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Epi. 194 - Review of Two Bovine Practitioner Papers on the Use of Internal Teat Sealants in Dairy Cows
April 22, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Pat Gorden and Dr. Michelle Buckley from Iowa State University to discuss two publications from the Bovine Practitioner Volume 57 Number 2, 2023. Links to the published papers are at the end of the podcast show notes. Our guests review the use of internal teat sealants and some of the challenges with producer use of internal teat sealants. We also review the importance of equivalence studies for practicing veterinarians, who are th...
Epi. 193 - An Iterative Approach to the Development of a Sole Ulcer Induction Model in Holstein Cows
April 15, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Gerard Cramer, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota and current chair of the AABP Lameness Committee. This podcast is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and their 360 mastitis portfolio. What’s in your cattle tool care kit? Experience the power of complete mastitis care at choose360coverage.com. The topic of the discussion is to walk through a research project that was funded by the AABP Foundation to investigate a mo...
Epi. 192 - Tips and Guidance for AABP Foundation Scholarship Applications
April 08, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP members Dr. Michelle Barrett and Dr. Becky Funk. Both guests have served on the Amstutz Scholarship Committee and Funk is the past-chair of the AABP Foundation. Our guests discuss the scholarship application process, how scholarships are reviewed, and offer tips for filling out the application. Students who qualify for a scholarship should consider applying using the links on the Students menu of the AABP website. We discuss the requirem...
Epi. 191 – AABP Member Update and Dues Renewal Announcement
April 01, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBIn this episode of the AABP Have You Herd? podcast, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an update for AABP member resources. The AABP dues renewal season is now open. We welcome all cattle veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary students to join AABP or renew their dues by going to this link. AABP is primarily funded by membership dues and we utilize dues revenue to provide resources to our members. Gingrich reviews three major buckets of activity from the orga...
Epi. 190 - Efficient Parlor Throughput with Milk Quality in Mind
March 25, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Juan Rodrigo Pedraza, AABP member and Zoetis Technical Services Veterinarian. This episode is brought to you by the AABP Milk Quality and Udder Health Committee. Pedraza starts by explaining what is parlor efficiency and throughput and why it is important for dairy farms. He cautions that recommendations to improve parlor efficiency should not sacrifice quality milk production and veterinarians can consult dairy clients on steps to ...
Epi. 189 - The Importance of Physical Health in Bovine Practice
March 18, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP member Dr. Keely Shine in this episode to discuss the importance of physical health and activity to improving sustainability in bovine practice. Shine graduate from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2022 and immediately opened her own mixed large animal ambulatory practice. She is also the owner of a CrossFit gym and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and currently serves in the Navy Reserves. Shine define...
Epi. 188 - Methods of Processing Recycled Manure Solids Bedding on Midwest Dairy Farms II: Relationships between Bedding Characteristics and Bedding Bacterial Count
February 26, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Felipe Peña Mosca and Dr. Sandra Godden for this episode to discuss a paper that is available in the online first edition of The Bovine Practitioner, “Methods of processing recycled manure solids bedding on Midwest dairy farms II: Relationships between bedding characteristics and bedding bacterial count.” This is a companion paper that we previously discussed on Episode 165 of Have You Herd? which evaluated recycled manure solids pr...
Ep. 187 - Case Report: Systemic Granulomatous Disease with Vasculitis in a Bull due to Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) Toxicosis
February 19, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Lee Jones, technical services veterinarian with Boehringer-Ingelheim. Dr. Jones was previously an extension veterinarian at the University of Georgia and the attending veterinarian for this clinical case report published in The Bovine Practitioner, Volume 57, Number 2. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) is a forage, and intoxication from the plant has been described in the literature, although this is a very unusual case. This case affected...
Ep. 186 - Comparison of Electronic Nose and Conventional Cow-side Diagnostic Tools for Detection of Ketosis in Early Lactation Dairy Cows
February 12, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Conrad Schelkopf to discuss a recent paper published in The Bovine Practitioner Volume 57 Number 2. Conrad is a dual DVM/PhD student at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The title of the paper is “Comparison of electronic nose and conventional cow-side diagnostic tools for detection of ketosis in early lactation dairy cows”. We review the various types of ketones that are measure by different diagnostic tests in da...
Ep. 185 – Best Practices for Colostrum Management in Beef Calves
February 05, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Clair Windeyer, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. This podcast is brought to you by the ad hoc AABP Cattle Youngstock Committee. If you are interested in joining an AABP committee, please go to the committee page on the AABP website to find a committee of interest and on each committee page is a contact button to let us know you would like to join. We start our podcast by explaining th...
Ep. 184 - Effect of Maternal Bovine Appeasing Substance (MBAS) on Health and Performance of Preweaned Dairy Calves
January 29, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Reinaldo Cooke, a professor at Texas A&M Animal Sciences Department. Cooke was one of the investigators on a paper published in the AABP Bovine Practitioner Volume 57 Number 2, “Effect of maternal bovine appeasing substance on health and performance of preweaned dairy calves”. Maternal appeasing pheromone is secreted by the mammary gland of all lactating animals and the MBAS is an analog of that pheromone for use in cattle. The subs...
Ep. 183 - Treatment of Digital Dermatitis
January 22, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Anne Murphy and Dr. Karin Orsel in this episode to discuss a common cause of lameness, digital dermatitis. Our guests start by describing this disease that was first identified in 1972 and has spread around the world. The disease is seen in most dairy farms in the U.S. as well as in feedlots and cow-calf operations. Even though the disease has been identified on many farms for many years, we do not know the exact mechanism of the dis...
Evaluation of the Treatment Efficacy of Generic Enrofloxacin Compared to Pioneer Enrofloxacin for First Treatment of Naturally Occurring Bovine Respiratory Disease in a Commercial Feedlot -- Sponsored by Virbac
January 15, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Miles Theurer from Veterinary Research and Consulting Services. Theurer was the lead author of the paper “Evaluation of the treatment efficacy of generic enrofloxacin compared to pioneer enrofloxacin for first treatment of naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in a commercial feedlot” published in The Bovine Practitioner Volume 57 Number 2. This episode is sponsored by Virbac. After more than 50 years of helping animals arou...
Botanical Medicines for Cattle Practice
January 08, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Hubert Karreman. This podcast is brought to you by the AABP Committee on Pharmaceutical and Biologic Issues. Dr. Karreman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 and has many years of experience working with organic production systems as a veterinarian. Karreman discusses what types of botanicals are available and some history of how they have been used. We also discuss what cases may be amenable to treatment with botan...
Vaccination in the Face of Maternal Antibodies
January 01, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Joe Gillespie, Senior Professional Services Veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, and Dr. Chris Chase, professor at South Dakota State University, to discuss vaccination of calves for bovine respiratory disease in the face of maternal antibodies. This podcast is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, sponsor of the Welcome Reception at the AABP Annual Conference. Our guests review maternal antibody protection for the calf and how it ...
AABP End-of-Year Updates with Dr. Fred Gingrich
December 25, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an end-of-year update for AABP members. If you need your CE certificates to submit for your license renewal, go to https://aabp.org then hover over your name in the upper right corner and select "My CE Certificates" to view, print or save your CE certificates to your files. You can also find your dues receipts and your donation receipts for tax purposes by hovering over your name and selecting the appropriate option. To donate to the AABP Fo...
Side of Chute and Handedness does not Affect the Sensitivity of Tritrichomonas foetus Sample Collection in Bulls
December 18, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jennifer Koziol, a board certified theriogenologist from Texas Tech University, to discuss the publication in The Bovine Practitioner on sample collection for Tritrichomonas foetus. This project was funded by the AABP Foundation Competitive Research Grant. The AABP Foundation funds clinical research for beef and dairy cattle projects that may not be eligible for funding elsewhere and provide evidenced based medicine for practicing ve...
Assessment of Time to Death, Brain Tissue Damage and Clinical Signs of Consciousness in Mature Jersey x Holstein Cattle Receiving a Secondary Penetrating Captive Bolt Gunshot at the Poll or Frontal Sinus Locations
December 11, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jesse Robbins and Dr. Brett Boyum to discuss this recent publication in the AABP peer-reviewed journal The Bovine Practitioner. This is a follow-up publication that evaluated a secondary method for euthanasia using a penetrating captive bolt (PCB) in youngstock to validate this procedure in adult animals. The primary method of euthanasia using a PCB in the frontal sinus location was the same for both groups of animals. This paper eva...
7th AABP Recent Graduate Conference
December 04, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the program committee for the 2024 AABP Recent Graduate Conference. The chair of the committee is Dr. Nicholas Shen and he is joined by the other beef coordinator Dr. Andy Harding and dairy session coordinators Dr. Rachel O’Leary and Dr. Ryan Wood. The conference CE sessions and preconference seminars are planned by recent graduates to ensure that these sessions are relevant to the attendees. The conference will be held in Knoxville, Ten...
2024 AABP Vice President Candidates – Dr. Brandon Treichler and Dr. Mark Hilton
November 27, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the 2024 candidates, Dr. Mark Hilton and Dr. Brandon Treichler, for the office of AABP Vice President. The ballot is now open and will close on December 29, 2023 at 5 pm Eastern. All AABP members who are veterinarians, honor roll, graduate students and veterinary technicians are eligible to vote for this elected position. The candidate with the greatest number of votes will be seated as the AABP vice president at the 2024 Annual Business...
AABP Building Excellence in Rural Veterinary Practices Workshops
November 20, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP treasurer and member of the Veterinary Practice Sustainability Committee, Dr. Brian Reed to discuss the practice management workshops that AABP will offer over the next three years. The workshops are funded by a USDA NIFA grant and attendance is free for those applicants selected to attend. Qualifications to apply for the grant-funded workshops are being a U.S. citizen who graduated from 2014-2023 and have at least 10% of revenues f...
Improving Belonging and Retention in Bovine Practice Through Cultural Competency – Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
November 13, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Maurice Cottman, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. This episode of Have You Herd is sponsored by Merck Animal Health. Visit this link to find out more about the BRD solutions available from Merck Animal Health. Cottman presented at the 56th AABP Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wis. in the Veterinary Practice Sustainability session, chaired by Dr. Lauren Mack. AAB...
Updates on Best Practices for NSAID use in Dairy Cattle – Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
November 06, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Hans Coetzee, Professor and Head, Anatomy and Physiology at Kansas State University, and Dr. Lowell Midla, technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health. Coetzee reviews why pain and fever management are important in cattle and the challenges associated with managing pain in cattle. He reviews the NSAID options that are available and the process for achieving FDA approval for a pain indication. We also discuss labor and h...
Oral Electrolyte Therapy for Calf Diarrhea
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Geoffrey Smith, a Technical Services Veterinary for Zoetis and member of the AABP ad hoc Cattle Youngstock Committee. If you are interested in joining the Cattle Youngstock Committee, please go to the committee page and click the link to send an email with your request. Include a brief bio statement and your interest in the committee for your nomination to serve on the committee. Smith discusses the key pathophysiologic changes th...
56th AABP Annual Conference – Feedback and Wrap-Up
October 09, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides a wrap-up from the 56th AABP Annual Conference, held in Milwaukee, Wis., September 21-23, 2023. We had a total of nearly 1,500 attendees at the conference including attendees, guests, students and exhibitor booth representatives which is consistent with our pre-pandemic attendance numbers. Gingrich offers a special thanks to AABP staff, the program committee, moderators, and the chairs of the conference which include Dr. Michael Capel and Dr...
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Bob Smith, Dr. Kathy Bjork and Marlene Azvedo to discuss the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. We start the conversation by describing the VMLRP history and funding. The VMLRP is a nationally competitive opportunity for qualified veterinarians to reduce their educational debt by agreeing to provide professional veterinary ...
Comparison of Lidocaine Alone or in Combination with a Local Nerve Block of Ethanol, Bupivacaine Liposome Suspension, or Oral Meloxicam to Extend Analgesia after Scoop Dehorning in Holstein Calves
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Miriam Martin, Director of Animal Health and Welfare and the North American Meat Institute, and Dr. Michael Kleinhenz, Clinical Associate Professor in Dairy Cattle Production at Texas A&M Vero for this episode to discuss the paper that was published in the Journal of Dairy Science that was the result of the cattle welfare research grant through the AABP Foundation. This episode of Have You Herd? is brought to you by Merck Animal H...
Special AABP Have You Herd? Podcast: 56th AABP Annual Conference – Evolving Expectations
September 16, 2023 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides information and tips for those attending the conference in Milwaukee September 21-23, 2023. This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Allflex. Find out more information by visiting this page. The conference will be held at the Wisconsin Center District which is the convention center located at 555 Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There are parking garages next to the hotels and the downtown area is located 8 miles from the Milwaukee ...
Tips for Creating a Great Job Posting, Finding and Retaining Associate Veterinarians – Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Wrenn Calcutt who graduated from Virginia Tech College of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. This podcast is supported by Merck Animal Health and the Bovilis Vista Once SQ vaccine. To find out more information, visit this page. Calcutt provides some guidance for veterinarians who are seeking new associates from the perspective of a student and a recent graduate looking for their next job. One thing that she discussed is the desire fo...
Ep. 165 - Methods of Processing Recycled Manure Solids Bedding on Midwest Dairy Farms I: Associations with Bedding Bacteria Counts, Milk Quality, Udder Health and Milk Production - Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
August 29, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP President Dr. Sandra Godden. This episode of Have You Herd is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and their portfolio of 3600 mastitis coverage. Find out more at this link. Dr. Godden was an author on the paper published in the AABP peer-reviewed journal, The Bovine Practitioner. The journal’s target audience is practicing cattle veterinarians, providing research that is clinically relevant, and is available open-access in a searcha...
Methods of Processing Recycled Manure Solids Bedding on Midwest Dairy Farms I: Associations with Bedding Bacteria Counts, Milk Quality, Udder Health and Milk Production - Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
August 29, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP President Dr. Sandra Godden. This episode of Have You Herd is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and their portfolio of 3600 mastitis coverage. Find out more at this link. Dr. Godden was an author on the paper published in the AABP peer-reviewed journal, The Bovine Practitioner. The journal’s target audience is practicing cattle veterinarians, providing research that is clinically relevant, and is available open-access in a searcha...
The Differences in Antibiotic Therapies and a Deeper Look at Florfenicol – Sponsored by Merck Animal Health
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Merck Animal Health Technical Services Veterinarian Dr. Deana Hardee for this episode to discuss uses of florfenicol in cattle practice. We start this episode with a brief overview of the different classes of antimicrobials used in cattle and how they might fit into a bovine respiratory disease (BRD) protocol. Hardee discusses how florfenicol might be used as a first-line treatment after following a post-metaphylactic interval that used ...
Overcoming Challenges with Recruitment and Retention of Veterinarians in Bovine Practice Sponsored by Heritage Veterinary Partners
August 07, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by veterinarians from Heritage Veterinary Partners which is a veterinary partnership specializing in large and mixed animal practices. Guests on this episode include Dr. Dan Cummings from Tennessee, Dr. Oliver Irons from West Virginia and Dr. Amanda Onan from Wisconsin. Cummings also serves as the chair of the AABP Membership Committee which has discussed the workforce shortages in rural bovine or mixed practice and developed initiatives fo...
Beef Cattle Starter Rations
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Matthew May, Director of Production Services at Feedlot Health Management Services by Telus Agriculture. This episode of AABP's Have You Herd? podcast is sponsored by Lactipro. Lactipro is a rumen-native probiotic consisting of a live, stable and naturally occurring strain of Mega e. Lactipro places a large number of Mega e into the rumen, where it immediately begins targeting lactic acid and producing butyric acid. Lactipro helps ca...
Urolithiasis: Review and Case Description of a Wagyu Feeder Steer with Struvite Crystalluria and Urolithiasis Treated with Calcium Boluses
July 10, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP registered veterinary technician member Pamela Armstrong. Armstrong is the author of a case study novel treatment paper published in The Bovine Practitioner titled “Urolithiasis: Review and case description of a Wagyu feeder steer with struvite crystalluria and urolithiasis treated with calcium boluses”. Armstrong is the owner of Maple Row Farms in Clarence, N.Y. where she manages a horse rescue operation and a Wagyu beef cattle far...
Usage of Genomics in Beef Cattle Production – Producer Perspectives
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by two beef producers – Craig Bieber of Beiber Red Angus and Cole Ratzburg of Bobcat Angus. This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Merck Animal Health, makers of Bovilis Vista Once SQ. It’s shown effective against the major causes of BRD plus Pasteurella multocida and BVD Type 1b. Give calves the most complete BRD coverage in a single dose. Find our more information by visiting this page. The AABP Genetics and Genomics Committee ...
56th AABP Annual Conference – Preconference Seminars with Dr. Dave Sjeklocha
June 26, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP Vice President Dr. Dave Sjeklocha to discuss the preconference seminars at the upcoming AABP Annual Conference Sept. 21-23 in Milwaukee, Wis. Preconference seminars are offered Sunday through Wednesday of the conference and provide an opportunity for members to take advanced continuing education courses that are led by a team of faculty experts. Attendance for seminars is limited, which allows for great discussion and networking o...
56th AABP Annual Conference with Dr. Michael Capel
June 19, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP President-Elect and program committee chair Dr. Michael Capel to discuss the 56th AABP Annual Conference which will be held September 21-23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wis. AABP is appreciative of the efforts from the program committee to plan the continuing education sessions for beef, dairy, small ruminants, practice management, students, clinical skills, research summaries and practice tips sessions. The conference will offer 24.25 hours...
Mindfulness Meditation for Cattle Veterinarians
June 12, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich has a conversation with District 1 Director Dr. Liz Brock on how mindfulness meditation has impacted both of their lives in a positive way. They share their stories about their messy lives and how they have incorporated meditation practice to improve mental health, reduce stress and anxiety, manage work-life interaction, improve focus, and being generally happier. Gingrich and Brock talk about what brought them to meditation practice, its importance ...
Health and Performance Outcomes from a Randomized Clinical Trial of Post-Metaphylactic Intervals Following Tildipirosin Metaphylaxis for Control of Naturally Occurring BRD in Commingled Lightweight Yearling Steers in a Commercial Feedlot
June 05, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB-AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Josh Szasz, a veterinarian with Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. Szasz is the lead author on the paper published in The Bovine Practitioner Volume 56 Number 2 titled “Health and performance outcomes from a randomized clinical trial of post-metaphylactic intervals following tildipirosin metaphylaxis for control of naturally occurring BRD in commingled lightweight yearling steers in a commercial feedlot”. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) r...
Protecting Your Herd against Pasteurella multocida
May 29, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Merck Animal Health Technical Services Veterinarian Dr. Brent Meyer. This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Merck Animal Health. Could your cattle be more covered for BRD? If you’re not using Bovilis Vista Once SQ, the answer is yes! It’s shown effective against the major causes of BRD plus Pasteurella multocida and BVD Type 1b. No other vaccine covers as much and with industry-leading duration of immunity. Give calves the most c...
AABP Guidelines for the Humane Euthanasia of Cattle
May 22, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by members of the Animal Welfare Committee to discuss the recently revised Guidelines for the Humane Euthanasia of Cattle. Joining us in this episode is Dr. Liz Brock, District 1 Director and Vice-Chair, Dr. Meggan Hain, Chair, and Dr. Brett Boyum. Brock discusses the AABP policy for developing and reviewing all AABP guidelines and position statements to ensure they remain relevant and consistent with current science. The documents are used...
Failed Transfer of Passive Immunity is a Component Cause of Pre-Weaning Disease in Beef and Dairy Calves: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
May 15, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Alexis Thompson, the lead author on the paper published in The Bovine Practitioner Vol. 56 No. 2 titled “Failed transfer of passive immunity is a component cause of pre-weaning disease in beef and dairy calves: A systematic review and meta-analysis”. The objective of the paper was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature regarding failed transfer of passive immunity (FTPI) and evaluate the strength of associatio...
AABP Legislative Advocacy Update
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an advocacy update for the membership in this episode of the AABP Have You Herd? podcast. Gingrich begins the podcast by explaining how AABP staff and volunteers work with allied organizations to advocate for veterinary issues important to cattle practitioners. He encourages our members to join AVMA to support the veterinary association that represents all veterinarians in the U.S. The AVMA Government Relations Division (GRD) is based in Was...
Create a Great Externship Opportunity
May 01, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Pippa Gibbons, chair of the AABP Food Animal Educators Task Force, and Dr. Arn Anderson, AABP Board of Directors representative for District 8. Our topic is discussing the importance of externships for veterinary students and how this can impact retention and recruitment in bovine or mixed animal practice. It is important for practices to have a well-defined program and to ask students what their goals are for the externship experien...
Feeding and Mimicking Transition Milk in Calves – Post-Day One, What's New and is There a Return on Investment?
April 24, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP members from the Saskatoon Colostrum Company Limited (SCCL), Dr. Travis White, Director of Veterinary Technical Services, and Dr. Mike Nagorske, Director of Research. This episode is sponsored by SCCL and you can find information about their company on their website. If you are an AABP member interested in calves, we encourage you to join our new ad hoc Cattle Youngstock Committee. The first meal a calf receives is the most importan...
What do Veterinarians Need to Know about FDA Guidance for Industry #263?
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Eric Moore, an AABP member who is Director of Technical Services at Norbrook. Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 is part of the FDA’s five-year plan which will move the remaining medically important antimicrobials under veterinary oversight. This means that all medically important antimicrobials that are currently marketed as over-the-counter (OTC) medications will be moved to prescription (Rx) status. About 95% of antimicrobials sold ...
Seroprevalence and Molecular Detection of Anaplasma marginale-infected Beef Herds in Georgia, USA
April 10, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by past AABP Board of Directors member from District 3, Dr. Lee Jones. Jones is an associate professor at the University of Georgia in the Beef Production Medicine department. Jones was the first author on the paper titled “Seroprevalence and molecular detection of Anaplasma marginale-infected beef herds in Georgia, USA”, which was published in The Bovine Practitioner Volume 56 Number 2 (2022). We review the transmission, clinical signs, an...
A Conversation with Elizabeth Peterson – AABP Student Member
April 03, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by student AABP member Elizabeth Peterson. Elizabeth is in the inaugural class at Texas Tech University College of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, Texas. We discuss how students can react to generalizations about recent veterinary graduates and students. She shares challenges that students face today and what the next generation of veterinarians wants for their professional career. She wants to be in a practice that is mostly cattle where ...
Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to unpasteurized milk and relationship to changes in state laws - United States 1998-2018
March 27, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinarian who works in for the Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service. Nichols discusses the recent publication that evaluated outbreaks associated with consumption of unpasteurized milk and compared these outbreaks to state laws regarding the consumption of unpasteurized milk over a period from 1998 to 2018. There are 27 states that allow some form of raw milk sales and 78% of the outbreaks inv...