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An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Technicians and
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Sponsored by: College of Veterinary Medicine Kansas State University |
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Conference Contact Hours
7 Clock Hours – Saturday
4.5 Clock Hours – Sunday
Date and Time
Saturday, April 22, 2006
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sunday, April 23, 2006
8:00 am – 1:30 pm
Location
Union Station, K-State Student Union,
17th and Anderson Avenue, Manhattan, KS
Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda Johnson 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, call Rebecca at 785-532-5569.
Conference Objective
The Student Chapter of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners at Kansas State University invites practitioners and students to attend their conference on bovine medicine. This year we will be working on infectious disease, EID, economics, pharmacology and many other topics. We are very excited about the new faculty members who have joined KSU. The student research papers will no doubt be cutting edge and a testament to the rejuvenated Agricultural Practices Section at KSU. Please come join in the meeting and then take in the
Wildcat's spring football game
and FanFest that evening.
| Conference Schedule | |
| Saturday, April 22 | |
| 8:00 am | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 am | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:45 am |
BVD, What We Know and Where I Think We're Going - Dan Thomson |
| 9:45 am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:00 am |
Animal Identification Technologies - Dale Blasi |
| 11:30 am | Lunch (included with registration) |
| 12:30 pm | Value Capture from Individual Animal Identification - Brad White |
| 1:30 pm |
Career Retention and Switching Among Food Animal Veterinarians - David Andrus, Kevin Gwinner and Bruce Prince |
| 2:30 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:00 pm |
AABP Student Research Presentations |
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Effect of Different Castration Methods on the Subsequent Performance of Bull Calves
- Robert Rust, Kansas State University |
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Evaluating for Variation in Non-Esterified Fatty Acid Cut-off Values Due to Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle
- Jason Shumaker, Mississippi State University |
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Effects of Two Types of Prepartum Supplemental Fat on Neonatal Passive Transfer of Immunity and Subsequent Production of Calves
- Jeff Bottger, Kansas State University |
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Effects of Testing and Removal of Persistently Infected Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Feeder Calves on Morbidity and Mortality of Home Pen-Associated Feeder Calves
- Elliot Stevens, Kansas State University |
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Spray Dried vs Freeze Dried Colostrum Supplement: Serum IgG Levels and Blood Gas Effects in Holstein Neonates
- K.J. Whitman, Colorado State University |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn for the day |
| Sunday, April 23 | |
| 8:00 am | Heifer Development - Bob Larson |
| 9:00 am |
Use of Implants in Value-Added Markets - Chris Reinhardt |
| 10:00 am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 am |
Salmonellosis in Beef and Dairy
- Dennis Hermesch |
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BLV, Can it be Eliminated from the Herd? - Eric Moore |
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Hairy Heel Warts in Feedlots - An Emerging Problem? - Brian Lubbers |
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| 11:45 n | Lunch (included with registration) |
| 12:30 pm | Veterinarians as a Voice for the Beef Industry: Johnes, BSE, FMD, Antimicrobial Use and Resistance, Growth Promotants - Mike Apley |
KSU Conference Speakers
David Andrus,
MA, PhD
Professor, Payless ShoeSource Faculty Fellow, Marketing
Dr. Andrus received his MA from the University of Hawaii in 1978 and his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1981. He is currently a professor and the Payless ShoeSource Faculty Fellow in the Marketing Department at K-State. His areas of teaching include marketing research, services marketing and international marketing.
Mike Apley, DVM, PhD, DACVCP
Associate Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Apley is a second-generation Kansas State University DVM with a PhD in physiology (pharmacology). His practice background includes 2 years in general practice in central Kansas and 4 years in a feedlot consulting/contract research practice based in Greeley, Colorado. Dr. Apley was on the faculty at Iowa State University from 1996 to 2005 where he was an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine and served as interim director of the Production Animal Medicine Section in 2004-2005. In August, 2005, Dr. Apley joined the Department of Clinical Sciences at K-State. He works with veterinarians throughout the United States concerning the use of drugs in food animals and also in the area of beef cattle health, with an emphasis on feedlots.
Dale Blasi,
MS, PhD
Professor/Extension Specialist, Animal Sciences and Industry
Dr. Blasi received his MS in Beef Systems Management at Colorado State University in 1986. After earning his Ph.D. degree in 1989, he accepted an appointment as a Livestock Specialist in South Central Kansas at Hutchinson for Kansas State University. In 1997, he transitioned to the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University as a State Beef Specialist. Since 1998, Dr. Blasi has developed and evaluated information and management applications using handheld computers and individual animal electronic identification technologies for the beef industry. He is manager and director of the KSU Beef Stocker Unit and Animal Identification Knowledge Laboratory, a unique facility designed to evaluate the performance of existing and emerging animal identification technologies in a laboratory and animal management setting.
Kevin Gwinner,
MBA, PhD
Interim Department Head, Associate
Professor, CBA Faculty Fellow, Marketing, College of Business
Dr. Gwinner received his MBA in 1992 followed by his PhD in 1997 from
Arizona State University. He is an associate professor and CBA Faculty
Fellow in the Department of Marketing and is currently serving as the
interim department head.
Dennis Hermesch,
DVM
Clinical Instructor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Hermesch grew up on a dairy farm in Northeast Kansas, received his
DVM from K-State in 1981. He practiced in southeast Nebraska in a mixed
dairy and cow calf practice for 24 years while doing consulting for beef
herds in the Sandhills and Large dairies in Kansas. Dr. Hermesch
completed the Beef Cattle Production Management Series at GPVEC, Meat
Animal Research Center in 2005. He joined the K-State Ag Practices
section in September 2005 to teach and work on his Master’s degree.
Bob Larson, DVM, PhD
University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Larson received his DVM from K-State in 1987. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine. He also serves as the Director of Veterinary Continuing Education/Extension and commercial agriculture veterinary beef extension specialist. Dr. Larson will join the K-State Department of Clinical Sciences faculty in spring 2006.
Brian Lubbers, DVM
Clinical Instructor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Lubbers received his DVM from K-State in 2002. He then worked 3 years in a private, primarily diary, veterinary practice. Dr. Lubbers returned to K-State in 2005 to work under Dr. Mike Apley in a PhD program in Pharmacology.
Eric Moore,
DVM
Clinical Instructor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Moore was born and raised in Superior, NE where he grew up around his father’s mixed animal practice. He received his DVM from K-State in 1994 and then practiced in a northwest Kansas mixed animal practice with a cow/calf emphasis for three and a half years. In 1998 Dr. Moore became a partner in a mixed animal practice with feedlot / stocker emphasis in south central Kansas. He returned to K-State in the Ag practices section in 2004.
J. Bruce Prince,
MA, PhD
Professor, CBA Faculty Fellow, Management, College of Business
Dr. Prince received his MA from Brigham Young University in 1977
followed by his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1984.
He is currently a professor and CBA Faculty Fellow in the Department of
Management in the K-State College of Business.
Chris Reinhardt,
MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences and Industry
A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Reinhardt received a B.S. in Meat and Animal Science from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. in Nutrition from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Nutrition from K-State. Chris’ focus has been on nutritional and hormonal manipulation of body composition and beef quality. After 11 years in the feed and animal health industries while living in Nebraska, he and his wife Nicoel, their four children and black lab are getting settled here in Manhattan. In his spare time Chris enjoys hunting with his sons, church activities, playing guitar with friends, and his family.
Daniel Thomson,
PhD, DVM
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. Thomson received a MS in Ruminant Nutrition from South Dakota State University in 1993 and a PhD in Ruminant Nutrition from Texas Tech University in 1996. He then returned to Iowa State University where he received his DVM in 2000. Dr. Thomson traveled internationally working for American Protein Corporation and also started a research company, Premium Animal Research, which focuses on enteric pathogens and food safety in swine, poultry and cattle. Dr. Thomson was an associate veterinarian with Veterinary Research and Consulting Services in Greeley, CO. He then served as the Director of Animal Health and Well-being for Cactus Feeders in Amarillo, TX. Dr. Thomson joined the K-State CVM faculty in the fall of 2004. His area of research interest is the interactions between production management, environment and nutrition on the health and performance of beef cattle.
Brad White,
DVM
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Practices
Dr. White received his DVM from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1997. After graduation, he worked for six years in a mixed animal practice in southeast Missouri. Dr. White then joined the faculty at Mississippi State University and worked for two years in Beef Production Medicine concurrent with pursuit of his Masters degree. He joined the K-State CVM faculty in 2005.
Sponsors
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