AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BOVINE PRACTITIONERS
2010 TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Updated February 12, 2010

Wednesday, August 18

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Bayer Welcoming Reception

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Merial Dessert Reception

Thursday, August 19

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Clinical Forums- Session 1
7:00 - 9:00 am
1. Stocker Health - Brad White
2. Troubleshooting Calf Problems - Sheila McGuirk
3. Amazing Grazing - Mark Alley
4. Getting the Most Out of Your D-Lab Submission - R.F. "Flint" Taylor
5. Current Zoonotic Disease Issues - David Smith
6. Organic Medicine - Hubert Karreman
7. Field Anesthesia and Analgesia - Hans Coetzee

8:00 am - 10:00 pm

AABP- AASRP Joint Session 1
8:00 - 9:00 am Understanding Scrapie Programs
9:00 - 10:00 am Working with Small Ruminant Shows and Sales

9:00 am

Exhibit Hall and Internet Cafe open

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Issue Forums- Hosted by the AABP Issues and Interests

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

General Session 1
10:30 am - 12:00 Keynote Address

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Student Case Presentation Competition

Research Summaries 1

General Sessions 2
1:30 - 2:30 pm Respiratory Tract Pathogen/Immunology Management Interactions
2:30 - 3:30 pm Gastrointestinal Tract Pathogen/Immunology Management Interactions
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00 - 4:30 pm Field Restraint of Bovine: Physical and Chemical Techniques
4:30 - 5:00 pm Repair of Fractures in the Field
5:00 - 5:30pm Dystocia Techniques and Remedies in the Field

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm

Reception in the Exhibit Area

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Opening Session and Student Awards Program
Practice Tips
8:00 - 8:10 pm Online CE Tips
8:10 - 8:20 pm Top New Uses of Physical and Chemical Property Measuring Tools
(pH Meters, Refractometers, Temperature Data Loggers) in Bovine Practice
8:20 - 8:30 pm Tables, Trays, Ropes and DAs
8:30 - 8:40 pm Arms Free Pregnancy Diagnosis with Ultrasound
8:40 - 8:50 pm Cornbread, Cognac, and Copenhagen
8:50 - 9:00 pm Tennessee Tidbits

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

Student Reception- Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health

Friday, August 20

6:30 am - 8:00 am

Diamond-V Sponsored Breakfast with Speaker

8:00 am - 12:15 pm

AABP- AASRP Joint Session 2
8:00 - 9:00 am Odd Reproductive Problems of Small Ruminants
9:00 -10:00 am Management of Severely Parasitized Small Ruminant
10:00 - 10:45am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 12:15 pm Buck Health Management

Research Summaries 2

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

8:00 am - 12:15 pm

Beef Session 1
8:00 - 9:00 am Dairy Production: 1940's through Today
9:00 - 10:00 am Beef Production: Changes Over the Years
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am A Dairy Practice Business Model
11:30 am - 12:15 pm A Swine Practice Business Model

General Sessions 3
8:00 - 9:00 am TBD
9:00 - 10:00 am Managing Heat Stress in Cattle
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:15 am Recommendations for Castration and Dehorning of Cattle
11:15 - 11:45 am Metabolic Disorders in Cattle and Animal Welfare
11:45am - 12:15 pm Mismanaged High Risk Calves and Animal Welfare

Vet Tech Session 1
8:00 - 9:00 am Herd Disposition- Convenience Trait or Economically Important
9:00 - 10:00 am Talking with Friends and Clients about Their Concerns with Animal Agriculture
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:45 am Dairy Metabolic Diseases
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Injection Sites - A Look Under the Hide

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

1:45pm - 5:45 pm

Feedlot Sessions
1:45 - 3:45 pm A Comparison of Black and Whites and Colored Cattle in the Feedlot
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:15 - 5:45 pm Tri-State Steer Futurity Data

Research Summaries 3

Dairy Session 1
1:45 - 2:30pm Immunology Update and Whole Herd Vaccination Programs
2:30 - 3:15 pm Manging Bulk Tank SCC and Reducing Treatment Costs
3:15 - 3:45 pm Assisting Dairies in Mastitis Culturing On-Farm
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:15 - 5:00 pm Updates on Transition Cow Management
5:00 - 5:45 pm Tips and Tools for Troubleshooting Nutritional Management on Dairy Herds

Vet Tech Session 2
1:45 - 3:45 pm Health Strategies for Organic Dairy Cattle
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
4:15 - 5:45 pm Small Ruminant Medicine

3:45 - 4:15 pm

Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

4:00 pm

Exhibit Hall and Internet Cafe close

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Social Event

Saturday, August 21

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Clinical Forums- Session 2
7:00 - 9:00 am
8. How to Recruit, Hire and Mentor New Associates - Mark Hilton
9. Beef Nutrition - Robert Van Saun
10. Vaccinology - Victor Cortese
11. Cattle Handling - Darrell Busby
12. Transition Cow Management: It's Not All About Rations - Ken Nordlund
13. Small Ruminant Medicine - Joan Dean Rowe

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Veterinary Tech Session
8:00 - 9:30 am Day in the Life of a LA Vet Tech
10:00 - 11:30 am New Mexico State Diagnostic Lab Tour
2:00 - 5:00 pm Hoof Trimming Wet Lab

8:00 am - 11:30 am

Student Sessions

Research Summaries 4

8:00 am - 11:30 am

Beef Session 2
8:00 - 9:00 am Russian Dairy Export
9:00 - 10:00 am The Export Business and Opportunities for the Veterinarian
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Animal Health Problems Associated with Hauling and Shipping

Dairy Session 2
8:00 - 9:00 am Nutritional Management of the Dairy Heifer to Maximize Growth and Productivity
9:00 - 10:00 am The Things You Need to Know About Rearing Quality Dairy Replacements
10:30 - 11:30 am Clinical Mastitis: The first 8 days

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Milk/Refreshment Break

11:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

General Sessions 4
2:00 - 2:30 pm  What Will Be the Role of Bovine Veterinarians in the Future?
2:30 - 3:00 pm Expansion of Services for Beef Cattle Practices
3:00 - 3:30 pm Expansion of Services for Dairy Practices
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break outside meeting rooms
4:00 - 5:30 pm Food Supply Veterinary Crisis: Is It Real?-Panel Discussion

Student Jobs Fair
*Time TBD*

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Milk/Refreshment Break

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Social Event- Sponsored by Schering Plough Animal Health