2013

Cover image of the 46th Conference Proceedings: An image of cattle standing in a field during th day. They are looking rather indignantly at the camera. Yellow background.

Proceedings of the Forty-Sixth Annual Conference. American Association of Bovine Practitioners. September 19-21, 2013. Milwaulkee, Wisconsin.

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

Published: 2013-09-19

Front / Back Matter

General Sessions

  • Help consumers hear what you say

    Mike Opperman
    1-2
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133769

  • "Moneyball" A new approach to practice building the perfect team and prioritizing problems in dairy herds

    Gustavo M. Schuenemann, Santiago Bas, Jeffrey D. Workman
    3-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133770

  • Scenarios of the future The evolving veterinary practice

    Jim Austin
    10-12
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133771

  • Beef practice model One practice's perspective and view forward

    Arn Anderson
    15-18
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133772

Beef Sessions

  • How we use the BQA feedyard welfare assessment as an educational tool

    David Sjeklocha
    19-21
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133773

  • Reasonable expectations for antibiotics in feedyards

    Michael D. Apley, Keith D. Dedonder
    22-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133774

  • Judicious use of antimicrobials in the feedyard

    David Sjeklocha
    30-31
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133775

  • Production records in cow-calf operations

    John Bolinger
    32-33
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133776

  • Livestock stewardship "Pregnancy checking, why should we recommend it?"

    G. L. Stokka, Rob Maddock, Carl Dahlen, Tim Petry, Charlie Stoltenow
    34-35
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133777

  • Current concerns about veterinary product use and cowcalf fertility

    Bob L. Larson
    36-38
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133778

  • Pre-weaning pneumonia in cow-calf herds Field investigations

    Russell F. Daly
    39-44
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133779

  • BRD in preweaned calves What's new in risk factors?

    Amelia R. Woolums
    45-48
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133780

Dairy Sessions

  • Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act, extralabel drug use, and residue avoidance

    Virginia R. Fajt
    49-51
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133781

  • A dairy producer's perspective on managing drug and antibiotic use in dairy animals

    Leon D. Weaver
    55-58
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133782

  • Practical pharmacology for the field

    Michael D. Apley
    60-64
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133783

  • Antibiotic decision making calf scours

    Geof W. Smith
    65-70
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133784

  • Antibiotic treatments for bovine mastitis Who, what, when, how and why?

    Pamela L. Ruegg
    72-78
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133785

  • Group-housed feeding systems for dairy calves

    Mark J. Thomas, Michael Capel
    80-82
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133786

  • From pasture to package How one farm family reached for the retail dollar

    Charles W. Hatcher
    83-84
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133787

  • "Value added veterinarians" The future of veterinary services in direct farm marketing

    Charles W. Hatcher
    85-86
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133788

  • Milk payment systems in the United States

    John Guess
    87-92
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133789

  • Milk quality services for dairy farms

    Andrew P. Johnson
    93-95
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133790

AABP & AASRP Sessions

  • NCIS Nematode criminal investigation service

    Lisa H. Williamson
    96-101
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133791

  • Fecal fluency A review of fecal tests and how to interpret the results

    Lisa H. Williamson
    102-106
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133792

  • Put your money where your mouth is How to develop an effective management program for large sheep and goat herds with a limited budget

    Andrea Mongini
    107-109
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133793

  • Using your skills as a herd management consultant A veterinarian's role beyond the blocked pygmy goat

    Andrea Mongini
    110-111
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133794

  • Developing large, disease free herds how to help producers start or grow operation with success

    Andrea Mongini
    112-114
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133795

  • Are goats really just small cows? How a cattle veterinarian can use their skills for small ruminants

    Andrea Mongini
    115
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133796

  • Common health challenges for small-scale sheep and goat herds

    Joan S. Bowen
    116-120
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133797

  • Improving client profitability by increasing veterinary services in the sheep and goat production cycle

    Joan S. Bowen
    123-126
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133798

Veterinary Technician Session

  • Milk bacteriology Basics and pitfalls

    R. J. Erskine
    127-130
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133799

  • Sample submissions to a diagnostic laboratory

    Sharon L. Clowser
    131-132
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133800

Research Summaries 1

Research Summaries 2

  • A novel approach to bovine viral diarrhea virus surveillance

    M. D. Givens, M. S. D. Marley, K. P. Riddell, YiJing Zhang
    150
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133815

  • Bovine viral diarrhea virus transmission from persistently infected cattle to non-persistently infected cattle when commingled an evaluation of serum neutralizing antibody titers

    K. A. Foster, R. A. Hesse, L. Peddireddi, R. D. Oberst, E. G. Poulsen, D. U. Thomson
    151
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133816

  • Assessment of vaccine efficacy in early-weaned beef calves challenged with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV)

    Manuel F. Chamorro, Paul H. Walz, Thomas Passler, Soren Rodning, Julie Gard, Kay Riddell
    152-153
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133817

  • Association of bovine leukemia virus and Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis with shedding of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)

    C. Venegas-Vargas, P. Bartlett, P. Coussens, S. D. Manning, D. Grooms
    154-155
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133818

  • Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis (MAP) ELISA-positive cows and assessment of MAP transmission risk on organic dairy farms in Ontario, Canada

    L. Pieper, A. Godkin, U. S. Sorge, K. D. Lissemore, T. J. DeVries, D. F. Kelton
    156-157
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133819

  • Association between risk assessment scores and lactating cow Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis ELISA results on Ontario dairy farms

    L. Pieper, A. Godkin, U. S. Sorge, K. D. Lissemore, T. J. DeVries, D. F. Kelton
    158
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133820

  • Interpretation of repeated testing for Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis on Ontario dairy herds

    D. F. Kelton, M. A. Godkin, J. Fairles, S. Roche, D. van de Water
    159-160
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133821

  • Relationship between uterine pathology and depletion of oxytetracycline concentrations in plasma and milk after intrauterine infusion

    P. J. Gorden, J. F. Coetzee, C. J. Lee, L. W. Wulf
    161
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133822

  • Does digital dermatitis cause hoof conformation changes in its early clinical stage?

    A. Gomez, N. Cook, K. Cooley, K. Dumbar, J. Rieman, D. Dopfer
    162
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133823

  • Evaluation of monthly individual cow somatic cell count data to predict the risk of exceeding a bulk-tank somatic cell count threshold of 400,000 c/mL

    V. Fauteux, J. -P. Roy, Émile Bouchard, Daniel Scholl, Denis Haine
    163
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133825

  • Pharmacokinetics of intravenous and oral firocoxib in preweaned calves and evaluation of perioperative analgesia following cautery dehorning

    Matthew L. Stock, Ronette Gehring, Suzanne T. Millman, Laura A. Barth, Larry W. Wulf, Johann F. (Hans) Coetzee
    164
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133826

  • Behavioral response of feedlot cattle fallowing tail docking

    L. K. Kroll, D. L. Grooms, J. S. Siegford
    165
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133827

  • Impact of livestock production type vaccination priority order on the control of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the central United States

    S. W. McReynolds, M. W. Sanderson
    166
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133828

  • Impact of uncertainty in foot and mouth disease indirect transmission probability on outbreak duration and number of herds depopulated

    S. W. McReynolds, M. W. Sanderson
    167
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133829

Research Summaries 3

  • Dairy cow well-being on large, high-performance Wisconsin dairy herds

    R. L. Brotzman, D. D. Döpfer, M. R. Foy, J. P. Hess, K. V. Nordlund, T. B. Bennett, N. B. Cook
    168
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133830

  • Impact of disease on individual culling risk and herd culling rate in dairy cattle

    D. Haine, J. Carrier, R. Cue, A. Sewalem, K. Wade, J. Arsenault, E. Bouchard, J. Dubuc
    169
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133831

  • The influence of different nutritional planes in the dry period on immunoglobulin G concentration of bovine colostrum

    S. Mann, F. Leal Yepes, T. R. Overton, D. Nydam
    170
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133832

  • Effect of feeding colostrum that was heat-treated with the Perfect Udder® System on passive transfer of immunoglobulin G in neonatal Jersey calves

    A. A. Kryzer, S. M. Godden, R. Schell
    171
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133833

  • Comparison of gastrointestinal parasites and management practices between organic and conventional dairy herds in Minnesota

    S. L. Schroth, B. E. Stromberg, B. J. Heins, J. E. Lombard, D. F. Kelton, U. S. Sorge
    172
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133834

  • Assessment of events occurring during the previous lactation, the dry period, and peripartum as risk factors for early lactation mastitis in cows administered different intramammary dry-cow treatments

    P. J. Pinedo, C. Fleming, C. A. Risco
    173
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133835

  • Evaluation of udder health parameters of organic and conventional dairy herds in Minnesota

    L. J. Michels, S. M. Godden, B. J. Heins, J. E. Lombard, U. S. Sorge
    174
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133836

  • Evaluation of the API® 20 Strep system for identification of Lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis isolated from bovine milk samples

    M. M. Barrett, D. V. Nydam, B. Moslock Carter, M. E. Charter, D. Burnett, J. Adamchick
    175
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133837

  • Impact of milk feeding levels and housing on the incidence of respiratory disease in young dairy calves

    P. D. Krawczel, M. E. Prado, J. Wilkerson
    176
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133838

  • A survey of veterinarians in six states in the US regarding their experience with nursing beef calf respiratory disease

    Amelia R. Woolums, Roy D. Berghaus, David R. Smith, Brad J. White, Terry J. Engelken, Max B. Irsik, Darin K. Matlik, A. Lee Jones, Isaiah J. Smith
    177-178
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133839

  • Randomized longitudinal study to test the effect of pre-calving vaccination of range beef cows and other factors on the incidence of calf pneumonia

    D. R. Smith, A. R. Woolums, D. M. Grotelueschen, L. E. Thomson, T. Noffsinger, G. L. Stokka, J. Maddux, H. Hill, L. Rowley
    179
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133840

  • Assessment of L-lactatemia as a predictor of bovine respiratory disease incidence and severity in feedlot steers

    S. Buczinski, R. Rademacher, M. Edmonds, H. Tripp, E. G. Edwards
    180
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133841

  • Use of thoracic ultrasonography for the evaluation of lung pathology in beef cattle with acute bovine respiratory disease

    Ryan Rademacher, Sébastien Buczinski, Matthew Edmonds, Holt Tripp, Edward Johnson
    181
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133842

  • Effect of surgical castration at different stages of maturity with or without analgesia on growth performance and acute-phase response

    J. G. Powell, H. D. Hughes, J. T. Richeson, E. B. Kegley, N. C. Burdick Sanchez, J. A. Carroll
    182
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133843

Research Summaries 4

Posters

  • Performance of an IDEXX Bovine Pregnancy Test adapted for visual-read results and designed for in-clinic use

    A. M. Rice, M. J. Fabbricante, S. I. Koller, L. Lemieux, P. Welles
    199
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20133858

  • Application of the Bovine Milk Pregnancy ELISA in beef cows

    J. N. Roberts, D. L. Grooms, T. M. Byrem
    200
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134210

  • The prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus in cull cows at a southeastern abattoir

    L. Jones, R. Palomares, S. Rajeev, D. Ensley
    201
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134211

  • Bovine leukemia virus in Michigan beef bulls

    J. Zalucha, D. L. Grooms, R. Erskine, B. Norby, P. Coussens, P. Bartlett
    202
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134212

  • A simulation model to determine the economic value of changing diagnostic characteristics for identifying bovine respiratory disease

    M. E. Theurer, B. J. White, R. L. Larson, T. C. Schroeder
    203
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134213

  • Effect of ambient temperature on viral replication and serologic titers following administration of a commercial intranasal modified-live IBR/ PI-3 vaccine in beef cattle housed in high and low ambient temperature environments

    G. P. Grissett, B. White, D. E. Anderson, R. Larson, M. Miesner
    204
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134214

  • Evaluation of behavioral changes in cattle using three-dimensional accelerometers during experimental infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus

    J. E. Bayne, T. Passler, B. J. White, M. E. Theurer, E. van Stanten, P. H. Walz
    205-206
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134215

  • Comparison of thoracic auscultation, clinical score, and ultrasonography as indicators of bovine respiratory disease in pre-weaned dairy calves

    S. Buczinski, G. Forté, D. Francoz, A. M. Bélanger
    207
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134217

  • Identification and determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of the main respiratory pathogens isolated from calves in dairy herds with respiratory diseases in Quebec

    D. Francoz, S. Buczinski, O. Labrecque, A. M. Bélanger, V. Wellemans, J. Dubuc
    208-209
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134218

  • Performance of preweaned Holstein calves with bovine respiratory disease treated with either Resflor Gold or Baytril

    D. C. Sockett, T. J. Earleywine, T. E. Johnson, B. L. Miller, T. A. Shelton, S. T. Nordstrom
    210-211
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134219

  • Effect of cobalt supplementation on humoral immune response in weaned beef calves

    R. B. Sager
    212
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134220

  • Pathogenicity of Bibersteinia trehalosi in cattle

    C. J. Hanthorn, R. D. Dewell, V. Cooper, P. Plummer, G. A. Dewell
    213
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134221

  • Prevalence, severity, and relationships of multiple gross pathologies measured in beef cattle at slaughter

    D. J. Rezac, D. U. Thomson, J. B. Overstock, F. L. Prouty, S. J. Bartle, C. D. Reinhardt
    214
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134222

  • Implementation of industry-oriented animal welfare and quality assurance assessment tools in commercial cattle feeding operations

    T. Rooney Barnhardt, D. U. Thomson, S. P. Terrell, D. J. Rezac, D. Frese, C. D. Reinhardt
    215
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134223

  • Perception of lameness management, education, and animal welfare implications in the feedlot from consulting nutritionists, veterinarians, and feedlot managers

    S. P. Terrell, D. U. Thomson, C. D. Reinhardt, M. D. Apley, C. K. Larson, K. R. Stackhouse-Lawson
    216
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134224

  • Facility and management characteristics of large Upper Midwest dairy herds clustered by Dairy Herd Improvement records

    R. L. Brotzman, N. B. Cook, M. R. Foy, J. P. Hess, K. V. Nordlund, T. B. Bennett, A. Gomez, D. D. Döpfer
    217-218
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134225

  • Medications and treatment practices used on California dairies A survey of veterinarians

    B. M. Karle, M. A. Payne, P. L. Price, S. S. Ostrowski, D. Meyer
    219
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134226

  • Assessment of work shift transition of calving personnel on stillbirth in Holstein dairy cows

    A. Hunter, M. G. Maquivar, S. Bas, J. D. Workman, G. M. Schuenemann
    220
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134227

  • Efficacy of oral immunization with Cryptosporidium parvum in a colostrum-deprived neonatal calf challenge model

    D. P. Carter, M. W. Welter
    221-222
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134228

  • Effect of adding gut-active carbohydrates to fresh colostrum on passive transfer of immunoglobulin G in Holstein dairy calves

    Matthew Patten Brady, Sandra Godden, Deborah Haines
    223
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134229

  • Effect of adding gut active carbohydrates to colostrum replacer on passive transfer of immunoglobulin G in Holstein dairy calves

    M. Villettaz Robichaud, S. M. Godden, D. M. Haines, D. B. Haley, D. L. Pearl, S. LeBlanc
    224
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134230

  • Effect of oral meloxicam on feed intake and pain perception in Jersey calves following cautery dehorning with a local anesthetic

    Thyra Bierman, Sandra Godden, Hans Coetzee, Ricardo Chebel, Maxim Cheeran, Julie Cho
    225
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134231

  • Should we trim heifers pre-calving?

    A. Gomez, N. Cook, J. Gaska, D. Dopfer
    226
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134232

  • Effects of postpartum calcium treatment on blood calcium concentration

    C. D. Blanc, Mark van derList, Sharif S. Aly, Heidi Rossow, Noelia Silva-del-Río
    227
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134233

  • Fecal lipidomic biomarkers in production-related metabolic disease (PRMD)-resistant and susceptible dairy cows

    B. L. Roeder, T. T. Boyce, R. S. Olsen, A. C. Cook, B. G. Coutu, D. L. Eggett
    228-229
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134234

  • An integrated extension and education program to reduce mastitis and antimicrobial use

    R. L. Schewe, A. Contreras, J. Kaytisinga, W. Escalante, R. O. Martinez, E. P. Hovingh
    230
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134235

  • Detection of β-lactam antimicrobial residues in the milk of cows treated for mastitis by use of the BetaStar® Plus Assay

    D. L. Grooms, B. Norby, K. E. Grooms, E. N. Jagodzinski, R. J. Erskine, L. M. Halbert, J. A. Rice
    231
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134236

  • Comparison of flunixin pharmacokinetics and milk elimination in healthy cows and cows with mastitis

    L. W. Kissell, T. L. Leavens, R. E. Baynes, J. E. Riviere, G. W. Smith
    232
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20134237