMCC 103 A-F
8:00 - 8:45 am Lauren Christensen - Employment Trends and Factors in Hiring and Retaining Veterinarians in Rural Practice
8:45 - 9:30 am Alexandru Pop - The Hidden P&L of Work-Life Balance
9:30 - 10:00 am Brian Reed - Estate and contingency planning for veterinary practices
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break - Sponsored by
10:45 - 11:30 am
Keelan Yoder - Everyone loves a baby....right
11:30 - 12:15 pm Gabe Middleton - If you build it, they will stay - retention of large animal veterinarians |
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Friday,
Aug 28
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Bovine Bucks Lunch in the Exhibit Area (must be purchased during registration) |
Friday,
Aug 28
1:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student Lameness Seminar - MCC 205AB |
Friday,
Aug 28
1:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
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Dairy Session - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 1:45 pm 08/28/2026 6:00 pm Central Dairy Session Various SpeakersMCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
1:45 - 2:30 pm Sandra Godden - Management of Recycled Bedding Systems to Enhance Udder Health
2:30 - 3:15 pm Justine Britten - Contagious Mastitis: Manage It Before It Manages You
3:15 - 3:45 pm Justine Britten - Turning Data Into Decisions: Advancing Mastitis Lab Excellence
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 5:15 pm Will McKinley - Veterinarians & Farm Succession Planning: You're More Integral Than you Think!
5:15 - 6:00 pm Laura Solano - The human side of herd health: navigating communication and workplace challenges in multilingual farm teams
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Beef Session - MCC 103 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 1:45 pm 08/28/2026 6:00 pm Central Beef Session Various SpeakersMCC 103 A-F
1:45 - 2:30 pm Paige Schmidt - Cattle Health Through the Cowboy: The Importance of Relationships and Education
2:30 - 3:15 pm Miles Theurer - Another one bites the dust - late day feedlot mortalities
3:15 - 3:45 pm Eric Behlke - The Intersection of Consulting, Managing, and Owning Cattle Production Operations
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 5:15 pm Meredyth Jones Cook - Beef Cows Get That Too! Johne's, BLV, and More.
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Dan Goehl - Theileria and Anaplasmosis: A practitioner's perspective of initial exposure in a naive population and current management. |
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Research Summaries - MCC 208 A-D
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 1:45 pm 08/28/2026 6:00 pm Central Research Summaries 3 Various Speakers MCC 208 A-D |
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Mixed Animal Session - MCC 102 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 1:45 pm 08/28/2026 6:00 pm Central AASRP Session 3 Various Speakers MCC 102 A-F
1:45 - 2:30 pm Calie Fogle - Equine laceration repair: Case Discussions
2:30 - 3:15 pm Jocelyn Romano - "While you're here, Doc...": A Refresher of Poultry Medicine for the Bovine Practitioner.
3:15 - 3:45 pm Julie Settlage - Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome - A pain in your gut?
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break - Sponsored by
4:15 - 5:15 pm Julie Settlage - Better Steps, Better Diagnosis, Better Treatment: Practical Equine Lameness Tips for Mixed-Animal Veterinarians
5:15 - 6:00 pm Jessica Hunt - The 5 components of an Equine Oral Exam
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Friday,
Aug 28
5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall closes |
Friday,
Aug 28
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Friday Night Dinner, Scholarship presentations and Amstutz Scholarship
Auction - BALLROOM AB Add to Calendar 08/28/2026 6:00 pm 08/28/2026 9:00 pm Central Zoetis Friday Eve Dinner and Amstutz Auction Sponsored by Zoetis BALLROOM AB
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 29 |
Saturday,
Aug 29
8:00 am - 11:30 am |
Dairy Session - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 8:00 am 08/29/2026 11:30 am Central Dairy Session Various SpeakersMCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
8:00 - 8:45 am Sandra Godden - Getting them off on the right hoof: Colostrum management for dairy calves
8:45 - 9:30 am Lautaro Rostoll-Cangiano - Getting Off the Right Hoof: Building Strong Immunity With Colostrum—Not Antibiotics
9:30 - 10:00 am Jessica McArt - Managing inflammation in early lactation
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Matthew Dodd - Saccromyces- Not just foo foo dust
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Beef Session - MCC 103 A-F Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 8:00 am 08/29/2026 10:00 am Central Beef Session 2 Various Speakers
MCC 103 A-F
8:00 - 8:45 am Jessica Sperber - Keep calm and carry on - the latest research on mBAS
8:45 - 9:30 am Elizabeth Homerosky - How now, pregnant cow? Tips for preparing replacement heifers for life in the herd
9:30 - 10:00 am John Groves - Antimicrobial monitoring: Practical tips for beef cattle veterinarians
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am David Lalman - Strategies for building an efficient cow herd |
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Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 8:00 am 08/29/2026 11:30 am Central Research Summaries 4 Various SpeakersMCC 208 A-D
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Students/New Graduate Sessions - MCC 102 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 8:00 am 08/29/2026 11:30 am Central Student Sessions Various SpeakersMCC 102 A-F
8:00 - 8:45 am Chad Brown - Show Up. Own Up. Build Up. - Foundational Leadership Anyone Can Practice
8:45 - 9:30 am M. Jane Jenkins - Managing Perfectionism: Good Enough is Under-rated
9:30 - 10:00 am Kayla Clark - The Courage to Cut New Paths: Starting Before You're Certain
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Mike Apley - BRD Treatment Basics
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Saturday,
Aug 29
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 29
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Beef Session - MCC 103 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 2:00 pm 08/29/2026 6:00 pm Central Beef Session Various SpeakersMCC 103 A-F
2:00 - 3:00 pm Amelia Woolums - Practices that support excellent respiratory health
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Brad White - Bovine heart disease: practical insights from feedyard data
3:45 -
4:45 pm
Miles Theurer - Beef on Dairy - health protocols, facilities, calf range stage of production
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Amelia Woolums - Practices to develop excellent vaccination protocols
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Dairy Session - MCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 2:00 pm 08/29/2026 6:00 pm Central Dairy Session Various SpeakersMCC 101 ABCDGHIJ
2:00 - 3:00 pm Jessica McArt - Got calcium? Optimizing transition rations for early lactation success
3:00 - 3:45 pm
David Brennan - Pairing Chemical Pregnancy Testing with Your Arm
3:45 - 4:45 pm
Luis Mendonca - Improving Efficiency Through Monitoring Technology and Data Insights
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Eric Rooker - Virtual Fresh Pen: Consulting From a Distance
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| Research Summaries - MCC 208 A-D
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 8:00 am 08/29/2026 11:30 am Central Research Summaries 5 Various SpeakersMCC 208 A-D
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Student Sessions - MCC 102 A-F
Add to Calendar 08/29/2026 2:00 pm 08/29/2026 6:00 pm Central Student Session Various SpeakersMCC 102 A-F
2:00 - 3:00 pm Mike Apley - Making sense of alphabet soup: ELDU, VCPR, VFD
3:00 - 3:45 pm Robert Lynch - Dairy Records: Leveraging herd data to better advise your clients
3:45 - 4:45 pm David Brennan - Offering Nutrition Services and Ration Balancing as a Service
4:45 - 5:30 pm Mark Hilton - ''What is on President Hilton's Mind?''.
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