2014

Cover image of the 47th Conference Proceedings: An image of a herd of cattle in a field at dusk. Three cows are standing in the foreground, looking adorable. Yellow background.

Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Conference. American Association of Bovine Practitioners. September 18-20, 2014. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Editor: Robert A. Smith
Executive Vice President: M. Gatz Riddell, Jr.
Advertising Representative: J. T. O'Brien & Assoc.
Publisher: VM Publishing Company

Published: 2014-09-18

Front / Back Matter

General Sessions

  • Air quality in open-lot dairies and cattle feedyards

    Brent Auvermann
    1-4
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143666

Beef Sessions

  • Pen riding and evaluation of cattle in pens to identify compromised individuals

    Thomas A. Portillo
    5-8
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143667

  • Using experimental and observational data to design, implement, execute, and maintain a herd health program for feedlots

    Delbert G. Miles
    9-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143668

  • Field pathology techniques, findings and diagnostic options

    Robert D. Glock, Thomas A. Portillo
    14-17
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143669

  • Nutrition and reproduction interactions

    Rick Funston
    18-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143670

  • 2014 protocols for synchronization of estrus and ovulation in beef cows and heifers

    S. K. Johnson, R. N. Funston, J. B. Hall, G. C. Lamb, J. W. Lauderdale, D. J. Patterson, G. A. Perry
    28-33
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143671

  • Artificial insemination in beef cow practice

    Jeremy Van Boening
    34-38
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143672

  • Utilizing fetal ultrasound in beef herds

    Chandy Olson
    39-41
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143673

  • Quality breeding soundness examination of bulls

    John L. Myers
    42-46
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143674

Dairy Sessions

  • Milk quality A look outside the cow

    David A. Reid
    47-50
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143675

  • Milking equipment How it works in our world

    Patrick J. Gorden
    51-54
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143676

  • Milking records Making sense of it all

    David A. Reid
    55-58
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143677

  • Do you get all the milk? The importance of stockmanship

    Ulrike S. Sorge
    59-61
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143678

  • Transition nutrition Beginning the discussion

    Heather W. Dann
    62-68
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143679

  • Transition health tools for your toolbox

    Garrett R. Oetzel
    69-75
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143680

  • Genomics What do we need to know?

    Jason B. Osterstock
    76-81
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143681

  • Healthy calves From birth to full ruminant

    Sam Barringer
    82-85
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143682

AASRP Small Ruminants Sessions

  • Rules of engagement The veterinarian’s role on a goat dairy and how to become part of the dairy team

    Andrea Mongini
    86-87
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143683

  • Watch out for the bottleneck Management and disease in small ruminant operations that limits production

    Andrea Mongini
    88-90
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143684

  • Buck management

    Joan Dean Rowe
    91-94
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143685

  • What bovine practitioners need to know about traceability and scrapie

    Joan Dean Rowe
    95-98
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143686

  • Teaching goat clients to prevent pregnancy toxemia

    Joan Dean Rowe
    99-103
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143687

  • Use of reproductive ultrasound for goat herd management

    Joan Dean Rowe
    104-107
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143688

Student Sessions

  • Tailgate vaccinology

    Benjamin W. Newcomer
    108-110
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143689

  • Making antibiotic choices in bovine medicine

    Benjamin W. Newcomer
    111-112
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143691

Research Summaries 1

Research Summaries 2

Research Summaries 3

  • Survey of reproduction management on Canadian dairy farms

    J. Denis-Robichaud, R. L. A. Cerri, A. Jones-Bitton, S. J. LeBlanc
    139
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143720

  • The effect of prepartum housing on metabolic and reproductive health in dairy cows

    C. L. Miltenburg, D. Bienzle, E. Scholtz, T. F. Duffield, S. J. LeBlanc
    140
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143721

  • Non-inferiority randomized field clinical trial of two GnRH commercial products used in a systematic double-ovsynch protocol at first breeding in dairy cows

    V. Caldwell, N. Tison, R. Martineau, J. Dubuc, L. DesCôteaux
    141
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143722

  • Comparison of 4-day vs 5-day controlled internal drug release (CIDR) + timed artificial insemination protocols in dairy heifers

    Roberto A. Palomares, Heidi J. Fishman, Arthur L. Jones, Matthew Jenerette, Aimee Vaughn
    142
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143723

  • Comparison of serum progesterone curves in beef heifers during luteolysis after administration of dinoprost in the muscle or the ischiorectal fossa

    S. C. Holland, S. G. Clark, W. D. Whittier, W. S. Swecker, Jr.
    143
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143724

  • Pre-breeding beef heifer management and season affect mid to late gestation uteroplacental hemodynamics

    A. J. Cain, C. O. Lemley, F. K. Walters, D. L. Christiansen, E. H. King, R. M. Hopper
    144
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143725

  • Prevalence of bacteremia in dairy cattle with acute puerperal metritis

    Brent Credille, Steeve Giguere, David J. Hurley, Amelia Woolums
    145
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143726

  • Disposition of ampicillin trihydrate in plasma, uterine tissue, and lochial fluid of post-partum dairy cattle

    Brent Credille, Steeve Giguere, Thomas W. Vickroy, Heidi J. Fishman, A. Lee Jones, Douglas T. Ensley
    146
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143727

  • Pharmacokinetics of hetacillin in dairy cattle following 3X milking

    D. A. Lindquist, R. E. Baynes, G. W. Smith
    147
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143728

  • Pharmacokinetics and tissue elimination of flunixin in veal calves

    G. W. Smith, P. D. Brinson, R. Gehring, R. E. Baynes, L. W. Kissell, L. A. Tell
    148
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143729

  • Temperatures of drug storage areas in large animal veterinary practice vehicles in the summer

    M. L. Jones, J. D. Ondrak, V. R. Fajt
    149
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143730

Research Summaries 4

  • Use of veterinarians on U.S. dairy operations

    J. E. Lombard, C. P. Fossler, A. E. Adams, K. F. Gingrich
    150
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143732

  • A survey of calf rearing practices on California dairies

    B. M. Karle, W. J. Love, T. Lehenbauer, A. L. Van Eenennaam, L. Hulbert, R. J. Anderson, P. H. Kass, T. B. Farver, S. S. Aly
    151
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143733

  • Evaluation of the MISCO Palm Abbe PA-203X digital refractometer for estimation of serum total protein and serum IgG in neonatal calves

    Megan Thompson, Loren Heusel, Sandra Godden, Sheila McGuirk, Deborah Haines
    152
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143734

  • Comparison of a novel umbilical dip, Super7+™ Navel Dip, to 7% tincture of iodine to desiccate the umbilical remnant in neonatal Holstein dairy calves

    J. A. Gard, S. P. Rodning, S. Duran, D. R. Taylor, M. A. Edmondson, F. DeGraves, B. Fields, R. Farrell, M. L. Schnuelle, C. Bratcher, W. Justus
    153
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143735

  • Neonatal calf diarrhea reducing impacts and antibiotic use with lactoferrin and Diaque™

    M. R. Miller, S. DeWitt, L. Muñoz, G. G. Habing
    154
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143736

  • Effect of milk intake and weaning strategy on measures of calf performance and feed utilization in group-housed Jersey calves

    L. Michels, S. Godden, J. Ranum, W. Knauer, J. Fetrow, R. Chebel
    155
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143737

  • Effect of milking routine performance and turnover of personnel on milk losses in dairy herds

    G. M. Schuenemann, A. A. Barragon, S. Bas, J. D. Workman
    156
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143738

  • Seroprevalence of bovine anaplasmosis in the southern US

    B. K. Whitlock, J. A. Daniel, B. S. Harvey, J. K. Johnson, J. F. Coetzee
    157
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143739

  • Comparison of two competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for Anaplasma marginale in cattle

    B. K. Whitlock, J. A. Daniel, J. K. Johnson, W. R. Stensland, C. Chung, J. F. Coetzee
    158
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143741

  • The Texas A&M University Medical Sciences Library/AABP Partnership providing tools for AABP members to practice evidence-based veterinary medicine

    H. K. Moberly, V. R. Fajt, T. D. Halling, E. Carrigan
    159
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143742

Posters

  • Cobalt supplementation in pre-weaned beef calves affects humoral immune response, feedlot health, and final carcass characteristics

    Bob Sager
    160
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143743

  • Injuries and illnesses in performance-age bucking bulls 78 cases (2000- 2014)

    J. S. Smith, J. A. Angelos, M. Chigerwe
    161
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143744

  • Effect of castration regimen on health, performance, and inflammation in beef cattle

    J. G. Powell, S. L. Roberts, H. D. Hughes, J. T. Richeson
    161-162
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143745

  • Bispectral index and hemodynamic effects of a constant rate infusion of propofol combined with fentanyl in calves under spontaneous ventilation

    M. Deschk, T. A. Trein, J. T. Wagatsuma, G. L. Silva, C. A. Rodrigues, P. S. P. Santos
    162-163
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143746

  • Co-administration of meloxicam and gabapentin does not compromise beef bull semen quality

    A. J. Cain, J. F. Comstock, E. H. King, R. M. Hopper
    163-164
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143747

  • Comparison of cardiopulmonary effects of 5 degree reverse Trendelenburg and horizontal positions in dorsally recumbent sevoflurane-anesthetized calves preliminary data

    M. J. Araújo, M. Deschk, J. T. Wagatsuma, B. P. Floriano, G. L. Silva, P. S. P. Santos
    164-165
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143748

  • Comparison of 2 gonadorelin formulations and 2 luteolytic agents on pregnancy rates in beef cattle synchronized with a 5-d CO-Synch + CIDR program

    S. Bas, T. A. Brick, G. Starkey, G. Messerschmidt, A. A. Barragan, G. M. Schuenemann, M. L. Day
    165-166
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143749

  • The occurrence of flunixin residues in bovine milk samples from the United States

    L. W. Kissell, R. E. Baynes, G. W. Smith, J. E. Riviere
    166-167
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143750

  • Benefits of intrauterine treatment with cephapirin in dairy cows with endometritis

    N. Tison, E. Bouchard, R. C. Lefebvre
    167-168
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143751

  • Using chitosan microparticles to prevent metritis in lactating dairy cows

    R. Daetz, J. H. J. Bittar, J. E. P. Santos, F. Cunha, F. Magalhaes, Y. Maeda, C. Risco, K. N. Galvao
    168-169
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143752

  • Using Y chromosome fragment testing to identify potentially sub-fertile beef heifers

    Matthew Studstill, Lawton Stewart, Lee Jones
    169
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143753

  • Validation of an activity monitoring system for detecting early behavioral markers of respiratory disease development in young dairy calves

    Maria E. Prado, John Wilkerson, Sheila McGuirk, Peter D. Krawczel
    170
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143754

AASRP Posters and Research Summaries

  • Evaluation of thoracic radiographic in full-term and premature lambs

    F. Bovino, D. S. Denadai, L. G. Avila, L. D. R. P. Ciarlini, F. L. F. Fietosa, L. C. N. Mendes
    171
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143756

  • Spirometry in full-term and premature lambs

    F. Bovino, E. M. Panelli, D. G. Camargo, M. Deschk, P. S. P. Santos, L. C. N. Mendes
    172
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143757

  • Occurrence of mastitis pathogens in goat colostrum

    J. F. Alcindo, M. Deschk, G. I. Braga, M. Marinho, F. L. F. Feitosa
    173
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143758

  • Lying behavior as an early predictor of ketosis in early lactation dairy goats

    G. Zobel, K. Leslie, D. Weary, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk
    173-174
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143759

  • Alpaca growth curves

    J. L. Brown, R. J. Van Saun
    174-175
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143760

  • Evaluation of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) transmission from a persistently infected goat to pregnant goats and calves

    T. Passler, K. P. Riddell, M. A. Edmondson, P. K. Galik, Y. Zhang, P. H. Walz
    175-176
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143761

  • A survey of caprine arthritis encephalitis in midwestem goats

    B. T. Jones, J. E. Keen
    176
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143762

  • Pharmacokinetics of multiple-dose subcutaneous flunixin meglumine in lactating dairy goats

    J. S. Smith, J. A. Angelos, J. D. Rowe, J. L. Carlson, L. A. Tell
    177
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143763

  • Penetrating captive-bolt euthanasia of goats optimal shot placement and evaluation of polled and horned goats

    P. Plummer, J. Shearer, A. Ramirez, K. Kleinhenz, W. Weber, L. Shearer
    177-178
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143764

  • Producer concern and prevalence of subclinical intramammary infections between lactations on 10 dairy goat farms in Ontario, Canada

    G. Zobel, K. Leslie, D. Weary, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk
    178-179
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143765

  • Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine and caprine milk

    A. A. Miller, R. L. Lyman, K. L. Anderson
    179-180
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143766

  • The effects of nutritional supplement on milk quality and milk components over an entire lactation in dairy goats

    A. D. Rowson, T. J. Boyle, D. J. McLean, S. A. Armstrong, S. B. Puntenney
    180
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20143767