No. 56 (2023): 2023 Annual Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Conference, American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

September 21-23, 2023. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Published: 2024-05-10

Front / Back Matter

Proceedings 2023: Front Matter

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Table of contents

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General Sessions

Results of the AABP Salary Survey

Sarah Wagner, Amber McCord

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A partnership for success: Tips for retaining associates and tips on getting the most out of your first year in practice

Amy Bartholomew

2-5
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Caregiver impact on cattle health, performance and well-being

Tom Noffsinger, Lucy Morrissey

6-7
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Beef Sessions

Cow-calf vaccinations – when it comes to immunology what makes sense and what doesn’t

Chris Chase

8-18
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Effective utilization of vaccination to protect against viral reproductive pathogens

Paul Walz

19-21
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Validation of genomic tools to improve production efficiency, health resilience and the carbon footprint of beef production

John Basarab, Tiago Valente, Yining Wang, Michael Vinsky, Changxi Li, Graham Plastow

22-30
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Beef on dairy cattle – industry benefits and opportunities

Nick Hardcastle

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Cow-calf chute side data collection in the field and its role in cow-calf consultation

J.D. Folsom

32-34
Bloodborne pathogens in beef herds – a Kansas practitioner’s perspective

Nora Schrag

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Prescription platform and autogenous vaccines – what are they and what is the difference?

Chris Chase

40-43
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Calf Care & Quality Assurance program – best management guidelines for the calf raising sector

Julia Herman

44-45

Dairy Sessions

The evolution of dairy cattle welfare

Nigel Cook, Marina von Keyserlingk, Jennifer Walker

46-48
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The evolution of the FARM Animal Care program: Trends, priority issues and opportunities for veterinarians

Steven Roche

49-53
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The evolution of lameness on North American dairies: Addressing current industry challenges and exploring new and existing approaches to reduce lameness

Elise Shepley

54-59
The evolution of down cow management

Charlotte Winder

60-63
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Changing industries and shifting gears

Carie Telgen

64-65
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The evolution of calf nutrition

James Drackley

66-69
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The evolution of sensor-based technologies in dairy production

Stephen LaBlanc

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Leading from the bottom up: Improving leadership on your farms and in your practice

Tera Rooney Barnhardt

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Building consulting into dairy practice

Bob Ceglowski

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Organizing milk harvest: A producer perspective on infrastructure and human resources

William J. Warvrin

77-78
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Future vet: Current trends in demand for veterinary services on dairy farms

William J. Warvrin

79-80
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Joint Beef Dairy Session

Beef’s intersection with ESG Metrics

Sara Place

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The veterinarian’s role in reducing GHG emissions from beef and dairy production

Colin M. Beal

84-92
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Beef on dairy: A case study of sustainable animal protein production

Juan F. Moreno

93-94
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Clinical Skills Session

Hoof trimming: The steps to success

Gerald Cramer

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It’s all in your head: Goat disbudding for newbies

Michelle Buckley

121-123
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On-farm calf assessment and practical fluid therapy

Andrea Lear

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The do’s and don’ts of bovine euthanasia

John Gilliam

100-105
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Practical pain mitigation for castration – effective and efficient relief

Maddison Tyrrel

106-107
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Utilizing ropes to good effect in practice settings

Keith Sterner

108-109
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Heifer spay: A practical approach

Michael Steine

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FLASC – Fast Localized Abdominal Scan in Cattle

Lisa Willis

111-114
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Bovine superovulation and embryo transfer – how to make babies!

Joel Anderson

115-117
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To the point – the basics of bovine acupuncture

Aurora Villarroel

118-120
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How to take the edge off: Anesthetics for bovine practice

Michael Kleinhenz

124-126
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Practice Management Sessions

Cultural competencies in the workplace – how to recruit and retain a diverse workforce

Maurice Cottman

127-128
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Creating an onboarding plan for the elusive new associate

Shannon Witt

129-131
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The true cost of losing employees and how to avoid them

Michael Dicks

132-133
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Recognizing mental health challenges in practice and what to do next

Josh Tanguay

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Clear your plate. What practice owners can outsource

Christine Staten

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HR bootcamp – building your dream team

Christine Staten

136
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Evaluating the finances of a job offer

Jorge Colon

137-140
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Marketing yourself as a new grad: ePortfolios, cover letters and CV/resumé

Jorge Colon

141-144
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Student Sessions

Basic dairy and beef nutrition principles for the new graduate

Alexander Navarro

145-147
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Practical pharmacology for the new graduate

Sarah Wagner

148-149
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How to get the most out of your externship

Pippa Gibbons

150-151
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A toolbox for transitioning from student to veterinarian: Setting yourself up for success and reframing failure in your first year of practice

Dayna Locitzer

152-156
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Physical and mental preparedness for large animal practice

Emily zur Linden

157-160
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AASRP Small Ruminants Sessions

A guide to antimicrobial options for common small ruminant diseases

Michelle Buckley

161-163
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Creating a productive relationship with smallscale farmers

Michelle Buckley

164-166
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Practical small ruminant nutrition: Applied nutrition for veterinarians

Andrea Mongini

167-170
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A new old parasite – liver fluke

Adriano Vatta

171-174
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Uterine parasites: A clinician’s guide to pregnancy toxemia

Andrea Lear

175-176
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A Beginner’s Guide to LAP AI

Clare Scully

177-178
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Small ruminant quality assurance (SRQA) – considerations and practices

Michael Pesato

179-182
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A practical approach to neurologic disease in small ruminants

Meredyth Jones Cook

183-185
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Research Summaries

Side of chute does not affect the sensitivity of Tritrichomonas foetus sample collection in bulls when using dominant hand for collection

J. Koziol, j. Fritzler, P. Gibbons, S. Boggan

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Determination for the need for analgesics in day old calves following caustic paste disbudding

P.J. Gorden, S. Millman, K. Hayman, C. Sacquitne

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Effects of treatment with propylene glycol and cyanocobalamin on disease, milk production and reproductive outcomes of dairy cows diagnosed with hyperketonemia and hypoglycemia

A. Hubner, I. Canisso, W. Coelho, L. Ribeiro, B. Aldridge, F. Lima

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Prevalence and risk factors for Anaplasma marginale seropositivity in cattle in California

S. Chen, A. Hill, W. Jackson, B. Munk, M. Saunders, S. Gassama, G. Maier

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Determining frequency of common pulmonary gross and histopathological findings in feedyard fatalities

P. Schmidt, B. White, A. Finley, E. Bortoluzzi, B. Depenbusch, M. Mancke, P. Lancaster, R. Larson

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Characterizing the influence of various antimicrobials used for metaphylaxis against bovine respiratory disease on host transcriptome responses

R. Bigelow, J. Richeson, M. McClurg, P. Morley, R. Valeris-Chacin, M. Scott

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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in postweaning calves with different prevention strategies and the impact on performance and health status

M. Ferreira, B. Santos, C. Cauchy, K. Heaton, L. Parrish, D. Prentice, C. McConnel, F. Leal Yepes

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Transcriptome assessment of healthy highrisk stocker cattle defines mechanisms of inflammatory regulation induced by tulathromycin metaphylaxis

B. Ramirez, W. Crosby, A. Woolums, B. Karisch, M. Scott

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Association of liver abscess with demographic factors, comorbidities and gastrointestinal histologic lesions in feedlot mortalities

R. Brown, P. Lancaster, B. White, P. Schmidt, Madeline Mancke, B. Depenbusch, C. Nichols, B. Plattner

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Are there opportunities to strengthen animal welfare through improved management of feedlot chronic pens?

E. Sundman, S. Millman, S. Erickson, G. Silva, D. Thomson, A. Johnson, K. Schwartzkopf-Genswein, R. Dewell, G. Dewell

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Barriers to recording calf health data on dairy farms in Ontario, Canada

K. Edwards, S. LeBlanc, T. DeVries, M. Steele, J. Costa, D. Renaud

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Comparison of Salmonella Dublin SRP vaccination programs on the development of immunity in calves

C. Sacquitne, K. Hayman, A. Rowsen, D. Burkhardt, D. Straub, M. Peterson, P.J. Gorden

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Comparison of bolt penetration depth by lowcost penetrating captive-bolt devices used for cattle euthanasia on the farm

S. Frazer, M. Denicourt, L. DesCoteaux, I. Masseau, M. Rousseau

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Predicting calcium status in early lactation multiparous Holsteins using milk constituent analysis

J. Seminara, K. Callero, C. Seely, M. Van Althuis, S. An, C. Salpekar, D. Barbano, J. McArt

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Association between rumination behavior, hyperketonemia and milk production in early lactation

C. Florentino, E. Shepley, L. Caixeta

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Tradeoffs between herd turnover rate and milk production for marginal cash flow and enteric methane intensity

D. Nydam, K. Briggs, M. Overton

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Relationship between actual vs. targeted weight at first calving and milk production in first and second lactation

M. Overton

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Associations between bovine leukemia virus status and fertility in Kansas beef herds: A cross-sectional study

R. Larson, S. Huser, D. Amrine, B. White, T. Taxis, J. Almaraz, K. Reif

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Immune response and protection of neonatal, colostrum-fed calves with modified live, intranasal, tri-valent vaccine using an experimental challenge with virulent bovine respiratory syncytial virus

B. Meyer, S. Perkins-Oines, N. Senvirathne, K. Abdelsalam, C. Chase

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A 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial of a commercial M. bovis (CMB) vaccine and a conditionally licensed M. bovoculi vaccine (CLMB) to prevent IBK

C. Clark, A. O'Connor

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Leukocyte dynamics in vaccinated and unvaccinated animals following dual challenge with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus-Mannheimia haemolytica model to compare vaccine efficacy in calves

S. Perkins-Oines, S. Van Holland, K. Abdelsalam, N. Bate, J. Drach, C. Chase

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Digital dermatitis affects locomotion and gait traits of beef cattle in feedlots

Anice Thomas, Karen Orsel, Ed Pajor

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Retrospective evaluation of the causes and distribution of lameness in beef and dairy cattle evaluated by ambulatory and in-house clinical services at a North American veterinary teaching hospital

Lindsey Fenster, Logan Ruchti, Brent Credille

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Descriptive evaluation of a camera-based dairy cattle lameness detection technology

D. Swartz, E. Shepley, K. Parker Gaddis, G. Cramer

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The effect of a first occurrence of digital dermatitis in early lactation on risk of culling and time-to-pregnancy in lactating dairy cows

E. Shepley, S. Ordaz Puga, D. Dopfer, K. Anklam, L. Caixeta, G. Cramer

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Predicting dyscalcemia at 4 days in milk using activity and rumination data in multiparous Holstein cows

C. Seely, J. Seminara, J. McArt

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Using infrared thermography to detect teat tissue changes after machine milking in dairy cows

L. Harper, C. DiLeo, I. Porter, P. Basran, M. Wieland

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Effects of bovine casein hydrolysate as a dry cow therapy on prevention and cure of bovine intramammary infection,

J. Iscovich

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Integrated transcriptome and multi-tissue mineral analyses of healthy stocker cattle fed complexed or inorganic trace mineral supplement

M. Scott, K. Harvey, B. Karisch, A. Woolums, J. Russell

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Trace mineral testing in Ontario cow-calf operations

J. Gordon, T. Rossi, R. Reynen, C. Miltenburg

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Effects of injectable trace minerals on the inflammatory cytokines’ response to vaccination in dairy calves

A. Megahed, W. Filho Carvalho, A. Stoskute, R. Palomares, J. Bittar

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The effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug on behavior and physiological parameters of beef cows and calves assisted at calving

C. Lucio Rodriguez, M. Windeyer, E. Pajor, K. Larson, J. Pearson

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Cow and calf-level factors associated with nursing behaviours in beef cattle during the 24-hours following an assisted calving

K. McLellan, C.` Windeyer, C. Lucio Rodriguez, E. Pajor, J. Pearson

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Machine-learning models evaluate embryo morphokinetics to detect subclinical signs of heat stress in embryos produced by multiple ovulation embryo transfer

C. Hayden, C. Wells, A. Wiik, R. Killingsworth

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Analysis of short videos of bovine embryos can detect presence of cryodamage

R. Killingsworth, C. Hayden, S. Hickerson, J. Webb, A. Wiik, J. Gibbons

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Evaluation of a needle-free injection system for administration of cloprostenol for luteolysis in lactating dairy cows

A. Leslie, M. Kleinhenz, V. Gomez Leon, S. Hurtado, A. Machado, M. Weeder, A. Curtis, J. Coetzee

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Use of image processing techniques can indicate bovine embryo stress and response to temperature changes in real-time

C. Wells, M. Rea, A. Wiik, C. Hayden, R. Killingsworth

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Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Dublin cultured from cryopreserved Holstein semen

Chelsea Holschbach, Ryan Breuer, Andrea Pohly, Chelsea Crawford, Nicole Aulik

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Reproductive performance of Jersey heifers submitted for first insemination based on age vs. body weight – a randomized controlled trial

R. Couto Serrenho, C. Record, G. Domagala, M. Thomas, M. Stangaferro

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Toward a better understanding of upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization in neonatal beef calves

C. Sowers, M. Smithyman, J. Loy, G. Duff, J. Richeson, S. Capik

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Effect of metaphylaxis on the temporal dynamics of Mannheimia haemolytica, Mycoplasma bovis, Histophilus somni and Pasteurella multocida in the upper respiratory tract of low-risk cattle

M. McClurg, A. Olsen, M. Scott, J. Richeson, L. Pinnell, P. Morley, R. Valeris-Chacin

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Evaluation of the treatment efficacy of generic enrofloxacin compared to pioneer for first treatment of naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in a commercial feedlot

M. Theurer, T. Fox, J. Newberry, F. Payot

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Effects of respiratory disease control using generic vs. pioneer tulathromycin in high-risk cattle on health, performance and carcass characteristics

S. Terrell, E. Johnson, K. Lukasiewicz, N. Lindberg, C. Stevens, D. Thomson, J. Lowe, J. Newberry

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An epidemiological investigation into Mycoplasma bovis infection in U.S. bison (Bison bison): A case-control survey

K. Martin, L. Jones, A. Browne, D. Buttke

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Frequency of concurrent lesions in feedlot mortalities at necropsy

M. Mancke, B. White, E. Bortoluzzi, B. Depenbusch, P. Schmidt, P. Lancaster, R. Larson

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Association between heart measurements and the prevalence of heart lesions at necropsy in feedlot cattle

K. Long, B. White, E. Bortoluzzi, L. Carpenter, M. Mancke, P. Schmidt, R. Brown, M. Jensen

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Factors associated with lactation in nonpregnant feedlot heifer mortalities

L. Carpenter, P. Lancaster, B. White, R. Larson, E. Bortoluzzi, P. Schmidt, R. Brown, B. Depenbusch

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Epidemiological factors associated with gross diagnosis of lung pathologies in feedlot mortalities

E. Bortoluzzi, B. White, P. Schmidt, M. Mancke, R. Bortoluzzi, M. Jensen, p. Lancaster, R. Larson

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The impact of commingling preconditioned calves on mortality, morbidity and performance in a feedlot

S. Mijar, F. van der Meer, E. Pajor, A. Hodder, S. Thompson, K. Orsel

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Predictive genome-wide association and economic analyses of pooled DNA in a commercial feedlot setting

H. Prosser, C. Arnold, M. Saatchi, M. Scott, T. Perkins

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Validation of a poll shot captive bolt as a single step method of euthanasia of cattle

R. Dewell, L. Moran, A. Michael, K. Hayman, E. Rowe, G. Dewell

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Does a liposomal bupivacaine suspension (Nocita®) provide extended pain mitigation when disbudding dairy calves?

R. Parsons, P. Gordon, K. Meyer, M. DeLeon, S. Richardson, B. Hay Kraus, J. Smith, S. Millman

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Bayesian estimation of sensitivity and specificity of IgG and serum total protein cutoff values for the diagnosis of failed transfer of passive immunity in neonatal beef calves

A. Thompson, M. Scott, D. Smith

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Sociality in pre- and post-wean beef calves

R. Parsons, J. Robbins, R. Dewell, G. Dewll, A. Johnson, D. Haley, S. Millman

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Agreement of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Pasteurella multocida and Mannheimia haemolytica found in pre-weaned dairy calves with bovine respiratory disease

B. Credille, S. Capik

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Comparison of two methods for collecting antimicrobial usage in large dairy farms in Ohio and California

R. Portillo-Gonzalez, A. Garzon-Audor, R. Pereira, G. Habing

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Hematologic and biochemical changes in caprine whole blood stored in CPDA-1 for 28 days

H. Neill, C. Scully, C. Lui, R. Baker

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Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in farmed whitetailed deer

E. Elsmo, M. Highland, B. Darkow

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Antimicrobial resistance and mastitis classification of pathogens in small ruminant mastitis

K. Choo, B. Byrne, M. Chigerwe, F. Smith

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Comparison of firocoxib and meloxicam for pain mitigation in goats undergoing surgical castration

M. Weeder, M. Kleinhenz, E. Reppert, L. Weaver, A. Leslie, A. Curtis, B. Fritz, J. Coetzee

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Pharmacokinetics of oral phenazopyridine in goats with obstructive urolithiasis

S. Mitman, B. Camacho, L. Neumann, M. Schwartz, R. Baynes, D. Foster, J. Halleran

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Pharmacokinetics of two dry-cow intramammary antimicrobials in dairy goats

M. Buckley, P. Gorden

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Milk residue depletion of two dry-cow intramammary antimicrobials in dairy goats

M. Buckley, P. Gorden

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Back Matter and Conference Newsletter

Back Matter and Conference Newsletter

K. Fred Gingrich II

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Sponsors of the 56th AABP Annual Conference

K. Fred Gingrich II
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No. 56 (2023): 2023 Annual Conference Proceedings

Front / Back Matter

General Sessions

Beef Sessions

Dairy Sessions

Joint Beef Dairy Session

Clinical Skills Session

Practice Management Sessions

Student Sessions

AASRP Small Ruminants Sessions

Research Summaries

Back Matter and Conference Newsletter

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