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Guest Speaker

David Pugh , DVM, MS, DACT, DACVN
Consulting Veterinarian, Fort Dodge Animal Health
Dr. Pugh earned both DVM and MS (ruminant nutrition) degrees from the University of Georgia. He received post DVM training at Virginia Tech (equine nutrition) and Texas A & M University (Theriogenology). Dr. Pugh has held faculty positions at the University of Georgia (Assistant Professor) and Auburn University (Professor of Large Animal Medicine), and was the owner of a multiperson large animal practice in the greater Atlanta, Georgia area for five years. During his academic career he taught veterinary nutrition, lectured on reproductive medicine for horses and small ruminants, and was a clinician in Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology. He is the author of >600 publications, ~ 70 book chapters, a textbook, has received five university and three national awards for teaching, and was the 2006 recipient of the AM Mills Award for contributions to Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Pugh is a Diplomate of both the American College of Theriogenology and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. He has served on various committees for the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners, the Society for Theriogenology, the College of Theriogenology, and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. He has been a Consulting Veterinarian for Fort Dodge Animal Health since 2004.

K-State Conference Speakers

David Anderson ,DVM, MS, DACVS
Professor and Section Head, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Anderson received his DVM from North Carolina State University. He then completed a 1-year internship in medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia and a 3-year residency at Kansas State University. Dr. Anderson became a board certified specialist in surgery in 1995. While at Kansas State University, he earned a MS degree in Clinical Sciences. After 11 years at Ohio State University as Head of Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Anderson returned to K-State in 2006 as Professor and Section Head of Agricultural
Practices.

Meredyth Jones ,DVM, MS, DACVIM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Jones received her DVM from Oklahoma State University in 2002. She entered private practice at the Midway Veterinary Clinic in Brandenburg, Kentucky for one year. She then completed a residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine-Emphasis Food Animal and received an MS degree in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at Oklahoma State University in 2006. Dr. Jones joined the K-State faculty in July of 2006.

Shelie Laflin , DVM
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Laflin graduated from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. After graduating, she completed an internship in Food Animal Medicine at Colorado State University. Since then she has taught as a clinical instructor in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery at Kansas State University and has expanded her duties in clinical teaching as an assistant professor. Her primary interests are small ruminant production and individual medicine plus beef cattle individual and preventative medicine. She also is involved with providing beef cattle carcass ultrasound services.

Dan Linden , MS
Mr. Linden received his MS degree in Veterinary Science from Ohio State University specializing in camelid nutrition and grazing management. He was herd manager for Ohio State University Camelid Health Program. Dan is currently pursuing a PhD in Ruminant Nutrition in the College of Agriculture at K-State.

Matt Miesner ,DVM, MS, DACVIM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Miesner received his DVM from Washington State University in 1999. He then practiced as an associate veterinarian in general private practice in Pasco, Washington before beginning a residency in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery at Ohio State University. After his residency Dr. Miesner remained at OSU as a clinical instructor and a year later was appointed as an assistant professor and also received his MS degree. Dr. Miesner joined the K-State faculty in August of 2006.

Sponsor
Thank you to Fort Dodge Animal Health for their support of this conference!

Questions
If you have any conference questions please contact Linda Johnson or Marci Ritter by phone at 785-532-5696 or e-mail at 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, please call Rebecca at 785-532-5569.

Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Super 8 Motel. The block rate and cutoff date is listed below. Please refer to the “Small Ruminant Conference” when reserving your room.

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.

Clarion , 530 Richards Drive, 785-539-5311
Rooms: $90.00 + tax • Cutoff date: November 11

Super 8 Motel , 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-8468
Rooms: $85.99 + tax • Cutoff date: November 11

Other motels in Manhattan are listed below.
Best Western , 601 E Poyntz Ave., 785-537-8300
Quality 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
Holiday Inn - Campus, 1641 Anderson Ave, 785-539-7531
Motel 6 , 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-1022
Regency Inn , 419 Holiday Drive, 785-537-0630
 

Manhattan area information
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/index/local.htm

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http://www.vet.ksu.edu/CE/index.htm

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