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Bovine Respiratory Disease during the mid-portion of the feeding period
May 24, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich, Executive Director of AABP, is joined by Dr. Miles Theurer, a veterinarian involved in clinical research with Veterinary Consulting and Research Services, and Dr. Myriah Johnson, Senior Director of Beef Sustainability Research at National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to discuss recent research on mid-day bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in feedlot cattle. The highest risk period for BRD is within the first 45 days of the feeding period, however mid-day BRD...
Improving practice profitability using managerial accounting
May 17, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Fred Gingrich, AABP Executive Director, is joined by Dick Lewis, a businessman for over 40 years in large and small companies. Dick met AABP member and past president Dr. Roger Saltman on an airplane in 2013 and became involved with our organization, volunteering his time to teach practice management to veterinary practice owners to improve profitability. Veterinarians in rural communities will not be able to provide services to their clients if their practice is not profitable. Unfortun...
Managing buller steer syndrome in feedlot cattle
May 10, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP Past President Dr. Calvin Booker to discuss a syndrome sometimes exhibited in feedlot cattle known as “buller syndrome” or “buller steer syndrome.” Buller steer syndrome occurs when an animal is excessively ridden by its pen mates. This can negatively impact animal health and welfare by causing injuries to the animals affected such as musculoskeletal injuries, cellulitis and even death. It can also cause economic damage to not only ...
Veterinary Practice Ownership with Dr. Tera Barnhardt, Dr. Cassandra Gewiss and Dr. Lesley Moser
May 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBAVMA data shows that 41% of veterinary practice owners are female even though they comprise over 60% of the veterinary profession. This is an increase from 29% female practice ownership in 2007. In this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich, AABP Executive Director, has a conversation with three female practice owners – Dr. Tera Barnhardt, Dr. Cassandra Gewiss and Dr. Lesley Moser. Each guest discusses the advantages, disadvantages, challenges and opportunities of practice owners and the paths they too...
Paying off your student debt
April 26, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Anne Budzinski, an AABP member practicing at CalfCare in North Manchester, IN, where she focuses on calf medicine and consulting. Dr. Budzinski is a 2015 graduate of Michigan State University. She shares her story of paying off $184,000 of student loan debt in 5 years and 4 months! We discuss her background of growing up on a farm in Michigan and selling potatoes as a child and baling hay to learn the value of hard work and managing her finances. She re...
Beef Cattle Backgrounding Systems
April 19, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Bart Lardner from the University of Saskatchewan to discuss cattle backgrounding programs. Backgrounding is the time period from weaning the calf until they are sold for finishing in a feedyard. Backgrounding programs allow the animal to grow out slowly to build frame so that they can then be finished on the concentrate diet at the next production stage. Calves on these programs are fed a high forage:concentrate diet. Dr. Lardner suggests evaluating the ...
Stop chasing bugs!
April 12, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. Mark Hilton suggests that veterinarians stop doing two things – stop chasing bugs and stop telling producers what to do! We discuss what it means to chase bugs, why veterinarians get trapped into doing this when working up herd disease outbreaks or production problems and how veterinarians are equipped with the expertise and knowledge to holistically evaluate a herd problem. Dr. Hilton suggests that you ask the producer what the problem is and then listen. Write down wha...
Ancillary Bovine Respiratory Disease Therapy
April 05, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBWhat are we trying to accomplish when we add something besides an antibiotic to our treatment regimen for bovine respiratory disease (BRD)? Is the anticipated outcome from this ancillary treatment positive, neutral or negative? In this episode, AABP Past President Dr. Mike Apley, discusses the current scientific literature on the addition of a variety of NSAID’s, steroids and Vitamin C to a BRD treatment protocol. Dr. Apley provides his view that an AABP proceedings paper from experts on a s...
Socially Housed Dairy Calves
March 29, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. Whitney Knauer from the University of Minnesota discusses social housing of dairy calves. Group housing of calves is increasing. We discuss the different types of socially housed calves such as large groups of more than 15 calves, small groups of 3-8 calves and paired calf housing. She identifies some of the challenges of group housing such as disease detection, cross sucking and competition for milk. Dr. Knauer offers some tips for veterinarians to work with their produ...
Preconditioning Pays – Capturing Value in Preconditioning Programs
March 22, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Catherine Maguire to discuss beef calf preconditioning programs. Dr. Maguire delivered a presentation at the AABP Recent Graduate Conference in St. Louis on preconditioning. Goals for preconditioning programs include increasing the value of calves marketed, decrease the incidence of disease, and enhance the producer’s reputation over time. Veterinarians can play a key role working with their producers in assisting them with verified health programs, age ...
A Conversation with AABP President Dr. Carie Telgen
March 15, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBDr. Carie Telgen is the fourth female president of AABP, the youngest AABP president and the first Amstutz Scholarship winner to become president of AABP. After listening to this podcast, this will likely not surprise you because Dr. Telgen is an energetic, thoughtful, and passionate advocate for AABP. She describes growing up on a dairy farm and always has wanted to be a cattle veterinarian, other than a brief interest in pathology when the family dog died! Dr. Telgen talks about how she be...
BRD Diagnostics and Lung Ultrasound
March 08, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBDr. Terri Ollivett joins us to discuss how to develop pathogen profiles for herd based and individual animal diagnostics. She provides recommendations on selecting which calves to test. Physical exams and respiratory scoring are not as accurate as utilizing lung ultrasound to find calves to test for BRD pathogens. Dr. Ollivett provides some tips for learning lung ultrasound including viewing her presentations on the AABP BCI CE portal (click on the purple cow-head logo at the bottom of any A...
Unique Veterinary Practice Models and Consulting Opportunities
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this episode, we are joined by AABP member Dr. Greg Goodell and AABP Past Presidents Dr. Mark Thomas and Dr. Calvin Booker. Dr. Thomas and Dr. Booker are involved with Dairy Health Management and Feedlot Health Management, a consulting-based practice with clients in the US, Canada, Mexico, and China. Dr. Goodell discusses his career start as a staff veterinarian for a large dairy and how he started his practice, The Dairy Authority which provides a wide range of services with a large focu...
Dr. Virginia Fajt Discusses the CLSI VET09 Document
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode we are joined by Dr. Virginia Fajt, a clinical pharmacologist from Texas A&M University. Dr. Fajt served as the chair of the VET09 subcommittee of the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) which created this resource. VET09 assists veterinarians with instituting one of the core principals of antimicrobial stewardship which is judicious use of antimicrobials. We review some basic pharmacologic terms that are defined in the document as well as factors that might influe...
Combating Racism in Veterinary Medicine
February 15, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Allen Cannedy who is the Director of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at North Carolina State University. Dr. Cannedy is a graduate of Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine and has is the owner of Small Ruminant and Camelid Mobile Veterinary Practice. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, veterinary medicine is the least diverse of the health care professions with minorities representing only 10% of the profession. Dr...
Liver Abscesses in Feedlot Cattle with Dr. Eric Behlke
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBJoin us today for a conversation about liver abscesses in fed cattle. Dr. Eric Behlke is a former AABP District 13 Director and a feedlot veterinarian from Okotoks, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Behlke discusses the pathogenesis of liver abscesses and the primary etiologic agents of the condition. A rule of thumb is that 10-20% of livers contain abscesses, but this incidence rate can vary greatly by lot, with some having condemnation rates of 70% or more. We also discuss the three grades of liver abs...
Have You Herd? of Bovine Congestive Heart Failure
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich welcomes guest Dr. Brian Vander Ley to discuss the “new brisket disease”. This syndrome is coined “Bovine Congestive Heart Failure” or BCHF. Dr. Vander Ley discusses the history of this disease, clinical signs, and post-mortem findings. He also discusses the genetic risk factors that have been identified in a controlled-pair study. There have been 21 SNPS identified as significantly associated with BCHF and two that were most significant. These genetic mark...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Bovine Practice
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBThe American Association of Bovine Practitioners is an international association of veterinarians serving society as leaders in cattle health, welfare, and productivity. We welcome and support any veterinarian or veterinary student, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, sexual orientation or any other demographic, to participate in all opportunities that our organization provides. As leaders in the cattle industry, we encourage all veterinarians with an interest in cattl...
Antimicrobial Use Data Collection and Reporting – Part 3
January 18, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBThis episode is the third and final in a series of Have You Herd? podcasts discussing the publication in Zoonoses and Public Health published in November 2020. We are joined by lead author, Dr. Katie Hope, along with co-authors Dr. Mike Apley and Dr. Nora Schrag. In this episode, we discuss the findings of the beef feedyard study. Dr. Hope discusses the reporting results from the records systems they evaluated. We discuss how drug selection can affect use amounts due to milligram differences...
Antimicrobial Use Data Collection and Reporting – Part 2
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThis episode is the second in a series of Have You Herd? podcasts discussing the publication in Zoonoses and Public Health published in November 2020. We are joined by lead author, Dr. Nora Schrag, along with co-authors Dr. Mike Apley and Dr. Sandra Godden. We continue to discuss the antimicrobial use quantification in dairy cows and dive deeper into the descriptions of the Standard Regimens as well as the metrics used. We discuss the three use categories described in the paper which are cli...
Antimicrobial Use Data Collection and Reporting – Part 1
January 04, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBThis episode is the first in a series of Have You Herd? podcasts discussing the publication in Zoonoses and Public Health published in November 2020. We are joined by Dr. Mike Apley to discuss this project that looked at possibilities of how we might collect antimicrobial use data. This project was a collaboration between the researchers, FDA and USDA. We discuss the nuances and pitfalls of the FDA sales and distribution data and how use data can be a valuable tool for monitoring antimicrobi...
Herd Check by IJB
December 31, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.58 MBHappy New Year to all of the hard working cattle veterinarians!
4th Annual AABP Recent Veterinary Graduate Conference
December 28, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBThe Recent Grad Program Committee joins us today to talk about the upcoming 4th AABP Recent Veterinary Graduate Conference which will take place February 12-13, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri. The program committee consists of chair Dr. Aaron Pospisil, dairy coordinator Dr. Blaine Melody, cow-calf coordinator Dr. Lesley Moser, and feedlot coordinator Dr. Julia Herman. The theme of the conference is based on resiliency. Dr. Pospisil discusses that getting together with your peers, especially aft...
Removing the stigma of mental illness in the veterinary profession
December 21, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode, Mr. Josh Tanguay, a clinical psychologist and licensed therapist who is married to an AABP member, discusses mental illness. We are all aware that veterinarians suffer increased rates of mental illness. Clinical depression and anxiety are mental illnesses and society has stigmatized those suffering from mental illness. Josh discusses signs of mental illness as well as methods to reach out to colleagues or clients that need help. He suggests when you reach out to help, come f...
Have You Herd of the Feed Saved Trait?
December 14, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the Feed Saved trait with Dr. Kent Weigel. Dr. Weigel has been involved with genomic research in cattle and discusses the research on this newly identified genetic prediction. Feed Saved looks at a cow’s maintenance cost and her residual feed intake (RFI). RFI predicts if a cow is consuming more that her body weight and milk production predict. This trait has economic implications to predict a more feed-efficient cow, as well as environmental sust...
A Minute Delay - Seven Pounds Tossed Away: The importance of premilking preparation
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBAABP members Dr. Ron Erskine and Dr. Roger Thomson discuss milk ejection with Dr. Fred Gingrich. Only 10% of the milk is in the cistern with the remainder requiring ejection from the alveolar component of the udder due to the effects of oxytocin. We discuss how a properly timed pre-milking routine can delay milk ejection and how this delay affects mouthpiece vacuum, teat end vacuum, and its associated affects on teat health. Milking routine not only can impact udder health, but also has impl...
Ketosis - Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention with Dr. Kathryn Bach
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBJoin us for a new conversation about a common disease! Dr. Kathryn Bach is an AABP member on faculty at Cornell University and in this episode, she discusses some of the current research and intervention strategies to manage hyperketonemia on dairy farms. Up to 80% of cows with hyperketonemia can be clinically normal. We review testing protocols for herd-based monitoring using hand-held blood ketone meters as well as treatment protocols based on these routine monitoring results. Dr. Bach rev...
Q&A with the 2021 AVMA Delegate Candidates
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBListen in as AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by 2021 AABP candidates for AVMA Delegate, Dr. Bryan Halteman and Dr. Hunter Lang. Each candidate provides their background and professional activities to introduce themselves to our members. They are asked how their membership in AABP has impacted their career, what role they envision as an AVMA delegate, what experiences they have to bring to the position, and what they believe are the major issues that are important for AABP...
Q&A with the 2021 AABP Vice-President Candidates
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBListen in as AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by 2021 Vice-President candidates Dr. Randall Spare and Dr. Michael Capel. Each candidate provides their background and professional activities to introduce themselves to our members. They are asked how their membership in AABP has impacted their career, what they would say to a bovine practitioner that is not a member of AABP, and what initiatives they want to take on as a leader of AABP. Information about Dr. Spares practi...
Hypocalcemia – diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and future research opportunities with Dr. Jess McArt
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBAlthough veterinarians may not be administering individual treatment to clinical, recumbent milk fever cases, there are many opportunities for us to be involved with preventing, monitoring, and developing protocols for treatment of hypocalcemia. In this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jess McArt, a clinician and researcher from Cornell University. Dr. McArt discusses practical tips for diagnosing and treating cases of clinical hypocalcemia, as well as prov...
Bovine Anaplasmosis – Effective Treatment and Control Strategies with Dr. Hans Coetzee
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss Anaplasmosis with Dr. Hans Coetzee of Kansas State University. Anaplasmosis was first described in 1925 and has spread to all 48 contiguous US states. Anaplasmosis is classically spread through blook sucking parasites, primarily 17 different species of ticks. However, Dr. Coetzee has demonstrated that 6/10 animals will become infected if exposed to dirty needles, making mechanical transfer via infected equipment an important pathway for disease transmission. That ...
Pharmacogenomics with Dr. Richard Weinshilboum MD - Mayo Clinic
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBToday’s episode of Have You Herd? with Dr. Fred Gingrich, Executive Director of AABP, is a discussion with Dr. Dick Weinshilboum, an M.D. from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Weinshilboum has been involved in human pharmacogenomic research for over 40 years and was one of the initial investigators of this fascinating field in human medicine. Pharmacogenomics identifies the variety of genetic differences and how these variances might explain an individual’s response to chemicals in thei...
Epidemiology in Veterinary Medicine with Dr. David Smith
October 26, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBAABP member Dr. David Smith joins us in this episode to discuss basic principles of epidemiology. Dr. Smith defines epidemiology as studying population and group dynamics to understand health and disease. We begin by discussing the evidence pyramid to discuss the types of evidence and how to evaluate each level for incorporating results into practice. We also review basic epidemiologic terms such as sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, confidence interval, p-value and treatme...
Suppress, Substitute and Soothe Pain with Dr. Hans Coetzee
October 19, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP member Dr. Hans Coetzee to discuss pain management in cattle. Dr. Coetzee has been actively involved with research on pain in cattle. He references FDA Guidance #123 which outlines validated methods of pain assessment in animals. We discuss some of the challenges in performing this research as well as challenges to implementing pain management techniques in practice. Dr. Coetzee also discusses the legalities of using drugs in an extra-labe...
Dairy Cattle Lameness with Dr. Gerard Cramer
October 12, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBLameness in dairy cattle remains a major issue on many farms. In this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP member and lameness expert Dr. Gerard Cramer from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Cramer states that lameness is a major animal welfare issue and relieving the pain associated with lameness in individual cattle is a major treatment goal. He references a paper in the Journal of Dairy Science, “Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows i...
Starting Calves Right - Colostrum, Colostrum Supplements, and Colostrum Replacement Products - Sponsored by SCCL
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by guests Dr. Travis White and Dr. Mike Nagorske from SCCL, a platinum level sponsor of the 53rd AABP Annual Conference. SCCL is committed to bovine health, specifically the health of dairy and beef calves. We discuss the importance of colostrum for the first, and additional, feedings and how to measure the effectiveness of passive transfer. The first meal the calf receives impacts lifelong productivity and has major influences on gut development ...
Successful BVD Prevention Strategies focus on Type 1b - Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
September 07, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich talks with AABP Past President Dr. John Davidson. Dr. Davidson is the senior associate director of beef professional veterinary services with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). BI is a platinum level sponsor of the 53rd AABP Annual Conference. Dr. Davidson reviews the history of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in the US and the shift from Type 1a to Type 1b. BI has developed a website to track sample submissions for typing BVDV and re...
Intranasal Vaccines with Dr. Chris Chase
August 31, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the use of intranasal vaccines with Dr. Chris Chase. This podcast was created by the AABP Committee on Pharmaceutical and Biologic Issues to educate our members on the history, proper use, and science of intranasal vaccines. Dr. Chase is a world-renowned immunology expert. We discuss the new single-tier vaccine labeling claim from USDA APHIS Center for Veterinary Biologicals. You can search for veterinary biologic’s product...
A Review of Branding in Cattle
August 26, 2020 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn 2019, the AABP Cattle Branding Working Group was created with members of the AABP Animal Welfare Committee and Beef Health Management Committee, along with representatives from the AABP Board of Directors. The working group was chaired by Dr. Tiffany Lee and was formed due to conversations among the Animal Welfare Committee regarding branding. The goal of the working group was to review the literature for studies on branding, develop resources discussing branding, and provide a document t...
AABP Preconference Seminars with Dr. Pat Gorden
August 21, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses with 2020 AABP Preconference Seminar Chair Dr. Pat Gorden the preconference seminars that will be offered at the 53rd AABP Annual Conference in Louisville, Ky. Seminars will be held Sunday, September 20 through Wednesday, September 23. What are preconference seminars? What topics will be offered this year? We provide a brief description of each seminar and the content that will be taught by the expert faculty members. All seminars are RACE approve...
Believe. Engage. Connect. - 53rd AABP Annual Conference
August 17, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode, AABP President Dr. Calvin Booker and AABP President Elect and program chair Dr. Carie Telgen discuss the 53rd AABP Annual Conference. We discuss the conference theme of Believe. Engage. Connect and why this theme was chosen as well as how it fits into the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Booker discusses how the AABP Board of Directors evaluated the situation and arrived at the conclusion to have a hybrid conference where there will be an in-person option as well ...
Student Extern Liability, Safety and Risk Mitigation with the AVMA PLIT
August 12, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.8 MBDr. Linda Ellis from the AVMA Professional Liability Insurance Trust (PLIT) discusses the many types of insurance packages the AVMA PLIT offers as an AVMA member benefit. Hosting student externs is a valuable experience for both veterinarians and students. In this episode, we discuss safety precautions that students and veterinarians should take, evaluating your insurance types and amounts of coverage and the pros and cons of liability or release waivers. Learn what the difference is between...
Mentorship, Mentees, and AABP
August 05, 2020 16:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBDr. Gabe Middleton, chair of the AABP Membership Committee, joins AABP members Dr. Lindley Reilly and Dr. Kendra wells to discuss mentorship. We discuss our definitions of mentorship, opening lines of communication with your mentee, and finding more than one mentor to fill the various aspect of your growing professional and personal life. Listen to each of us talk about who we have as mentors and how they have guided and shaped our careers. Our group also discusses mental health and well-bei...
Dr. Marissa Hake - Authentic Advocacy in Action
July 28, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich talks with AABP member Dr. Marissa Hake about her advocacy for the veal industry and her experiences on social media. She discusses how to be safe on social media as well as giving recommendations for being authentic to show clients and the public the truth about food animal medicine and the food animal industry. She also discusses her experiences as a woman in both agriculture and veterinary medicine, and reveals she planned to be an equine veterinarian, b...
Ruminants in a sustainable food system with Dr. Sara Place
July 07, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat is sustainability? What is the environmental impact of beef and dairy production in the US? What are the drivers of climate change? Dr. Sara Place is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Elanco Animal Health. Today we discuss greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), how cattle are a solution to providing a sustainable food source for humans, and why the Food and Agriculture Organization’s report on GHG production attributable to the beef and dairy industry is flawed. Cattle are the ultimate answe...
Let's Talk About Pigs - A conversation with Dr. Harry Snelson
June 30, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBThe swine industry has many commonalities with the cattle industry. Dr. Harry Snelson is the Executive Director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV). In this episode we learn about the AASV organization and discuss its initiatives and benefits. We also discuss African Swine Fever and its potential impacts on the swine industry as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic caused market disruptions. Dr. Snelson also discusses depopulation issues including the use of ventilation sh...
Antehelmintic resistance in beef cattle
June 22, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the issues associated with antehelmintic resistance in beef cattle with Dr. Christine Navarre. What are the risk factors for resistance? What is refugia and how can we select animals for treatment to minimize the risk of resistance? What is a strategic deworming protocol? How can we monitor success? If you are in cow-calf practice, this episode should be recommended to your clients so they can learn how to best utilize the expertise of their veter...
The Carnivore Diet with Dr. Shawn Baker MD
June 09, 2020 20:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the ultimate health food, BEEF, with Dr. Shawn Baker. Dr. Baker is an orthopedic surgeon and competitive athlete. He is the author of the Carnivore Diet and the CEO of MeatRx. The Carnivore Diet (available on Amazon.com) reviews some of the supporting evolutionary, historical and nutritional science that gives us clues as to why so many people are having great success with a meat-focused way of eating. Dr. Baker has consumed a carnivorous diet for...
Let's talk about genomics in the beef and dairy industry
May 27, 2020 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBMembers of the AABP ad hoc Genetics and Genomics Committee join us for a discussion about genomics and its influence on the dairy and beef industry. Drs. Pat Comyn (chair of the committee) and Kim Egan share their knowledge on genomics. We discuss how veterinarians can get involved in genomics on their client operations as well as basic genomic principals. AABP has produced several webinars on genomics that can provide further information. AABP members can go to the BCI CE portal to view the...
Preparing for Foot and Mouth Disease - Secure Milk and Beef Supply
May 16, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThe US cattle industry has a preparedness plan in the event of a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the US. Dr. Danelle Bickett-Weddle, an AABP member from Iowa State University, discusses the Secure Milk and Secure Beef Supply Plan. The current COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for veterinarians to have conversations about FMD preparedness now with their clients. The plans provide guidance for maintaining business continuity during an outbreak. The biosecurity plans in these d...