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5th AABP Recent Graduate Conference Dec 27, 2021

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AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the 2022 AABP Recent Graduate Program Committee. The committee includes Dr. Adlai Schuler (chair), Dr. Kelsey Savell (dairy sessions), Dr. Nick Van Engen (feedlot sessions) and Dr. Chelsea Bland Smith (cow-calf sessions). The program committee are recent graduates who plan the continuing education sessions, events and preconference seminars to provide relevant continuing education to AABP members who graduated from 2014-2021.

The conference will be held at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, La., February 17-19, 2022. In-person registration is limited to 300 attendees. Virtual conference registration is available to any AABP member. The virtual conference is subject to cancellation if there are not enough registrations to cover the cost of streaming the live conference, therefore, if you are interested in attending, please register soon!

The program committee has chosen a theme of “Profoundly Impactful” and will offer sessions on clinical and consulting skills to help our recent grad members offer services to make them impactful on their clients' beef and dairy operations.

To find out more about the conference and view the sessions, go to this link. You can secure your registration for the conference by going to the registration page. AABP asks that all in-person attendees book a hotel reservation at the conference hotel to minimize the financial risk the organization takes in booking the conference. Please reserve your hotel room through our online reservation portal at this link.

African Swine Fever Dec 20, 2021

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Listen in as AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich has a conversation with American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Executive Director Dr. Harry Snelson about African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF is a viral disease of swine that causes high morbidity and mortality when introduced into a herd. It is a hemorrhagic virus that causes fever, hemorrhagic disease and septicemia. Supportive care typically does not reduce the mortality associated with the disease and once introduced, the only current method of control is depopulation. Dr. Snelson informs us that there are vaccines being developed that may provide protection to pigs and decrease the spread of the disease.

ASF was originally identified in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1900s and first appeared outside of that region in the country of Georgia in 2007. The disease primarily spreads from contact with infected pigs, and therefore feral hogs can spread it across open-land borders. ASF spread through Russia, eastern Europe, and then in 2018, it appeared in China. China is the largest pork-producing nation as well as the largest consumer of pork. China also exports products that could serve as fomites for the spread of ASF. Snelson discusses the work of USDA, state animal health officials and the Customs and Border Protection agency to keep ASF out of the mainland U.S.. He reminds our listeners to be diligent about preventing the introduction of a foreign animal disease like ASF by not bringing in agricultural products when traveling outside of the U.S. and declaring farm visits or animal contact to customs upon re-entry. If ASF were introduced into the U.S., it would cause significant animal health issues due to the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease, as well as economic losses to the pork industry estimated at over $8 billion. The U.S. exports 27% of the pork we produce, and although there are no food safety issues or zoonotic concerns with ASF, the loss of exports and concerns from the public could have long lasting effects on the entire agricultural industry.

Information about the Customs and Border Protection can be found at https://www.cbp.gov/ as well as their work in protecting agriculture at this link.

For information about AASV and to learn about their annual conference February 26 to March 1, 2022, in Indianapolis, visit https://aasv.org/.

To read the Iowa State University study on the impact of the introduction of ASF into the US, visit this link.

Stockmanship - What is it and Why is it Important? Dec 13, 2021

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In this episode, guest host Dr. Julia Herman, an AABP member on staff at National Cattleman’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Check-Off, and the chair of the AABP Animal Welfare Committee, is joined by Dean Fish and Curt Pate to discuss stockmanship. Stockmanship encompasses the appropriate care and handling of cattle and is applicable to all aspects of the cattle industry. It is well-known that proper handling of cattle positively impacts their experience in handling facilities. Good stockmanship is important not only to decrease stress, but also is an important part of human safety when dealing with large animals.

Our guests discuss their definition of stockmanship as well as how to implement behavioral change in farm and ranch staff. Veterinarians can be involved with training employees in good stockmanship practices as well as becoming advocates and defenders of the cattle in our care. We discuss appropriate handling of cattle on cow-calf ranches, feedyards and dairy farms. Stockmanship involves not only knowing the flight zones and safe handling of cattle, but implementing feel, timing and balance to the pressure points to move cattle with care.

Resources:

· Beef Quality Assurance - https://www.bqa.org/

· Bud Williams Stockmanship and Livestock Marketing - https://stockmanship.com/

· Curt Pate Stockmanship - Livestock handling demonstrations, clinics, and on-site training for livestock businesses - https://curtpatestockmanship.com/

· Lee Jones 2020. Providing all the needs that define stockmanship. - https://www.progressivecattle.com/topics/herd-health/providing-all-the-needs-that-define-stockmanship

· Mike Bolton, 2012. Dairy Stockmanship: What is it and why is it important? - https://www.progressivedairy.com/topics/herd-health/dairy-stockmanship-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important

· National Dairy FARM Program – Dairy Stockmanship - https://nationaldairyfarm.com/producer-resources/dairy-stockmanship/

· Ron Gill – Effective Stockmanship education and resources - http://effectivestockmanship.com/

· Stockmanship and Stewardship – Regional events focusing on live animal demonstrations and expert presentations - https://www.stockmanshipandstewardship.org/

· Ron Gill & Rick Machen 2016. Cattle Handling Pointers Stockmanship and Low-Stress Handling - https://effectivestockmanship.com/PDFs/CattleHandlingPointers-7-18-16.pdf

· Temple Grandin - Livestock Behaviour, Design of Facilities and Humane Slaughter - http://www.grandin.com/

· University of Minnesota 2021. How to properly handle cattle and other farm animals - https://extension.umn.edu/dairy-handling-and-best-practices/basic-stockmanship

Predicting Bovine Respiratory Disease and Targeting Metaphylaxis Dec 06, 2021

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Dr. Jason Nickell, an AABP member employed by Merck Animal Health, joins AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich to discuss research on utilizing technology to target antimicrobial therapy to cattle as they arrive at the feedyard. We discuss that metaphylaxis using antimicrobials is an important tool to control bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Producers and veterinarians use risk factors to identify which group of animals to use metaphylactic treatment to decrease the morbidity and mortality of BRD. Studies have shown that, on average, approximately 20% of animals benefit from antimicrobial metaphylaxis. The ability to identify the animals at risk for BRD and targeting treatment to those animals could improve antimicrobial stewardship, however, not treating any animals at risk for BRD has negative economic and animal welfare implications.

The objective of the study we discuss was to compare Whisper on Arrival ® to a positive and negative control. The four treatment groups were positive control (all animals received an antimicrobial on arrival), Whisper High, Whisper Low, and a negative control (no animals received an antimicrobial on arrival). The two Whisper groups applied a different sensitivity and specificity to the algorithm to identify which animals to treat or not treat. The study found that health and performance outcomes for the positive control were better than the negative control and the Whisper on Arrival groups had no differences in health or performance compared to the negative control group. In addition, the Whisper on Arrival groups saw a 10-43% reduction in antimicrobial use while not adversely affecting health and performance.

Relevant publications:

Translational Animal Science, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2021, txab081, https://doi-org.eres.qnl.qa/10.1093/tas/txab081

https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/bovine/index.php/bovine/article/view/8201

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25578389/

Remote Drug Delivery Devices Nov 30, 2021

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In this episode, guest host Dr. Julia Herman, an AABP member on staff at National Cattleman’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Check-Off, and the chair of the AABP Animal Welfare Committee, is joined by Dr. Ron Gill and Dr. Hans Coetzee to discuss the use of remote drug delivery devices (RDD) or the administration of cattle medications using a dart typically via a firearm.

RDDs have been utilized for a long time and historically were used in wildlife as well as to tranquilize animals. Our guests discuss some of the challenges with RDD systems, especially the Beef Quality Assurance challenges. Other challenges include failure of drug delivery, environmental impacts of darts, human safety, misdiagnosis and tissue damage.

Veterinarians should consult clients on the appropriate and inappropriate use of RDDs and they should not be utilized to decrease treatment time or for convenience. RDDs should not be a replacement for good facilities or stockmanship, but do have a place for appropriate use in certain range conditions.

Relevant links:

1. Discussing the Dart Delivery Method for Treating Cattle – South Dakota State University

2. Remote drug delivery systems: Just another gadget or proven technology? – Progressive Cattleman

3. Darting BQA Problems – Angus Beef Bulletin

4. Failure of high-capacity pneumatic darts to consistently deliver tulathromycin to calves after remote drug delivery – J.F. Coetzee, M.D. Kleinhenz, D.R. Magstadt, V.L. Cooper, N.K. Van Engen, J.S. Smith, N. Rand, P.G. Gorden; Proceedings of the 4th AABP Annual Conference, 2016

5. Does dart gun delivery of antibiotics cause changes in drug disposition or meat quality? – T. Hairgrove, R. Gill, C. Waters, R. Miller, T. Mays, M. Miller, V. Fajt; Proceedings of the 4th AABP Annual Conference, 2016

6. Pneumatic dart delivery of tulathromycin in calves results in lower antimicrobial concentrations and increased biomarkers of stress and injection site inflammation compared with subcutaneous injection – J. F. Coetzee, M.D. Kleinhenz, D.R. Magstadt, V.L. Cooper, L.W. Wulf, N.K. Van Engen, J.S. Smith, N. Rand, B. KuKanich, P.J. Gorden; Journal of Animal Science, Volume 96, Issue 8, August 2018, Pages 3089–3101.

7. Tissue residue depletion and estimation of extralabel meat withdrawal intervals for tulathromycin in calves after pneumatic dart administration – Z. Lin, C. He, D.R. Magstadt, V.L. Cooper, M.D. Kleinhenz, J.S. Smith, P.J. Gorden, L.W. Wulf, J.F. Coetzee; Journal of Animal Science, Volume 97, Issue 9, September 2019, Pages 3714–3726.

8. Pharmacokinetics of tulathromycin following administration to stocker cattle with remote delivery devices – J.D. Rivera, A.R. Woolums, S. Giguere, J.T. Johnson, A.G. Lutz, P.N. Tipton, W.B. Crosby, I. Hice, M. Thoresen; Journal of Animal Science, Volume 97, Issue 11, November 2019, Pages 4482-4487.

AABP Vaccine Guidelines for Cattle Nov 22, 2021

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In this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Justin Kieffer, former chair of the AABP Committee on Pharmaceutical and Biologic Issues (CPBI). Dr. Kieffer led a team of AABP members in the development of the first bovine vaccination guidelines produced by AABP. We discuss the development of this resource document that is available exclusively to AABP members to assist them in developing vaccine protocols for beef and dairy operations. We discuss how veterinarians can consult with producers in optimizing the immune response to vaccines as well as minimize adverse events and what to do if there is an adverse event. Dr. Kieffer updates us on the implementation of the single tier vaccine labeling in 2015 by USDA APHIS. CPBI developed a list of core vaccines for cattle which includes BVD, IBR, BRSV, PI3 and Clostridial pathogens. The vaccine guidelines discuss each pathogen’s disease considerations, type of vaccines that are available, outbreak mitigation, and vaccine scheduling notes. The document provides this information for all core and risk-based vaccines that can be considered for cattle. Dr. Kieffer states that veterinarians should inform their producers that no vaccine is completely safe, no vaccine is completely effective and no vaccine is always indicated. AABP recommends that producers utilize the expertise of the veterinarian of record to develop and monitor vaccine protocols to improve the health, welfare and productivity of the cattle in their care. We encourage feedback from members on the guideline by emailing fred@aabp.org.

If you are a current AABP member, you can view the vaccine guidelines by going to the AABP Committee Resources page and opening the Pharmaceutical and Biologic Issues section. You will find the guideline as a downloadable PDF at the bottom of the CPBI resources page.

The link for the USDA APHIS veterinary biologics product summaries to view vaccine data for the single-tier labeling claim is located here.

Practical immunology and beef and dairy vaccine protocols
Chris Chase
2021 AABP Recent Graduate Conference Proceedings
The vaccine guidelines developed by CPBI is an example of AABP providing practical resources for members. If you are not an AABP member and you are working with cattle, we welcome you to join our organization. You can join AABP or renew your dues to become a current member, by going to this link.

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2022 AABP Vice President Candidates Nov 15, 2021

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In this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich has a conversation with the candidates for the 2022 AABP Vice President election. The candidates are Dr. Dave Sjeklocha and Dr. Fred Muller. We ask the candidates to introduce themselves, tell us what being an AABP member has meant to them, ask their ideas about how AABP can support our members and improve recruitment and retention of cattle veterinarians, and what initiative they would support as a leader in the organization. We thank both Dr. Sjeklocha and Dr. Muller for their past service to AABP and for accepting the nomination for AABP Vice President.

The candidate receiving the most votes will be seated after the annual business meeting in Long Beach, Calif. on September 24, 2022. The online ballot is now open at this link. You can view candidate bios, read the question-and-answer document published in the November newsletter, and watch their videos from the candidate's introductions from the Salt Lake City conference. Voting will close on December 30, 2021 at 5 pm Eastern time.

Animal Welfare – What it Means to the Cow Oct 18, 2021

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In this episode, guest host Dr. Julia Herman, an AABP member on staff at National Cattleman’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Check-Off, and the chair of the AABP Animal Welfare Committee, is joined by Dr. Lily Edwards-Callaway to discuss cattle well-being. Dr. Herman works with the Beef Quality Assurance program. Dr. Edwards-Callaway is an associate professor at Colorado State University and studies livestock behavior and welfare. She gives a broad definition of animal welfare as looking at both the physical and mental state of the animal.

They discuss the five freedoms that are necessary for good welfare programs and the limitations of them. One such limitation is the fact that we need to evaluate the mental state of the animal and the addition of supporting positive experiences for the animal. Too often we evaluate welfare by counting negative experiences versus supporting and advancing positive experiences. Examples discussed include social opportunities such as socially housed dairy calves, measuring playing behavior, providing enrichment opportunities such as cow brushes or balls, and providing rewarding human-animal interaction such as low-stress cattle handling.

Dr. Edwards-Callaway also discusses Fraser’s three circles of animal welfare and how they overlap. These circles are biological functioning, effective states, and natural living. This allows us to let the cow tell us what animal welfare means to them and what is important to them. Improving animal welfare is a team effort that requires the veterinarian, producer, employees, nutritionist, and others to work together and listen to what the cow is telling us. Veterinarians play a critical role in leading this discussion for on-farm implementation of good animal welfare practices. They advise veterinarians to be open to conversations from the public about animal welfare because when someone asks us a question it does not mean they are questioning what we do.

Relevant links:

1. AABP Animal Welfare Committee page

2. Fraser, D. Understanding animal welfare. Acta Vet Scand 50, S1 (2008).

3. Stockmanship and Stewardship Virtual Event.

4. Beef Quality Assurance Program

5. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code

6. AVMA Animal Health and Welfare

7. Kirkden, R. D., & Pajor, E. A. (2006). Using preference, motivation and aversion tests to ask scientific questions about animals’ feelings. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 100(1-2), 29-47.

That’s a wrap! 54th AABP Annual Conference Oct 12, 2021

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AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich reviews the final 2021 AABP 54th Annual Conference attendance numbers, how to access recorded sessions, and your CE certificate in this post-conference podcast. We encourage all attendees to provide feedback by going to https://www.sli.do/ or download the free Slido app. Go to the “Conference Feedback and Ideas” room and provide feedback and rate the conference. All members can provide input and ideas for future conferences. The 2022 Program Committee will meet October 30th to begin planning for next year, so get those ideas submitted!

Gingrich also discusses some of the bylaws changes that were approved at the annual business meeting in Salt Lake City which can be found here. Recent AABP Board of Directors initiatives were discussed to update the membership on activities outside of traditional bovine continuing education that we are providing to members. This includes our practice management resources as well as the development of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force and a Mental Health Task Force.

Finally, he addresses some of the questions that have been received in Slido regarding conference logistics. Please continue to submit ideas and questions. Although we may not be able to incorporate all of them, we will read and evaluate each suggestion as well as provide a reason for our decision. Thank you for attending, for listening to the podcast and for your membership in AABP!

Registration for the 5th AABP Recent Graduate Conference is now open. Join us in New Orleans at the Hilton Riverside February 18-19, 2022, by going to this link.

Final Details and Information for the 54th AABP Annual Conference Sep 27, 2021

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In this episode, AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses several tips and pointers for those who are attending the 54th AABP Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, or those who are attending virtually. Onsite registration for in-person attendance is available to AABP members. Virtual registration will remain open until Wednesday October 6 at 5 pm Mountain time. Go to this link to register for virtual attendance. All in-person and virtual attendees will receive a CE certificate for up to 22.5 hours of RACE-approved CE.

The virtual conference website is http://saltlake.aabp.org. If you are an AABP member, the Keynote address from Dr. Carrie Jurney of Not One More Vet will be live streamed at no charge. Use your email address in the AABP database and the password AABP2021. We have also made available the 2022 AABP Vice-President candidates, Dr. Fred Muller and Dr. Dave Sjeklocha, the Friday night Amstutz Live Auction and scholarship presentation, and the Saturday Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon. Review the proposed bylaws changes that will be voted on at the business meeting at this link and some background information the Board is providing as reasons for the proposed changes at this link.

Virtual attendees should login to the virtual conference website using the email address they registered with and the password AABP2021. Make sure to download the Slido app or go to https://www.sli.do/ in your browser to participate in audience polls or submit questions if you are registered for the conference. Make sure to leave feedback in the “Conference Feedback and Ideas” room in Slido to help the AABP office and 2022 Program Committee improve the next annual conference.

Members can participate in the silent auction from the conference or at home by going to this link and register. Bid securely with your phone, place auto-bids, get notifications when you are outbid and pay securely using your mobile device or browser. We also encourage members to form or join a consortium with colleagues to increase your buying power by going to this link.

Please make sure to thank our sponsors for the meal events, activities and networking opportunities. The AABP conference is unique because once you arrive at the conference, most of the meals are provided at no charge. This is only possible due to the generous support of our industry partners. We also want to thank our exhibitors who devote resources and money to our trade show. Please visit the vendors, interact with them and participate in the scavenger hunt. Vendors want to meet the veterinarians who take care of the cattle and interact with producers so please visit the booths during breaks and thank them for supporting AABP during these difficult times.

If you need any assistance while you are at the conference or participating virtually, please reach out to an AABP staff member and we are happy to help you. #aabp2021

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