56th Annual Conference

2024 SCHEDULE

Online Registration and Housing Information
Preconference Seminar Information

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

Thursday, September 12

Thursday, Sept 12
6:30 am - 7:45 am

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)
  1. Union A - Considerations for Feeding Beef x Dairy Cross Calves - Eric Behlke
  2. Union B - Vaccinology and immunology for beef and dairy cattle - Amelia Woolums
  3. Union C - Ask me anything – small ruminant edition! - Meredyth Jones Cook
  4. Champaign - Leveraging your Entire Veterinary Team for Success - Ryan Rademacher
  5. Union E - Calf fluid therapy - Geoffrey Smith
  6. Union D - Challenging the Norm on Dairy Replacements - Mike Overton
  7. Knox - Redefining the veterinarian’s role in enhancing on-farm animal well-being - Michelle Schack

Thursday, Sept 12
8:00 am - 10:00 am

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

Thursday, Sept 12
8:00 am - 6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens

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

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

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)

Thursday, Sept 12
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

2024 Job Fair - A112-115

Thursday, Sept 12
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

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

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

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


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
  • Elizabeth Kohtz - Divide and Conquer: Tasks to delegate to Certified Veterinary Technicians
  • Lauren Stefaniuk - Putting the "Pro" in Proficient - Organizational Tips for the roa
  • Alexandru Pop - Cruisin’ Cuisine: The Art of Farm Call Snacking
  • Lesley Moser - How to organize your S@#t Show

  • Meredyth Jones Cook - Duct Tape Medical Records


7:30 - 10:30 pm

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

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

Friday, Sept 13
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Quiz Bowl

15th Annual AABP Student featured in the Exhibit Hall Friday Morning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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 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

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

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

Saturday, Sept 14

11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Battelle North
All members welcome to join!

Saturday, Sept 14

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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

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
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

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