2021 Recent Graduate Proceedings

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Proceedings of the Fourth Recent Graduate Conference. American Association of Bovine Practitioners. February 12-13, 2021.St. Louis, Missouri.

Editor: Robert A. Smith
Executive Director: K. Fred Gingrich II
Advertising Representative: J. T. O'Brien & Assoc.
Publisher: VM Publishing Company

Published: 2021-02-12

Front / Back Matter

General Sessions

  • Animal instincts To succeed with humans, listen, learn and lead

    Morgan J. McArthur
    1-5
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218157

  • Healthy people, healthy practice Tools to enhance health and wellbeing

    Laurie Fonken
    6-7
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218158

  • Coping with the stress of practice

    Elizabeth Brock
    8-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218159

  • Practical immunology and beef and dairy vx protocols Starting from ground zero–what, when, and how

    Chris Chase
    10-18
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218160

  • Dinner plan killers Blocked goats, pig C-sections, and pregnancy toxemia

    Meredyth Jones
    19-23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218161

Dairy Clinical Skills

  • LDA surgery tips and aftercare for recent grads

    Scott Earnest
    24-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218163

  • Practical rules and tools of colostrum management

    Jennifer Rowntree
    28-30
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218164

Beef Clinical Skills

  • How to win clients by taking the right samples and ordering the “best tests” for bovine respiratory disease

    Corale Dorn
    31-32
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218165

  • But what does it taste like? How to get your clients through a complete scour workup in their herd

    Corale Dorn
    33-34
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218166

  • Finding the answer in that mess of numbers

    Meredyth Jones
    35-38
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218167

  • Zoonotic disease messaging to producers

    Danelle A. Bickett-Weddle
    39-40
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218168

Beef Consulting Skills

  • How to open doors for producers to use your services

    Keelan Lewis
    41-42
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218169

  • We’ve been doing it all wrong Working with cattle producers to right the parasite control ship

    Meredyth Jones
    43-45
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218170

Dairy Consulting Skils

  • Introducing milk quality services to your practice

    Scott Earnest
    46-48
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218171

  • Making the right culling decisions on the dairy Helping young veterinarians advocate for their patients and prevent animal suffering

    Jennifer Fitchhorn-Walker
    49-50
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218172

Dairy Sessions

  • Becoming the associate Finding your niche and keys to personal and professional success

    Eric J. Rooker
    51-57
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218173

  • Parlor analysis parlor anatomy, basic system tests and how to perform this service

    David T. Brennan
    58-60
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218174

  • Buying into a practice Personal experience and advice for new grads

    Patrick Brinson
    61-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218175

  • Buying into a large animal ambulatory practice The good, the bad, and the finances

    Cassandra Gewiss
    63-65
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218176

  • Salmonella in dairy calves Why do outbreaks occur in well managed herds?

    Donald C. Sockett
    66-69
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218177

  • Basics of dairy diet design Feeds and how they are included in diets

    Enrique Schcolnik
    70-73
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218178

  • Cattle lameness Digital dermatitis prevention and control in the face of reservoirs and chronic DD lesions

    Dörte Döpfer
    74-76
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218179

  • Practical pain management in cows and calves Keys to success

    Johann F. Coetzee
    77-83
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218180

  • FARM Program Services offered to get your producers compliant

    David T. Brennan
    84-85
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218181

Beef Sessions

  • Preconditioning pays Developing successful preconditioning protocols

    Catherine J. Macguire
    86-89
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218182

  • Flippin’ the iceberg A systems thinking approach to immunology and vaccination protocols in beef cow-calf systems

    David Rethorst
    90-97
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218183

  • Starting from scratch

    Lesley M. Moser
    98-102
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218184

  • Adding value to your veterinary practice with producer education resources

    Julia Herman
    103-105
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218185

  • Ancillary bovine respiratory disease therapy

    Michael D. Apley
    106-109
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218186

  • Implementing pain management into your beef cattle practice

    Renée Dewell
    110-111
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218187

  • Records, chute-side reports, what can new grads do?

    John D. Bolinger
    112-116
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218188

  • The clueless funny farm

    Chelsea Bland Smith
    117-119
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218189

Hot Topics

  • You can do this Applying clinical pharmacology in practice

    Michael D. Apley
    120-123
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218190