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2024 SCHEDULE
Online Registration
and Housing Information
Preconference
Seminar Information
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Wednesday, September 11 |
Wednesday,
Sept 11
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Battelle North 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-IngelheimbrBattelle North
Kick off the AABP Conference with good conversation and an evening meal sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim |
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Thursday,
September 12 |
Thursday,
Sept 12
6:30 am - 7:45 am |
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Thursday Breakfast Sponsored by Diamond V
Battelle North Add to Calendar 09/20/2023 6:30 am 09/20/2023 7:45 am America/Detroit Diamond V BreakfastBattelle North
Dr. Ehsan Khafipour
Connections in the Ruminant Microbiome
and Current Tools for their Optimization |
Thursday,
Sept 12
7:00 am - 9:00 am |
Clinical Forums - Hyatt 2nd Floor (Breakfast included with purchase)
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Thursday, Sept 12
8:00 am - 10:00 am |
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AASRP - A210-215
Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 8:00 am 09/12/2024 10:00 am America/Detroit AASRP 1 Sessions Joseph Smith - Ryan Breuer CC 102
8:00 - 9:00 am Joseph Smith - Pain management in sheep and goats: Applications and techniques
9:00 - 10:00 am Ryan Breuer - Approved Methods for Small Ruminant Humane Euthanasia
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Thursday,
Sept 12
8:00 am - 6:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opens |

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Thursday,
Sept 12
9:00 am - 10:15 am |
AABP Committee Meetings
Animal Welfare |
CC |
B230 |
Amstutz |
Hyatt |
Union A |
Beef Health Management |
CC |
B231 |
Cattle Youngstock |
CC |
B232 |
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Hyatt |
Union B |
Genomics |
CC |
B241 |
Lameness |
CC |
B244 |
Membership |
CC |
B233 |
Mental Health |
CC |
B242 |
Milk Quality and Udder Health |
CC |
B240 |
Nutrition |
CC |
B243 |
Pharmaceuticals and Biologics (CPBI) |
CC |
B235 |
Reproduction |
CC |
B245 |
Student Activities |
CC |
B234 |
Veterinary Practice Sustainability |
CC |
B246 |
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Thursday,
Sept 12
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Keynote Address -Union Station Ballroom BC
Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 10:30 am 09/12/2024 12:00 pm America/Detroit Keynote Address Shawn Baker Benefits of Animal-based Diets Union Station Ballroom BC
10:30 - 12:00 pm Shawn Baker Benefits of Animal-based Diets
12:00 - 12:15 pm AABP 2025 Vice President Candidate Introductions Dr. Elizabeth
Kohtz and Dr. Jennifer Roberts |
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Thursday,
Sept 12
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch in the Exhibit Area
Research Posters Meet the poster presenters (Thursday 12:15 to 1:15)
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Thursday,
Sept 12
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
2024 Job Fair - A112-115 |
Thursday, Sept 12
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
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Student Case Presentation Competition - Union Station Ballroom A
Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 1:30 pm 09/12/2024 5:30 pm America/Detroit Student Case Presentations Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom A
Student Case Posters
Foundation-supported Research Summaries (4:30 - 5:15) |
Practice Management - A120-123 Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 1:30 pm 09/12/2024 5:30 pm America/Detroit Practice Management 1 Ormston, Rodriguez, Tillery, Pop and Barajas A120-123
1:30 - 2:15 pm Bill Ormston -
Why They Do What They Do, Why We Know What We Know!
2:15 - 3:00 pm Hannah Rodriguez - Adding a New Service
3:00 - 3:30 pm Taylor Tillery - 2023 Large Animal Veterinary Wellbeing Research: The reality might be more positive than the perception
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:45 pm
Alexandru Pop - When to Add an Associate
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Richard Barajas - Microaggressions and Microinterventions: Responding to Bias |

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Clinical Skills -Union Station Ballroom BC
Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 1:30 pm 09/12/2024 5:30 pm America/Detroit Clinical Skills 1 AABP Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Keelan Lewis - How to Succeed with Ventral Midline C-sections for the Bovine Patient
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Christopher Burrows - Crash Course in Pet Pig Medicine for the Large Animal Practitioner
3:00 - 3:30 pm Adriano Vatta
- Practical Application of Fecal Testing for Internal Parasites
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:45 pm Jennifer Koziol -
Bull BSEs: Evaluating for Success
4:45 - 5:30 pm N. Kent Ames - Surgical Placement of Rumen Cannula
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Welfare - A210-215
Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 1:30 pm 09/12/2024 5:30 pm America/Detroit Welfare Various Speakers CC A210-215
1:30 - 2:15 pm Eduarda Bortoluzzi - Current Trends and New Developments in Assessing and Managing Pain in Cattle
2:15 - 3:00 pm Jennifer Van Os
- Enriching the Lives of Dairy Cattle with Opportunities to Express Adaptive Behaviors
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Sabine Mann - The Cow-calf Separation Debate: Implications for Bovine Practitioners
3:30 - 4:00 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:45 pm Eduarda Bortoluzzi -
Innovative Approaches to Castration Pain Management
4:45 - 5:30 pm Marissa Hake -
Speaking Up about Animal Welfare On-farm
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Thursday,
Sept 12
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm |
Practice Tips Union Station Ballroom BC Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 5:45 pm 09/12/2024 6:45 pm America/Detroit Practice Tips Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
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7:30 - 10:30 pm |
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Student Reception - Howl at the Moon, 504 Park St Add to Calendar 09/12/2024 9:00 pm 09/12/2024 11:59 pm America/Detroit Student Reception Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health Howl at the Moon, 504 Park St
Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health |
Friday,
September 13 |
Friday,
Sept 13
6:30 am - 7:45 am |
Friday Breakfast Sponsored by Zoetis
Battelle North Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 6:30 am 09/13/2024 7:45 am America/Detroit Zoetis Friday Breakfast Zoetis Breakfast Battelle North Dr. Kent Andersen
Predictions, Performance and Profit
with Precision Crossbreeding |
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Friday,
Sept 13
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Opens
15th Annual AABP Student Quiz Bowl featured in the Exhibit Hall
Friday Morning
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Friday,
Sept 13
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Quiz Bowl
15th Annual AABP Student featured in the Exhibit Hall
Friday Morning
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Friday, Sept 13
8:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Clinical Skills -Union Station Ballroom BC Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 8:00 am 09/13/2024 12:15 pm America/Detroit Clinical Skills 2 Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
8:00 - 8:45 am Patrick M.R. Comyn - On-Farm Facilitated Ankylosis in Cattle and Other Hoof-related Lameness Treatment Methods
8:45 - 9:30 am Alexis Jennings - What do you mean it's not foot rot? Managing septic joints in ruminants'
9:30 - 10:00 am Clinton Roof - Firearm Safety as a Veterinary Practitioner
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break
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Hot Topics -Union Station Ballroom BC
10:45 - 11:30 am Dr. Cia Johnson - Update on AVMA Depopulation Guidelines for Cattle
11:30 - 12:15 pm Drs. Tera Barnhardt, Drew Magstadt, Will Leone - Closed door panel discussion for AABP members. Updates on Dairy Cattle Disease Outbreak due to Influenza A H5N1, |
Grad Student Competition - Research Summaries - Union Station Ballroom A
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 8:00 am 09/13/2024 12:15 pm America/Detroit Research Summaries 2 Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom A
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AASRP - A223
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 8:00 am 09/13/2024 12:15 pm America/Detroit AASRP 2 Various Speakers A223
8:00 - 8:45 am Michael E. Pesato - Knowing the Players- The GI Nematodes and What's Out There for Treatment
8:45 - 9:30 am Douglas Wagner - Updates in Whitetail Deer Practice
9:30 - 10:00 am Meredyth Jones - Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection and Interpretation
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am Michael E. Pesato - Play the Game: Discussing Anthelmintic Resistance and Alternative Parasite Control Options
11:30 - 12:15 pm Clare Scully -
Small Ruminant Abortion- Recognizing it, Managing it, and What to Do Next! |
Practice Management - A123
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 8:00 am 09/13/2024 12:15 pm America/Detroit Practice Management 2 Various Speakers A123
8:00 - 8:45 am Keely Shine - Taking Care of Your Physical Health
8:45 - 9:30 am Bethany Schilling - When Heads Collide: Negotiating Conflict in the Workplace
9:30 - 10:00 am Joe M. Hillhouse - Making Emergencies Suck Less
10:00 - 10:45 am Milk/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 - 11:30 am
Karla Lewis - Navigating Marketing and Sales Strategies in Veterinary Practice
11:30 - 12:15 pm Robert F. Ceglowski - Alternative Compensation Models |
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Friday,
Sept 13
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Lunch in the Exhibit Area |
Friday,
Sept 13
1:30 - 5:30 pm |
Student Lameness Seminar - A224 |
Friday,
Sept 13
1:45 pm - 6:00 pm |
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Dairy Session -Union Station Ballroom BC
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 1:45 pm 09/13/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Dairy Session Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
1:45 - 2:30 pm Dave Renaud - Does Transportation of Young Dairy Calves Impact their Health and Welfare? New Insights and a Bumpy Road Forward
2:30 - 3:15 pm Travis White - Newest Data on Post Day 1 Colostrum Feeding
3:15 - 3:45 pm Brandon Treichler - Welfare and the Parlor: Strategies to extended low stress handling to milking fresh heifers
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Dorte Dopfer - Machine Learning/AI/Data Analysis - what is necessary to make a DVM spend time with data analysis today?
5:15 - 6:00 pm Donald Sockett - New Concepts in Colostrum Feeding for Dairy Calves
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Beef Session - A210-215
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 4:15 pm 09/13/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Beef Session Various Speakers A210-215
1:45 - 2:30 pm Josh Szasz - Thoughts and Recommendations on Metaphylaxis in Commercial Feedyard Settings with an Emphasis on Drug Selection and Post-Metaphylaxis Intervals
2:30 - 3:15 pm Eric Behlke -
Feedlot Pen Floor Design, Management and Production Implications
3:15 - 3:45 pm Danielle Mzyk - FARAD: Current Updates and Future Directions
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Dale M. Grotelueschen - Relevance: Consideration for Evolving and Adapting Beef Veterinary Practice Models
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Dustin Loy - Current and Emerging Diagnostic Approaches to Infectious Diseases of Cattle |
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Research Summaries - Union Station Ballroom A
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 1:45 pm 09/13/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Research Summaries 3 Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom A |
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AASRP Session - A223
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 1:45 pm 09/13/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit AASRP Session 3 Various Speakers A223
1:45 - 2:30 pm Evelyn MacKay - Small Ruminant Practice Management in 2024 - Utilization of Modern Modalities
2:30 - 3:00 pm Kay Marinac-Prudente - Attracting and Retaining Small Ruminant Clientele
3:00 - 3:45 pm Jon Higgins - ''Using Social Media to Keep Your Practice Relevant!"
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment
Break
4:15 - 6:00 pm AASRP Research Summaries
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Friday,
Sept 13
5:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall closes |
Friday,
Sept 13
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Friday Night Dinner, Scholarship presentations and Amstutz Scholarship
Auction - Battelle North
Add to Calendar 09/13/2024 6:00 pm 09/13/2024 9:00 pm America/Detroit Zoetis Friday Eve Dinner and Amstutz Auction Sponsored by Zoetis Battelle North
Sponsored by
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8:30 pm - 12:00 am |
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CABV/ACVB Social Sponsored by Vetoquinol
(only available to Canadian Association of Bovine Veterinarians/Association Canadienne des Vétérinaires Bovins Members) |
Saturday,
September 14 |
Saturday,
Sept 14
8:00 am - 11:30 am |
Dairy Session -Union Station Ballroom BC
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 8:00 am 09/14/2024 11:30 am America/Detroit Dairy Session Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
8:00 - 8:45 am Danelle Bickett-Weddle - Protecting the herd through biosecurity
8:45 - 9:30 am Dörte Döpfer - Challenging the Norm -Lameness on dairy and beef cattle operations with particular focus on digital dermatitis
9:30 - 10:00 am Courtney Halbach - Cow Comfort through Novel Barn Design
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Albert DeVries - Challenging the Norm - Cull Rates and Farm Economics
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Beef Session - A210-215 Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 8:00 am 09/14/2024 10:00 am America/Detroit Beef Session 2 Various Speakers A210-215
8:00 - 8:45 am Jason Sawyer - Resilience and Sustainability in Beef Production Systems
8:45 - 9:30 am Ben Turner - Why is there a persistently increasing gap in the availability of livestock veterinarians in the rural U.S.?
9:30 - 10:00 am Brittany Berry - “Wait, I’m the professor now?”
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Mariana Maupome - Challenging the Way We've Always Done Things: Managing Chronic Pens, Fitness to Transport and Other Welfare-type Issues on the Feedlot |
Research Summaries - Union Station Ballroom A
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 8:00 am 09/14/2024 11:30 am America/Detroit Research Summaries 4 Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom A
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Students/New Graduate Sessions - A220-223
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 8:00 am 09/14/2024 11:30 am America/Detroit Student Sessions Various Speakers A220-223
8:00 - 8:45 am Julia Herman - Improving animal health and welfare through industry education and quality assurance programs
8:45 - 9:30 am Katie Dotterer - Spanglish 101
9:30 - 10:00 am Katie Dotterer - Reaching Across the Cultural Border
10:00 - 10:30 am Milk/Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 am
Elizabeth Homerosky - Chop, Chop! Tips for Performing a Speedy Field Necropsy
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Saturday,
Sept 14
11:30 am - 2:00 pm |
Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Battelle North
All members welcome to join! |

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Saturday,
Sept 14
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Beef Session - A210-215
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 2:00 pm 09/14/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Beef Session Various Speakers A210-215
2:00 - 3:00 pm Amelia R. Woolums - Novel immunological approaches to improve cattle health
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Brent C. Credille - Management of Bovine Respiratory Disease in Beef Stocker Calves: An Overview of the Current Evidence
3:45 - 4:15 am Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm
W. Mark Hilton - Challenging the Way We've Always Done Things: Nutrition Guidance for Small Farms that Actually Works for Practitioners
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Isaiah Smith - Mountainview Veterinary Services: Mixed Animal Practice Synergy
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Dairy Session -Union Station Ballroom BC
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 2:00 pm 09/14/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Dairy Session Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom BC
2:00 - 3:00 pm Rita Couto Serrenho - Challenging the Norm: What’s the Perfect Time to Start Inseminating Dairy Heifers?
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Brandon Debbink - Challenging the Norm: Herd Check... For Calves?
3:45 - 4:15 am Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm
Jimena Laporta - Why is Important to Keep Dry Cows and Youngstock Cool During Hot Summers: From Epigenetics to Economics
5:15 - 6:00 pm
Jimena Laporta - How to Successfully Implement Mechanical Cooling for Dry Cows, Heifers and Preweaning Calves
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Research Summaries - Union Station Ballroom A
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 8:00 am 09/14/2024 11:30 am America/Detroit Research Summaries 5 Various Speakers Union Station Ballroom A
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Student Sessions -A220-223
Add to Calendar 09/14/2024 2:00 pm 09/14/2024 6:00 pm America/Detroit Student Session Various Speakers A220-223
2:00 - 3:00 pm Michael E. Pesato - Back to the Basics- Let's Talk Vaccines!
3:00 - 3:45 pm Lauren Stefaniuk - Divide & Conquer - mastering the art of delegation
3:45 - 4:15 pm Milk/Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Jonathan Leicht
- Picking your first practice
5:15 - 6:00 pm Betsy Charles - Lead From The Space
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