AABP Conference

AABP Annual Conference Sessions

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AASRP

Title	Date
Camelids Blake Miller	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Biosecurity/disease screening Michael E. Pesato	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:45:00 AM
The National Scrapie Eradication Program, USDA APHIS Stephanie Ringler To provide background, knowledge, scientific advancements, and programmatic advancements on the scrapie disease. (NOTE: This is a placeholder)	Friday, September 12, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Title: Deadstock: Now What? An algorithmic approach to postmortem examination Nathan Helgert “If you have livestock, you will also have deadstock” is a common refrain. How can we use this resource to provide the best service possible for our clients? This lecture will focus on a practical approach to postmortem examination of small ruminants through discussion of common diseases and diagnostic challenges. In addition to a review of postmortem findings, a systems-based approach to sample collection and ancillary testing will be discussed. Participants will be better equipped to recognize multiple common disease entities, devise diagnostic plans based upon gross lesions, and improve herd productivity.	Friday, September 12, 2025 10:45:00 AM
Sheep and Goat Dystocia - handling them from start to finish Jon Higgins This session covers clinical assessment and development of an effective strategy to manage small ruminant dystocia cases from initial presentation to resolution	Friday, September 12, 2025 11:30:00 AM
SR BSE Clare Scully	Friday, September 12, 2025 1:45:00 PM
Lambing & Kidding Season Prep: Practices, Protocols, and Opportunities Roselle Busch Considerations for healthy lambs and kids starts long before parturition. We will cover practices and protocols to help our clients prepare for the chaos of lambing and kidding season, discuss common conditions of late pregnancy and neonates, and practical methods for triage that we can teach our clients.	Friday, September 12, 2025 2:30:00 PM
Utilizing RVT Blake Miller	Friday, September 12, 2025 3:15:00 PM

Beef

Title	Date
Capturing value with genomic testing Paige Pratt	Friday, September 12, 2025 1:45:00 PM
Managing parasites in beef cattle Adriano Vatta With the apparent widespread occurrence of anthelmintic resistance in cattle nematodes, there is a need to move away from some ingrained practices in the way anthelmintics are used, to ensure that production goals continue to be met and to safeguard the efficacy of existing actives into the future. The presentation will discuss practices that promote the development of resistance, use of the fecal egg count reduction test to assess for resistance, and strategies that may be used, including refugia-based ones, to help delay the onset or worsening of resistance on farm.	Friday, September 12, 2025 2:30:00 PM
What does a cow calf producer want from their veterinarian Lydia Grant	Friday, September 12, 2025 3:15:00 PM
Top 10 things to know about backgrounder nutrition Dale Blasi The objective of this presentation is to share what are the top 10 aspects of profitable backgrounder nutrition.	Friday, September 12, 2025 4:15:00 PM
Systems approach to nursing calf pneumonia Brian L. Vander Ley	Friday, September 12, 2025 5:00:00 PM
Generics Nora Schrag	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Databased Protocols and Economic Modeling to Manage Pharmaceutical Supply Tye Perrett Supply chain disruptions create challenges in many aspects of our personal lives and businesses. Less than optimal animal health outcomes may result when these disruptions affect a veterinarian's ability to provide clients the products they need to implement protocols. The objective of this presentation is to discuss how data and economic modeling help with product procurement, assist with inventory management decisions and are integral for appropriate adjustments to animal health protocols.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:45:00 AM
Incorporating technology in chuteside diagnostics Bradley J. White The overall objective of this presentation is to determine potential improvements in diagnostic specificity and sensitivity by incorporating multiple methodologies including hydration status, exhaled gasses, point-of-care ultrasound, machine learning and artificial intelligence, digital facial pictures, hydration status, and physiologic measures with point of care assessment. Current research on each technology will be presented including potential benefits and detriments of each approach from both logistic and diagnostic perspectives.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Forage and soil health/mgmt Mary Drenowski	Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30:00 AM
Carcass Weight Trends in Fed Cattle Adam Shreck This session examines the factors contributing to the recent record-high carcass weights observed in fed cattle. These increases are primarily driven by market signals, including higher fed cattle prices, which have improved feeding margins. Additional factors include a growing proportion of cattle marketed on a carcass weight basis and advancements in understanding carcass growth efficiency. The session also addresses the challenges associated with extended days on feed (DOF) and the resulting implications for animal health.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 2:00:00 PM
Monitoring AM use beef cattle Nora Schrag	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Veterinarians role in farm employee retention Tera Rooney Barnhardt	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:45:00 PM
Utilizing Experts to bring value to your practice John Groves Practitioners are asked to solve increasingly more complex and challenging issues for their clients. Often, addressing key leverage points may require utilizing expertise outside many traditional practice models. During this presentations I plan to share how I take advantage of experts from various fields as part of the advisory team addressing complex problems.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 4:45:00 PM

Clinical Skills

Title	Date
Tricks and tips in cast/splint application in cattle Pierre-Yves Mulon The presentation will focus on the method to efficiently apply a cast on a limb to stabilize a fracture in cattle. Emphasis will be put on the protection of the boney prominences and how to avoid common complications.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 1:30:00 PM
Picking up feet the old fashioned way: how to diagnose and treat lameness when you haven't got a trim chute Anne C. Murphy This session covers how to approach the diagnosis and treatment of lameness originating in the hoof when restraint options do not include a trim chute. Personal safety, setup, and using a rope to lift and restrain both front and hind feet will be discussed as well as the use of regional limb perfusion for local anesthesia of the distal limb. A brief discussion on hoof trimming equipment (knives/nippers/blocks/glue) will also be covered.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 2:15:00 PM
Managing CD on truck as ambulatory vet Michael B. Capel	Thursday, September 11, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Behind The Scenes: Fair Play, Honest Competition... & (Prayers for) No Disease Outbreaks Caitlin Dobecka The objective of this 50-minute Presentation during Clinical Skills is that all Veterinarians in attendance will leave with a thorough plan to take on a contract position as an Official Veterinarian for any Livestock/Equine or Animal event. Whether a role as an official show or event veterinarian makes you want to run and hide or you're a seasoned pro who has been doing it for 8 decades- here we will go through the diverse considerations needed in 2025 and varies approaches to accomplish the job. In this time, we will take a deep dive to review facilities, documentation, staffing, protocols, payment and event/organization support needed to make it all happen. Mistakes made and lessons learned by a seasoned official veterinarian.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:00:00 PM
Performing transtracheal washes and bronchoalveolar lavages in cattle – not just for horses! Jenna Bayne Let's demystify the perceptions of antemortem diagnostics in the work-up of ruminant respiratory disease! The goal of this clinical skills discussion will be to review the perhaps underutilized diagnostics of transtracheal wash (TTW) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in cattle. Why attend, you ask? Don't own a scope? No problem. Can't seem to obtain sufficient sample volumes? Let's troubleshoot. Don't want to buy the expensive commercial kit? Let's make our own. Need help determining what to submit it for? Let's see what panels are out there. We will review the strengths, limitations, and step-by-step performance of TTWs and BALs in cattle. And, when you know what hits the fan, how to perform an emergency tracheotomy in your dyspneic patient!	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:45:00 PM
Clinical Skills: Fluid Therapy Geoffrey W. Smith This talk will focus on the basic principles of fluid therapy in calves. We will discuss the pathophysiology behind calf diarrhea along with what types of fluids can be utilized in calves. The emphasis will be on practical protocols that can be used "on-farm" in both beef and dairy calves.	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Dx tests/PCR/sample submission Drew Magstadt	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:45:00 AM
Hernia repair Rachel O`Leary	Friday, September 12, 2025 9:30:00 AM

Dairy

Title	Date
Replacement heifer Michael Overton	Friday, September 12, 2025 1:45:00 PM
Value in culling decisions Michael Overton	Friday, September 12, 2025 2:30:00 PM
Calf outbreak workup Kelly Reed	Friday, September 12, 2025 4:15:00 PM
Basic Acupuncture for the Dairy Cow Anne C. Murphy This presentation will briefly cover a TCVM (Traditional Chinese veterinary Medicine) approach to disease/dysfunction but mainly focus on practical use of acupuncture in the diary cow. This presentation will include the use of electro acupuncture to treat down cows as well as points along the bladder meridian and points for pain /inappetence. Locating points using anatomical landmarks and palpation will be discussed. Selection of needles will also be covered. The goal is to send attendees home with the ability to use basic acupuncture points to improve the health of individual animals in their care.	Friday, September 12, 2025 5:15:00 PM
Setting up cows for success: insights on first service management strategies and optimization of voluntary waiting periods Thainá Minela The objective of this seminar will be to describe available options for first service in lactating dairy cows while highlighting nuances that must be considered within a herd level. These strategies will be presented in conjunction with considerations about different voluntary waiting periods and how that may affect the outcomes of each 1st service strategy. Throughout the presentation, the roles of dairy practitioners in choosing the best 1st service strategy for a herd and how to implement those will be discussed. Finally, I hope to provide insights into professional opportunities for practitioners within dairy herds that will become more predominant as technology advances.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Mastitis Management Using On-farm and In-clinic Mastitis Pathogen Detection Systems Mike Zurakowski This session covers how to improve mastitis management by performing and interpreting on-farm and in-clinic mastitis pathogen detection systems. The majority of farms have limited access to mastitis diagnostics due to their inaccessibility to a milk laboratory or veterinary clinic proficient in milk culture techniques. This, along with, social pressure to reduce antimicrobial use in the dairy industry, has led to a variety of mastitis pathogen identification systems to promote pathogen-based mastitis treatment protocols. These commercially available systems support the decision to “treat” or “not treat” clinical cases of mastitis based first, on the presence of an inciting pathogen, and secondly, on the classification of the pathogen. Emphasis will be on setting up an appropriate laboratory space, milk sampling and laboratory quality assurance, milk culture techniques, and developing a clinical mastitis management protocol using available culture results. An on-line milk culture training module will be introduced for participants to use and share.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:45:00 AM
Latest on greenhouse gas emissions and dairy cattle production Sara Place This presentation will cover the main sources in greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cattle production, the latest mitigation strategies, including feed additives and genetics, and discuss international trends and policies related to greenhouse gas emissions and their potential impacts on global milk supplies.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Nutritional Approach to Disease Enrique Schcolnik We will discuss general approaches to lower risk of nutritional-related diseases in dairy cattle. There are nutrition design and nutrition management factors that may be common denominators to certain diseases. We will explore these common denominators and present some approaches to lower disease risk.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30:00 AM
Maternal Interference and the Calf- When it Comes to Vaccination, What Makes Sense and What Doesn’t Christopher C.L. Chase Objective: Provide updates on the latest understanding of colostral antibodies, maternal interference, and immune development for vaccinating calves.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 2:00:00 PM
Calf myco Fiona Maunsell	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Monitoring, managing and making economically efficient decisions about antibiotic usage on dairy farms Pamela L. Ruegg Retailers are increasingly concerned about use of antimicrobials in food producing animals and veterinarians are the only professionals who are responsible for ensuring that usage is justified. On dairy farms, veterinarians can play a key role in monitoring and managing antimicrobial usage. This session will present data about antimicrobial usage on dairy farms at both the national and herd level. Benchmarks for antimicrobial usage on dairy farms will be presented using data from software that can download antimicrobial usage data from common dairy management programs. Direct costs associated various treatment protocols for mastitis and metritis will be presented with an emphasis on making cost effective treatment decisions that maintain animal health and well being.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:45:00 PM
Teat dips/application/monitoring Roger S. Thomson	Saturday, September 13, 2025 4:45:00 PM

General

Title	Date
Keynote Natasha Nicholes	Thursday, September 11, 2025 10:45:00 AM

Joint Beef/Dairy

Title	Date
Beef Market Update Anne Wasko This presentation with cover an update on the North American cattle market including cattle supplies, beef demand, present trade impacts, and price forecasts. Current opportunities and headwinds for beef producers will also be covered to assist AABP members in serving their clients and customers in a proactive manner.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 1:30:00 PM
Dairy market update Will Loux	Thursday, September 11, 2025 2:15:00 PM
Local to Federal: Tips on advocacy for veterinarians Lindsey Hornickel This session covers the range of opportunities to advocate on behalf of the veterinary profession from local to federal levels. This session will focus on the importance of advocacy and best practices to be an effective advocate.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Cultural competency/awareness and impacts on retention of farm employees Ivette Roman-Muniz	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:00:00 PM
Utilizing RVTs and Veterinary Assistants to Elevate Livestock Practice Oberlin McDaniel Dr. Oberlin McDaniel is passionate about optimizing team dynamics in livestock veterinary practices. In her talk, she will discuss effective strategies for utilizing staff to enhance operational efficiency and elevate the customer experience. Drawing on her experience with NC Mobile Veterinary Service, Dr. McDaniel will share insights on fostering collaboration among veterinarians, technicians, and support staff. Dr. McDaniel believes that a well-utilized team not only optimizes practice efficiency but also leads to better care for livestock and increased farmer satisfaction. Join her for an engaging session that will equip you with practical tools to advance your practice!	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:45:00 PM

Students

Title	Date
Money Mooves to Make Anne Budzinski As one is working through the curriculum for veterinary medicine, personal finance topics are often missed or lightly touched upon. This session will cover the basics of personal financial health. This session will provide information to start the conversation of building a strong financial foundation. We will go over what is involved in a budget or spending plan, handling student debt and options available, as well as retirement planning including investing for the future.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:00:00 AM
The mentors I didn't even know I needed Benjamin Bennett The objective of my talk is to help students understand how important mentors are to our success. I want them to understand that they may have one or two mentors that they lean on the most, but having a network of many folks that you can lean on is so much more important. No single person is going to have experience with every question that you have. I have veterinary mentors who help guide me as a practicing veterinarian, but I have many other mentors, many of which are not veterinarians, who help guide me on the business side of our practice.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:45:00 AM
How to get involved with AABP Elizabeth H. Brock	Saturday, September 13, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Antimicrobial Selection: Who, What, When, Where & Why Allison Vander Plaats This session will cover antimicrobial classes, example medications for each class, and labeled indications for beef and dairy cattle. Students will become familiar with common antimicrobials and the thought process behind choosing one medication over another, including human and animal safety, route of administration, volume required, owner abilities, and more. Extralabel drug use and its indications will also be introduced as part of the antimicrobial selection discussion.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30:00 AM
Connecting Pastures: Navigating Social Media for Veterinarians Michelle Schack This talk explores how cattle veterinarians can harness the power of social media to amplify their impact, build connections, and advocate for animal health. With the rise of social media, veterinarians have a unique opportunity to educate, engage with the public, and connect with fellow professionals across the globe. This session will cover strategies for creating meaningful content, fostering community, and overcoming common challenges, helping veterinarians navigate the digital landscape with confidence and purpose. Learn how to use social media as a tool to advocate for both the animals in your care and the profession you represent.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 2:00:00 PM
Nutrition 101 - Diagnostic Tools, reading a feed tag Enrique Schcolnik To teach students basic and simple diagnostic tools they can execute on farm in order to support their future clients in quality control of their feeding programs. We will also cover basics of reading feed tags and calculating amounts and doses of tag ingredients ultimately delivered to cows.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Communication Tips to Positively Impact Work Relationships and Build Trust Karlene Belyea This fast-paced session will give you tips on working more effectively with team members and clients. You’ll learn to use words that work, build influence and trust through a few simple body language techniques, more effectively listen, and understand how to encourage productive complaining. We will also focus on communicating empathy by using the heart-head-heart model with examples. By creating positive and efficient communications between team members, you will also create great relationships with clients.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 3:45:00 PM
Importance of externships and how to choose them Monika Dziuba This session will discuss the experiences and skills that students can gain and learn from performing externships in the last years of veterinary school. The focus will be on the ways to best use these opportunities to gain skills, evaluate potential job locations, and explore different disciplines in the field. Additional attention will be given to showcasing some great opportunities that are currently available to students from the perspective of a recent graduate that has also participated in many of these experiences.	Saturday, September 13, 2025 4:45:00 PM

VPS

Title	Date
Attracting and Retaining New Veterinarians. Alan D. Martens Part 1. How our practice brands itself to the student community with an internship program, our senior year externship program, and interacting with University of Wisconsin Bovine Club. Part 2. How our practice gives individual attention to newly hired veterinarians with an emphasis on our protocol for recent graduates. Part 3. How our practice retains new hires with a Production pay system and reasonable cost opportunities to become a partner. If time allows, I will share how we merged two adjacent practices together and retained all the veterinarians we brought in.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 1:30:00 PM
Neurodiverse Minds, Visible Solutions: Enhancing Workplace Inclusion Regina Carey In this session, "Neurodiverse Minds, Visible Solutions: Enhancing Workplace Inclusion," participants will explore how veterinary practices can leverage the unique strengths of neurodiverse individuals to enhance team dynamics and innovation. The talk will provide practical strategies for creating an inclusive work environment that supports neurodiverse professionals through adjustments in communication, workspace design, and team operations. Attendees will also learn the importance of both visible and invisible accommodations, ensuring that neurodiverse colleagues feel fully supported and integrated into the workplace without being singled out. This session is designed to equip leaders with the tools to foster a more inclusive, productive, and engaged veterinary workforce.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 2:15:00 PM
Staying in contact with team/communications Brittany Berry	Thursday, September 11, 2025 3:00:00 PM
Factors affecting practitioner satisfaction Sarah Wagner The purpose of this presentation is to present and discuss factors that were identified through research as improving or decreasing job satisfaction among practicing veterinarians with some focus on bovines. The implications of these findings will be discussed, along with evidence-based measures that practitioners and practice owners can to take to improve job satisfaction and retention among veterinarians in bovine practice.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:00:00 PM
Integrating On-Call Into Your Life Melinda G. McCall In this talk, I hope to cast a positive light on handling emergency duty and give participants some tips to avoid burn out. One of the main reasons veterinarians are leaving rural practice is being on-call, but it doesn't have to be this way. We will discuss what true emergencies are, how to prioritize your responsibilities as a veterinarian, and how to prepare your mind and attitude to approach every emergency call in a professional manner to best serve your clients and patients.	Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:45:00 PM
Sustainable Success: Mastering the Solo Food Animal Veterinary Practice Jody Kull This session covers relevant topics related to starting and owning a business. Managing farm calls, staff, business tasks such as inventory management and labwork and billing, community outreach, and family-life is challenging. To be successful as a solo veterinarian, business owners need to establish business protocols to share with producers and staff. Effective strategies to managing a solo-doctor ambulatory food animal practice will be discussed. A solo veterinarian must rely on their business team and be able to delegate tasks when necessary. Practical tips for success and opportunities for improvement will be shared with a time for discussion.	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:00:00 AM
Maintaining appropriate veterinary records Christine B. Navarre	Friday, September 12, 2025 8:45:00 AM
Using a practice management system to add value to your practice Mary E. Mowrer This session gives a brief overview of the various Practice management systems (PMS) available that assist large animals practitioners. The focus will be on choosing an affordable system to use that will best suit your practice needs. Many systems are available, so determining what you’re looking for will help guide your decision. A background will be given from startup to 10 years into practice highlighting practice growth and utilizing PMS to track progress.	Friday, September 12, 2025 9:30:00 AM
Metrics for Monitoring Practice Health David McCormick This session will teach the attendees how to assess their practice's financial health and the key metrics/statistics that they should be monitoring to keep their practice healthy.	Friday, September 12, 2025 10:45:00 AM
Starting/growing a practice Tonia Miller	Friday, September 12, 2025 11:30:00 AM