56th Annual Conference

2023 SCHEDULE

Online Registration and Housing Information
Preconference Seminar Information

Wednesday, September 20

Wednesday, Sept 20
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Convention Center Ballroom CD Add to Calendar 09/20/2023 6:00 pm 09/20/2023 9:00 pm Central BI Welcome Reception Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Ballroom CD
Kick off the AABP Conference with good conversation and an evening meal sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim

Thursday, September 21

Thursday, Sept 21
6:30 am - 7:45 am

Thursday Breakfast Sponsored by Diamond V
Why Productive Life Matters Dr. Gavin Staley, MMedVet
Convention Center Ballroom CD Add to Calendar 09/20/2023 6:30 am 09/20/2023 7:45 am America/Chicago Diamond V Breakfast ?? Ballroom D

Thursday, Sept 21
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Clinical Forums- Hilton 4th Floor (Breakfast included with purchase)
  1. David Smith - Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Solve Herd Health Problems
  2. Meredyth Jones Cook - Survival Kit for Cattle Vets Doing Small Ruminant Work
  3. Stephen LeBlanc - Using sensor-based data to manage reproduction and health in dairy cows
  4. Eric Behlke - Beef Cattle Implant Selection and Protocolss
  5. Erin Royster - Mastitis Treatment Strategies
  6. Brandon Treichler - Robotic Milking
  7. Maurice Cottman - Courageous Conversations: Identity and Belonging in Veterinary Practice

Thursday, Sept 21
8:00 am - 10:00 am

AASRP - Convention Center 102    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 8:00 am 09/21/2023 10:00 am America/Chicago AASRP 1 Sessions Michelle Buckley CC 102
8:00 - 9:00 am Michelle Buckley- A Guide to Antimicrobial Options for Common Small Ruminant Diseases
9:00 - 10:00 am Michelle Buckley - Creating a productive relationship with small-scale farmers

Thursday, Sept 21
8:00 am - 6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens

Thursday, Sept 21
9:00 am - 10:15 am

AABP Committee Meetings

Animal Welfare Hilton Wright C
Amstutz CC 201E
Beef Health Management CC 202A
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Hilton Wright A
Forward Planning Hilton Regency Ballroom
Genomics CC 202E
Lameness CC 202C
Membership Hilton Wright B
Mental Health CC 203A
Milk Quality and Udder Health CC 201C
Nutrition CC 201A
Pharmaceuticals and Biologics (CPBI) CC 201B
Reproduction CC 201D
Student Activities CC 202B
Young Stock CC 203B
Veterinary Practice Sustainability CC 202D

Thursday, Sept 21
10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote Address - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 10:45 am 09/21/2023 12:00 pm America/Chicago Keynote Address Sara Frasca The Journey Of Innovation CC Ballroom AB

10:45 - 11:45 pm Sara Frasca The Journey Of Innovation

11:45 - 12:00 pm AABP 2024 Vice President Candidate Introductions Dr. Mark Hilton and Dr. Brandon Treichler

Thursday, Sept 21
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

 

Thursday, Sept 21
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

2023 Job Fair - Convention Center 202

Thursday, Sept 21
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Student Case Presentation Competition - Grad Student Competition - Convention Center 103    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 1:30 pm 09/21/2023 5:30 pm America/Chicago Student Case Presentations Various Speakers CC 103

Student Case Posters

Practice Management - Convention Center 101    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 1:30 pm 09/21/2023 5:30 pm America/Chicago Practice Management 1 Cottman, Nielsen and Dicks CC 101
1:30 - 3:30 pm Maurice Cottman - Cultural Competencies in the Workplace- How to Recruit and Retain a Diverse Workforce
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:45 pm
Shannon Nielsen - Creating An Onboarding Plan For The Elusive New Associate
4:45 - 5:30 pm Michael Dicks - The True Costs of Losing Staff and How to Avoid Them

Clinical Skills - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 1:30 pm 09/21/2023 5:30 pm America/Chicago Clinical Skills 1 AABP Various Speakers CC Ballroom AB
1:30 - 2:00 pm Gerard Cramer - Hoof Trimming: The steps to success
2:00 - 2:30 pm Andrea Lear - What, where, and for how long: catheter placement & maintenance in dehydrated calves
2:30 - 3:00 pm Jon Gilliam - The Do's and Don'ts of Bovine Euthanasia
3:00 - 3:30 pm Maddison Tyrrel- Practical pain mitigation for castrations - effective and efficient relief
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm Keith Sterner - Getting ropes and other simple equipment to do your bidding in a practice setting
4:30 - 5:00 pm Michael Steine - Heifer Spay; a practical approach
5:00 - 5:30 pm Lisa Willis - FLASC - Fast Localized Abdominal Scan for Cattle
Joint Beef/Dairy - Convention Center 102    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 1:30 pm 09/21/2023 5:30 pm America/Chicago Clinical Skills 1 AABP Various Speakers CC 102
1:30 - 2:30 pm Sara Place - Beef's intersection with ESG metrics
2:30 - 3:30 pm Colin Beal - The Veterinarian's Role in Reducing GHG Emissions from Beef and Dairy Production
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:45 pm Juan Moreno - Beef on Dairy - vets role, trends
4:45 - 5:30 pm Juan Moreno - Beef on Dairy Calves

Thursday, Sept 21
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

Practice Tips  Convention Center Ballroom AB  Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 5:45 pm 09/21/2023 6:45 pm America/Chicago Practice Tips Various Speakers Ballroom AB
  • Clare Scully Small Ruminant Fluid Lines
  • Christine Navarre Louisiana life lessons: dealing with the alligators-literal and figurative-in disasters.
  • Mary Cody Boosting Value of Student Externships
  • Justin Keiffer On The Cutting Edge: Knife Selection, Sharpening and Maintenance in Practice
  • Chelsea Bland Smith Organization & Communication In A Crazy World


9:00 pm - 12:00 am

Student Reception - 3rd St. Market Hall    Add to Calendar 09/21/2023 9:00 pm 09/21/2023 11:59 pm America/Chicago Student Reception Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health 3rd St. Market Hall

Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health

Friday, September 22

Friday, Sept 22
6:30 am - 7:45 am

Friday Breakfast Sponsored by Zoetis
Rethinking Clinical Mastitis Therapy Dr. Juan Pedraza and Dr. Daniela Bruno
Convention Center Ballroom CD   Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 6:30 am 09/22/2023 7:45 am America/Chicago Zoetis Friday Breakfast Zoetis Breakfast CC Ballroom CD

Friday, Sept 22
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens

14th Annual AABP Student Quiz Bowl featured in the Exhibit Hall Friday Morning

Friday, Sept 22
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Student Lameness Seminar Exhibit Hall

Friday, Sept 22
8:00 am - 12:15 pm

Clinical Skills - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 8:00 am 09/22/2023 12:15 pm America/Chicago Clinical Skills 2 Various Speakers CC Ballroom AB
8:00 - 8:30 am
Joel Anderson Bovine Superovulation and Embryo Transfer - How to Make Babies!

8:30 - 9:00 am Aurora Villarroel ''To the point - the basics of bovine acupuncture''

9:00 - 9:30 am Michelle Buckley Goat Disbudding

9:30 - 10:00 am Michael Kleinhenz How to take the edge off: anesthetics for bovine practice

10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break

 

Hot Topics - Convention Center Ballroom AB
10:45 - 11:30 am
Sarah Wagner Results of the AABP Salary Survey
11:30 - 12:15 pm Amy Bartholomew A Partnership For Success: Tips For Retaining Associates and Tips on Getting the Most Out of Your First Year in Practice

 

Research Summaries - Convention Center 103    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 8:00 am 09/22/2023 12:15 pm America/Chicago Research Summaries 2 Various Speakers CC 103
Research Posters(Meet the poster presenters Friday 12:15 to 1:15)

AASRP - Convention Center 102    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 8:00 am 09/22/2023 12:15 pm America/Chicago AASRP 2 Various Speakers CC 102
8:00 - 9:00 am Andrea Mongini - Practical Small Ruminant Nutrition: Applied Nutrition for Veterinarians

9:00 - 10:00 am Adriano Vatta - A New Old Parasite--Liver Fluke
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am
Andrea Lear - Uterine Parasites: A Clinician's Guide to Pregnancy Toxemia
11:30 - 12:15 pm Clare Scully - A Beginner's Guide to LAP AI

Practice Management - Convention Center 101    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 8:00 am 09/22/2023 12:15 pm America/Chicago Practice Management 2 Various Speakers CC 101
8:00 - 10:00 am Joshua Tanguay - Recognizing Mental Health Challenges in Practice and What to do next
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am Christine Staten - Clear Your Plate - What Practice Owners Can Outsource

11:30 - 12:15 pm Christine Staten - HR Bootcamp - Building Your Dream Team

Friday, Sept 22
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Area

Friday, Sept 22
1:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Dairy Session - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 1:45 pm 09/22/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Dairy Session Various Speakers CC Ballroom AB

1:45 - 2:45 pm Nigel Cook - The Evolution of Dairy Cattle Welfare
2:45 - 3:45 pm Steven Roche - The Evolution of the FARM Animal Care Program: Trends, Priority Issues, and Opportunities for Veterinarians

3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:00 pm
Elise Shepley - The evolution of lameness on North American dairies: Addressing current industry challenges and exploring new and existing approaches to reduce lameness
5:00 - 6:00 pm Charlotte Winder - The Evolution of Down Cow Management

Beef Session - Convention Center 102    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 4:15 pm 09/22/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Beef Session Various Speakers CC 102

1:45 - 2:45 pm T. Robin Falkner - Wellness in Cattle Practice: Better Managing Success (Health) in Animals, Client Systems, and One's Self Along the Continuom Extending Beyond the Dichotomous Absence of Failure (Disease) Outcomes
2:45 - 3:45 pm Thomas Noffsinger - Animal Handling Effects on Health and Performance

3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break

4:15 - 5:15 pm Christopher Chase - Cow/Calf Vaccinations- When it Comes to Immunology What Makes Sense and What Doesn’t
5:15 - 6:00 pm Paul Walz - Effective utilization of vaccination to protect against viral reproductive pathogens

Research Summaries - Convention Center 103    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 1:45 pm 09/22/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Research Summaries 3 Various Speakers CC 103
Research Posters

AASRP Session - Convention Center 101    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 1:45 pm 09/22/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago AASRP Session 3 Various Speakers CC 101
1:45 - 2:45 pm Michael Pesato - Small Ruminant Quality Assurance (SRQA)- Considerations and Practices.
2:45 - 3:45 pm Meredyth Jones Cook - A Practical Approach to Neuro Disease
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break

4:15 - 6:00 pm AASRP Research Summaries

Friday, Sept 22
5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall closes

Friday, Sept 22

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday Night Dinner, Scholarship presentations and Amstutz Scholarship

Auction - Ballroom CD    Add to Calendar 09/22/2023 6:00 pm 09/22/2023 9:00 pm America/Chicago Zoetis Friday Eve Dinner and Amstutz Auction Sponsored by Zoetis Ballroom CD

Sponsored by
zoetis

8:30 pm - 12:00 am CABV Logo CABV/ACVB Social Sponsored by Vetoquinol
(only available to Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians/Association Canadienne des Vétérinaires Bovins Members)

Saturday, September 23

Saturday, Sept 23
8:00 am - 11:30 am

Dairy Session - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 8:00 am 09/23/2023 10:00 am America/Chicago Dairy Session Various Speakers CCBallroom AB
8:00 - 9:00 am Carie Telgen - Changing Industries and Shifting Gears
9:00 - 10:00 am James Drackley - The Evolution of Calf Nutrition

10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Sephen LeBlanc - The Evolution of Sensor-based Technologies in Dairy Production

Beef Session - Convention Center 102 Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 8:00 am 09/23/2023 10:00 am America/Chicago Beef Session 2 Various Speakers CC 102
8:00 - 9:00 am Banks Baker - Genetic Improvements in a Sustainable Food System
9:00 - 10:00 am John Basarab - Use of genomic tools to improve production efficiency, health resilience and carbon footprint of beef production

10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break

10:30 - 11:30 am Nick Hardcastle - Beef on Dairy Cattle - Industry Benefits and Opportunities

Research Summaries - Convention Center 103    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 8:00 am 09/23/2023 11:30 am America/Chicago Research Summaries 4 Various Speakers CC 103

Students/New Graduate Sessions - Convention Center 101    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 8:00 am 09/23/2023 11:30 am America/Chicago Student Sessions Various Speakers CC 101
8:00 - 9:00 am Jorge Colon - Evaluating the finances of a job offer

9:00 - 10:00 am Jorge Colon - Marketing yourself as a new grad: eportfolios, cover letters, and resumes
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Alexander Navarro - Basic dairy and beef nutrition principles for the new graduate

Saturday, Sept 23

11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Convention Center Ballroom CD
All members welcome to join!

Saturday, Sept 23

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Beef Session - Convention Center 102    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 2:00 pm 09/23/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Beef Session Various Speakers CC 102
2:00 - 3:00 pm J.D. Folsom - Cow/calf chuteside Data collection in the field and its role in cow/calf consultation.
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Nora Schrag - Blood Born Pathogens in Beef Herds - A Kansas Practitioner's Perspective
3:45 - 4:15 am Milk/Refreshment Break

4:15 - 5:15 pm Christopher Chase - Prescription Platform and Autogenous vaccines- What are they and what is the difference?
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Julia Herman - Calf Care & Quality Assurance program – Best management guidelines for the calf raising sector

Dairy Session - Convention Center Ballroom AB    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 2:00 pm 09/23/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Dairy Session Various Speakers CC Ballroom AB
2:00 - 3:00 pm Tera Rooney Barnhardt - Leading from the Bottom Up: Improving Leadership on your Farms and In Your Practice
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Robert Ceglowski Building Consulting Into Dairy Practice
3:45 - 4:15 am Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm William Warvin - Organizing Milk Harvest: A Producer Perspective on Infrastructure and Human Resources
5:15 - 6:00 pm William Warvin - Future Vet: Current Trends in Demand for Veterinary Services on Dairy Farms


Research Summaries - Convention Center 103    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 8:00 am 09/23/2023 11:30 am America/Chicago Research Summaries 5 Various Speakers CC 103

Student Sessions - Convention Center 101    Add to Calendar 09/23/2023 2:00 pm 09/23/2023 6:00 pm America/Chicago Student Session Various Speakers CC 101
2:00 - 3:00 pm Sarah Wagner - Practical Pharmacology for the New Grad

3:00 - 3:45 pm Philippa Gibbons - Externships: how to get the most out of them
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm
Dayna Locitzer - A toolbox for transitioning from student to veterinarian: Setting yourself up for success and reframing failure in your first year of practice

5:15 - 6:00 pm Emily Zur Linden - Preparing your mind and body for large animal practice