2021 Annual Conference Proceedings

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Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference, American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
October 7-9, 2021, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Executive Editor: K. Fred Gingrich II
Copy Editor: Geni Wren
Advertising Representative: J. T. O'Brien & Assoc.

Published: 2022-05-10

Front / Back Matter

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Keynote Address

Not One More Vet

Carie Jurney

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General Sessions

Opportunities COVID 19 has presented for bovine practice

Chris Chase

3-8
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FARAD: How we respond to withdrawal inquiries

Fiona Maunsell, Ron Baynes, Jennifer Davis, Derek Foster, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Jim Riviere, Lisa Tell

9-11
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Beef Sessions

Laboratory diagnosis of reproductive failure in beef cattle

Larry Holler

12-16
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Immune management and vaccination of the preweaning beef calf

Amelia Woolums

17-20
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Evaluation of sperm morphology: What the spermiogram is telling us

Jennifer Koziol

21-23
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The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and application of practices in a Nebraska feedlot

Ashley McDonald

24-27
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Advancing and recognizing beef sustainability in Canada: The role of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Anne Wasko, Monica Hadarits, Andrea White, Brenna Grant

28-30
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Packer/retailer perspectives on North America’s beef sustainability roundtables

Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell

31-33
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National surveillance of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian feedlots

Sheryl Gow, Reynold Bergen, Calvin Booker, Alyssa Butters, Craig Dorin, Greg Dimmers, Nathan Erickson, Sherry Hannon, Steve Hendrick, Dana Ramsay, Karin Schmid, Kayla Strong, Joyce Van Donkersgoed, Wendy Wilkins

34-41
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A pilot antimicrobial use monitoring project in 22 U.S. beef feedyards

Mike Apley

42-43
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Promising management strategies and feed additives to prevent liver abscesses and disease

Alfredo DiCostanzo

44-52
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Application of remote sensoring technology for the early detection of bovine respiratory disease

Jason Nickell

53-55
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Introduction to the U.S. Cattle Industry Feedyard Audit

David Sjeklocha

56-57
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Evolution of BRD metaphylaxis to optimize cost and judicious use practices

Jason Nickell

58-59
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Dairy Sessions

Transition - a headache or an opportunity?

Fernando Soberon

60-63
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Bovine leukemia virus: the silent thief

Ron Erskine

64-67
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Practical BLV eradication measures for commercial dairy farms

Don Niles

68-71
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A veterinarian’s role in creating more days with 0% lameness

Gerard Cramer

72-74
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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis: An update

Annette O'Connor

75-79
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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis: a practical yet evidence-based approach to treatment and prevention on dairy farms

Lowell Midla

80-83
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Parlor vs. milking efficiency, faster isn’t always better

Rhyannon Moore-Foster

84-85
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Dairy farm competitiveness: evaluation tools and tips for dairies of all sizes

Dianne Shoemaker

86-89
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Financial consulting: Sharing your clients’ burdens

Brian Reed

90-93
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Mycotoxins in dairy cattle: What we know and what we can do

Paige Gott

94-101
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Salmonella Dublin diagnostics for the field veterinarian

Elisha Frye

102-105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20218310
Paired housing of dairy calves: Current best practices and tips for success

Whitney Knauer

106-108
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Practical guide to working with organic farms

Meggan Hain

109-117
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AASRP Small Ruminants Sessions

Role of veterinarians in disaster preparedness: Focus on small ruminants and wildfire

Fauna Smith

118-119
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Small ruminants for the bovine practitioner

Amanda Kreuder

120-123
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Legal and illegal drug use in small ruminants

Virginia Fajt

124-126
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Antimicrobial stewardship in small ruminant practice

Virginia Fajt

127-128
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Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases of sheep and goats

Fauna Smith

129-130
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Small ruminant genetic testing and diseases

Fauna Smith

131-133
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Reproductive management of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni)

Isacc Bott

134-137
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Reindeer care for the ruminant practitioner - an overview of anesthesia, surgery and common veterinary procedures

Isaac Bott

138-141
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Small ruminant vitamins and minerals

Scott Radke

142-144
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Small ruminant toxicology and cases

Scott Radke

145-149
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Practice Management Sessions

Making rational decisions about new services

Dickson Lewis

150-157
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So, you want to be a dairy consultant…

James Bennett

158-162
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Engineering work-life balance opportunities into your veterinary practice through nontraditional work schedules and a ProSal compensation system

Cassandra Gewiss

163-166
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Cow calf consulting: Getting your foot in the door while your arm is in a cow

Elizabeth Homerosky

167-170
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Responding to change by offering a new service

David Brennan

171-172
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Routine thoracic ultrasound: Your gateway to calf consults and practice profits

Brandon Debbink

173-174
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Adding services to your veterinary practice

Cassandra Gewiss

175-177
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Student/New Graduate Sessions

Vaccination protocols for dairy calves

Amelia Woolums

178-180
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Vaccination protocols for beef calves

Amelia Woolums

181-183
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Toxicology basics: Common toxicants in bovine medicine

Scott Radke

184-188
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Skills for success in dairy and mixed animal practice

Kevin Jacque

189-190
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Skills for success as a new graduate in beef practice

Keelan Lewis

191
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Overcoming imposter syndrome

Audrey Ruple

192-193
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Clinical Skills Session

Management considerations to prevent respiratory disease in group-housed preweaned dairy calves

Sandra Godden, Whitney Knauer

194-199
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The art and mathematics of making a useful diagnosis

David Smith

200-203
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Making better medical decisions

David Smith

204-208
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Wound management in cattle

Pierre-Yves Mulon

209-210
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Urolithiasis – cattle, some small ruminants, management and surgery

Pierre-Yves Mulon

211-212
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Management of preputial injuries in bulls

Chance Armstrong

213-214
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Estrus detector males

Chance Armstrong

215-216
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Practical approaches to on-farm pain management in cattle

Michael Kleinhenz

217-221
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Growth-promoting implants 101

Grant Crawford

222-226
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Federal inspection of cattle: Procedures and outcomes

Jessica Van Hook

227-229
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Research Summaries

Effects of postpartum health on expression of estrus detected by activity monitors in dairy cows

Tony Bruinje, E.I. Morrison, R. Cuoto Serrenho, D. Renaud, E.S. Ribiero, S.J. LeBlanc

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AMR patterns and RAPD profiles of Streptococcus uberis strains isolated from a clinical bovine mastitis outbreak

Valentina Monistero, P. Cremonesi, S. Morandi, A. Barberio, C. Locatelli, R. Piccinini, M.F. Addis, P. Moroni

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The association of prepartum urine pH and periparturient activity and rumination time on postpartum subclinical hypocalcemia dynamics in Holstein cows

Claira Seely, Jessica A. A. McArt

232
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Association between prepartum nonesterified fatty acids serum concentrations and postpartum diseases in dairy cows

Isabella Nicola, Hervé Chupin, Jean-Philippe Roy, Véronique Fauteux, Sébastien Buczinski, Nicole Picard-Hagen

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Description of the intramammary infections dynamics in early lactation heifers on organic dairy farms

Felipe Peña Mosca, C.J. Dean, L.S. Caixeta, B.J. Heins, V.S. Mechado, P.J. Pinedo, N.R. Noyes

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Survey of the cattle health and production record-keeping methods and opinions of U.S. cow-calf producers

Isaac Jumper, Isaac Jumper, C.L. Huston, R.W. Willis, D.R. Smith

235
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Do volume, immunoglobulin G content, and feeding method of the first colostrum meal impact subsequent nursing behaviour and transfer of passive immunity in beef calves?

Lisa Gamsjäger, D.M. Haines, E.A. Pajor, M. Levy, M.C. Windeyer

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Acute anaplasmosis reduces breeding soundness in experimentally-infected beef bulls

Anne C. Lovett, K.E. Reif, E.J. Reppert, J.R. Jaeger, Q. Kang, M.R. Flowers, N.P. Bickmeier, T. Anantatat

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Retrospective analysis of the association of treating Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) on non-infectious heart disease deaths in U.S. fed cattle.

Blaine Johnson, D.E. Armine, R.L. Larson, B.J. White

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Comparison of sampling methods and diagnostic techniques for recovery of Mannheimia haemolytica from feedlot cattle

William B. Crosby, John T. Richeson, John Dustin Loy, Sheryl P. Gow, Keun Seok Seo, Sarah F. Capik, Amelia R. Woolums, Paul S. Morley

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Predicting bovine respiratory disease risk in feedlot cattle in the first 45 days post arrival

Hector A. Rojas, D.E. Armine, r.l. lARSON, B.J. White

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Determining risk factors associated with cohort-level respiratory disease timing in feedyards

Kristen J. Smith, David E. Armine, Bradley J. White, Robert L. Larson

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Comparison of reproductive performance of dairy cattle following a post-partum vaccine protocol with two different multi-valent modified live vaccines

David L. Prentice, Kevin C. Dhuyvetter

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Comparison of reproductive performance of dairy cattle following a multivalent modified live post-partum vaccine protocol or a multivalent killed pre-partum vaccine protocol

Tomas D. Gonzalez, S. Umaña Sedo, G.V.R. Brandão, R.S. Bisinotto

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Randomized controlled trial of pegbovigrastim as an adjunct therapy for naturally occurring severe clinical mastitis cases in dairy cows

José Denis-Robichaud, Maxime Christophe, Jean-Philippe Roy, Sébastien Buczinski, Marjolaine Rousseau, Marianne Villaettaz-Robichaud, Jocelyn Dubuc

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Implementation and follow-up of selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) programs in New York dairy herds

Mark J. Thomas, Daryl V. Nydam, G.E. Granados, Peter G. Ostrum

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A randomized clinical trial assessing the effect of the timing of the administration of oral calcium supplementation on blood calcium and magnesium concentrations after calving in dairy cows

Cainan C. Florentino, L.S. Caixeta, E. Shepley, M. Ruch, J.V.L. Silva, B.A. Crooker

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Diurnal variation of milk fatty acids in early-lactation Holstein cows with and without hyperketonemia

Claira See, Kathryn D. Bach, D.M. Barbano, Jessica A.A. McArt

247
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Comparison of fan type and effect on dairy cow temperatures on a California dairy during summer conditions

Scott T. Smith, Phillip W. Jardon, KevinC. Dhuyvetter

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Application of the Ruminant Farm Systems model (RuFaS) to assess the environmental impact of reproductive strategies in dairy farms greenhouse gas

Kristan F. Reed, Daryl V. Nydam, M/ Li, V. Cabrera

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Prevalence of respiratory pathogens and diseases in dairy heifers at two different moments in their preweaning period

José Denis-Robichaud, Marie-Ève Tremblay Cléroux, Sébastien Buczinski, Marie-Lou Gauthier, Jocelyn Dubuc, David Francoz

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Evaluation of a CO2 laser scalpel for disbudding Holstein calves, a pilot study

Michael D. Kleinhenz, A.K. Curtis, M.M. Weeder, B.T. Johnson, D. Springfield, M. Lou, A.V. Viscardi, J.F. Coetzee

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Pharmacokinetics of oral firocoxib in un-weaned calves

Sarah A. Wagner, V.F. Fajt, C.P. Lo, C.J. Boyd

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Validation of the bovine blood calcium checker as a rapid and simple measuring tool for the ionized calcium concentration in cattle

Nao Kondo, K. Tsukano, M. Otsuka, Y. Murakami, K. Suzuki

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Serum amyloid A assay using a new reagent is the most useful in the diagnose of mastitis

Yoshiki Murakami, M. Otsuka, K. Tsukano, K. Suzuki

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Using network meta-analyses to increase the power of a subsequent trial with a new treatment

D. Hu, C. Wang, Annette M. O'Connor

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Economic impact of removing arrival metaphylaxis in the U.S. stocker and feedlot industry

Alec R. Lucas, R.L. Willis, T.B. McMurray, D.R. Smith

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Multipopulational transcriptomic analysis of high-risk beef cattle on arrival reveals genes and mechanisms which may predict bovine respiratory disease

Matthew A. Scott, A.R. Woolums, C.E. Swiderski, A.D. Perkins, B. Nanduri, D.R. Smith, .. Karisch, W. Epperson

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Assessment of pain associated with respiratory disease and the effect of flunixin transdermal solution in cattle with induced bacterial pneumonia

Miriam Martin, Michael Kleinhenz, Brad White, Andrew Curtis, Blaine Johnson, Shawnee Montgomery, Mikaela Weeder, Johann F. Coetzee

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U.S. cow-calf producer interest in and access to technology for cattle health and production record-keeping purposes

Isaac Jumper, C.L. Huston, R.W. Willis, D.R. Smith

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The effect of failed transfer of passive immunity on disease risk in pre-weaned calves: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alexis C. Thompson, David R. Smith

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Rumination and activity in Angus and Angus-cross beef calves: influence of sex, breed, backgrounding diet and oropharyngeal intubation

Bobwealth O. Omontese, F.O. Zakari

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The effect of backgrounding systems on helminth load and serum haptoglobin profile of weaned Angus calves

Bobwealth O. Omontese, S.U. Felix, F.O. Zakari

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Impact of meloxicam on respiratory virus titers and health outcomes when administered concurrently with a modified live respiratory vaccine in abruptly weaned beef steers

Elizabeth R. Homerosky, Michael J. Jelinski, Craig Dorin

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Effects of lameness on semen quality in beef bulls: a case-control study

Yatta L. Boakari, Manuel L. Chamorro, Julie G. Schnuelle, T. Passler, J. Stockler, J. Rush, L. Huber, R. Hopper

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Topical salicylic acid treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy cows: Drug resides in milk and clinical efficacy

K.M. Wirt, J.M. Young, G. Cramer, Sarah A. Wagner

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Development of a sole ulcer induction model in Holstein heifers: The next step in lameness research

Gerard Cramer, Luciano Caixeta, Whitney Knauer, Elise Shepley, Brian Crooker, Laura Solano, Sarah Wagner

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An overview of management practices on U.S. goat operations as part of the NAHMS Goat 2019 Study

Natalie Urie, K. Marshall, A. Wiedenheft, M. Branan, V. Fields

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An overview of breeding and kid crop management practices on U.S. goat operations as part of the NAHMS Goat 2019 Study

Natalie Urie, K.L. Marshall, A.M. Wiedenheft, M. Branan, Victoria L. Fields

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An overview of veterinary use on U.S. goat operations as part of the NAHMS Goat 2019 Study

Natalie Urie, K.L. Marshall, A.M. Wiedenheft, M. Branan, Victoria L. Fields

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Agritourism practices on U.S. goat operations as part of the NAHMS Goat 2019 Study

Natalie Urie, K.L. Marshall, A.M. Wiedenheft, M. Branan, Victoria L. Fields

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Prevalence of scrapie resistant genotypes in U.S. goats as part of the NAHMS Goat 2019 Study

Natalie Urie, K.L. Marshall, A.M. Wiedenheft, M. Branan, Victoria L. Fields

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Use of hand-held meter in monitoring sheep ketone and glucose concentrations

A. Sjoberg, R.J. Van Saun

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Use of brix refractometer in assessing sheep colostrum

A. Sjoberg, R.J. Van Saun

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Assessment of lamb passive transfer

A. Sjoberg, R.J. Van Saun

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