An
invitation to attend the . . .
Bull Evaluation And Management Conference
Friday,
January 11, 2008
Brought to you by the
K-State Beef Cattle Institute and the K-State
College of Veterinary Medicine
Date and Time
Friday, January 11, 2008
8:25 am – 6:30 pm
Conference Contact Hours
8.0 Clock Hours
Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary
Medicine,1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS.
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor
of Mosier Hall. Enter at the Emergency Entrance. Signs will be
posted in the building to direct you to registration.
Conference Objectives
This conference is exclusively about BULLS. This
conference will
be a comprehensive continuing education symposium on the
selection, management, health maintenance, Biosecurity, and
fertility of bulls. Internationally recognized experts will
provide
up-to-date information to optimize bull productivity,
utilization, and
semen evaluation.
Conference Schedule
| 8:00 am | Registration |
| 8:25 am | Welcome and Introductions – Ralph Richardson, Dean, K-State CVM – David Anderson, Head, Ag Practices, K-State CVM |
| 8:30 am | Optimizing
Nutritional Management of Immature
Bulls – Dan Thomson |
| 9:00 am | Managing Young Bulls – KC Olson |
| 9:30 am | Bull EPDs/Genetics—What
do they Mean? – Dan Moser |
| 10:00 am | Diagnosis and Management of
Musculoskeletal
Conditions of Bulls – Meredyth Jones |
| 10:30 am | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 pm | Surgical Restoration of Breeding Bulls – David Anderson |
| 11:30 pm | Maintaining Soundness
in Bull Centers—Housing,
Nutrition and More… – Don Monke |
| 12:00 pm | Sex, Drugs and Bull Studs – Mike Apley |
| 12:30 pm | Catered Luncheon (Included with registration) |
| 1:30 pm | Trichomonas—Implications and Testing – Brad White |
| 2:00 pm | Testing/Diagnostics for Purchased Bulls – Robert Larson |
| 2:30 pm | Biosecurity Concerns for Bulls – Mike Sanderson |
| 3:00 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30 pm | Diagnostic Testing
for International Markets – Don Monke |
| 4:00 pm | The Effect of Sperm
Morphology on Fertilization and
Zygote Development – Albert Barth |
| 4:30 pm | Common Morphologic
Defects of Semen—
Prognosis for Breeding Soundness – Albert Barth |
| 5:00 pm | Evaluation of Frozen
Semen—Not the Same as
Fresh! – Albert Barth |
| 5:30 pm | Semen Analysis Lab:
Demonstrate techniques for 1)
application of semen to slides; 2) examination of semen
under microscope; 3) staining of slides; 4) evaluation
of
morphology. – Mike Sanderson, Sharon Tucker and Albert Barth |
| 6:30 pm | Questions & Answers, Evaluation and Adjourn |
Conference Speakers
David Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS
Professor and Section Head, Agricultural Practices
Mike Apley, DVM, PhD, DACVCP
Associate Professor, Production Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology
Albert Barth, DVM, MVSc, DACT
Professor, Theriogenology
Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Robert Larson, DVM PhD, DACT, DACVPM
(Epidemiology), DACAN
Professor, Production Medicine
Don Monke, DVM
Vice President, Production Operations, Select Sires, Inc.,
Plain City, Ohio
Dan Moser, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Beef Cattle Genetics
KC Olson, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Cow-Calf Nutrition and Management
Mike Sanderson, DVM, MS, DACT, DACVPM
Associate Professor, Production Medicine
Dan Thomson, MS, PhD, DVM
Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology/
Assistant Professor
Sharon Tucker, RVT
Veterinary Technician, Agricultural Practices
Brad White, DVM, MS
Assistant Professor, Production Medicine
Accommodations
We advise you to make your room reservations as soon as possible
as rooms are limited in Manhattan and blocks are reserved on
room availability, first-come first-served basis.
A block of rooms has been reserved at both the Clarion Hotel and
the Holiday Inn at the Campus. The block rates are listed below.
Please refer to the “Vet Med Bull Evaluation and Management Conference” when reserving
your room.
Clarion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn)
530 Richards Drive, 785-539-5311
Rooms: $71 + tax • Cutoff date: December 21, 2007
Holiday Inn at the Campus (formerly Ramada Inn)
17th and Anderson, 785-539-7531
Rooms: $89.95 + tax • Cutoff date: December 27, 2007
Other motels in Manhattan are listed below.
Comfort Inn,
150 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-770-8000
Econo Lodge,
1501 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-539-5391
Fairfield Inn,
300 Colorado St., 785-539-2400
Hampton Inn,
501 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-539-5000
Motel 6,
510 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-1022
Super 8 Motel,
200 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-8468
Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda
Johnson or Marci Ritter at 785-532-5696, VMCE@vet.k-state.edu, Veterinary Medical Continuing Education
at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State
University.
If you have questions regarding registration information, call
Rebecca at 785-532-5569.
Manhattan area
information
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/index/local.htm
Visit our conference web site
at:
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/CE/index.htm