An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners Technicians, and  Students to attend the...
	Bovine Conference on Investigating Pregnancy Wastage in Cattle Herds   Saturday, May 3, 2003

Date and Time
Saturday, May 3, 2003
8:15 am– 5:00 pm

Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier Hall.  Enter at the Small Animal Entrance.  Signs will be posted to direct you to registration.

Parking
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary Medical Complex.  A parking permit is not required for weekend parking.  Do not park in the client parking or reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.

Conference Contact Hours
8 Clock Hours

Conference Speakers
Carole Bolin, DVM, PhD
Professor, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory
Dept of Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University
Dr. Bolin received her DVM in 1982 from Purdue University and her PhD in Veterinary Pathology in 1986 from Iowa State University. For 18 years she worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in Ames, Iowa developing and testing new vaccines for livestock. She has also had the opportunity to work with the Centers for Disease Control and the USDA in collaborative research on tuberculosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis and Johne’s disease. In August 2000, Dr. Bolin was named chief of the Bacteriology and Mycology Section in the Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory at Michigan State University. She is a national expert on leptospirosis, a potentially fatal disease that affects all kinds of mammals.

Peter Chenoweth, BVSc, PhD
Professor, Veterinary Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
Dr. Chenoweth obtained his veterinary and PhD degrees from the University of Queensland, Australia. He has been on faculty at K-State since 1997, having previously been at the University of Florida for 8 years. He has also taught in veterinary colleges in Australia and at Colorado State and Texas A&M Universities. His research interests are mainly in the area of male reproduction. He currently holds the Coleman Chair in Food Animal Production Medicine within the Department of Clinical Sciences at K-State.

Dale Groteluschen
Pfizer Animal Health
Dr. Dale Grotelueschen is a senior veterinarian with the beef cattle veterinary operations group in Pfizer Animal Health. Prior to joining Pfizer in 2001, he was with the University of Nebraska for 16 years where he served in Veterinary Extension and Diagnostics and as Director of the Panhandle Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Scottsbluff. He served in private veterinary practice for 11 years, mostly in southwest Nebraska. He received his DVM from the University of Missouri in 1974 and an MS from Colorado State University in 1992.  His primary interests include beef cattle production management and diagnostic investigations involving beef cattle, such as beef quality assurance, neonatal calf diarrhea, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and factors influencing feedlot morbidity and mortality.

Jerome Nietfeld, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Diagnostic Pathology
Dept of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University
Dr. Nietfeld graduated with a DVM from KSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 1979. He received an MS in 1987 and a PhD in 1989 from the University of Georgia. Dr. Nietfeld is a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He joined the faculty at KSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology in 1993. His research specialty is infectious diseases of swine, especially enteric disease.

Mike Sanderson, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT
Assistant Professor, Food Animal Production Medicine/Theriogenology
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
Dr. Sanderson joined the faculty of Kansas State University in 1995 as an Assistant Professor of beef production medicine. Mike's clinical veterinary interests include the application of epidemiology to solve beef management and production problems, and the application of information management systems in beef operations. His research interests focus on epidemiology of disease and decreased production in beef operations, particularly beef calf morbidity records and risk determinants. Dr. Sanderson is also actively involved in Pre-harvest food safety and quality assurance research related to the epidemiology and ecology of E. coli O157:H7.

Paul Walz, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM
Assistant Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
Dr. Walz received his DVM in 1992 from Michigan State University. He then completed a residency and MS in 1997 and his PhD in 2000 also at MSU. Paul joined the faculty of Kansas State University in 2000 as an assistant professor of Food Animal Medicine and Surgery. Paul’s veterinary interests include medical and surgical conditions affecting food animals, as well as infectious diseases of cattle. His research interests focus on infectious diseases of cattle, specifically infection of cattle with bovine viral diarrhea virus.

Student Chapter of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners

Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda Johnson by phone at 785-532-5696 or email her 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, call Rebecca at 785-532-5569.

Sponsor Thank you to Pfizer for their contribution to this conference.

Accommodations
Motels in Manhattan are listed below.

Holiday Inn, 530 Richards Drive, 785-539-5311
Ramada Inn, 17th and Anderson, 785-539-7531
Super 8 Motel, 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-8468
Comfort Inn, 150 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-770-8000
Days Inn, 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

Manhattan area information
www.vet.k-state.edu/index/local.htm

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www.vet.k-state.edu/CE/index.htm

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