2023 Mid-Atlantic States Conference for Bovine Practitioners
Live & In-Person
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Hagerstown, MD
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March 30-31
John Currin
DVM, DAVBP
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Beef Nutrition for the Non-Nutritionist Veterinarian
This session will use case studies to look at trouble shooting common problems in beef cattle nutrition. In addition commonly used feeds will be evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses.
Dr. Currin grew up on a small beef cattle farm in Southwest Virginia. He graduated from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. Following graduation he became an associate veterinarian in a mixed animal practice for 1 year, then became a partner in a large animal practice for 3 years. Dr. Currin then became a clinician at VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine for 24 years. He is currently the Associate Clinical Professor in Production Management Medicine and Extension Veterinarian and has been for the past 15 years. His interests include dairy production medicine, dairy records, dairy and reproduction, bovine respiratory disease complex, dairy nutrition, dairy management and bovine pharmacology, beef cattle production medicine, beef cattle reproduction, beef cattle nutrition, and beef cattle economics.
Erika Ganda
PhD
Penn State University
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Salmonella Dublin: An Emerging Pathogen in the Northeastern United States
Coming soon…
Dr. Erika Ganda is an Assistant professor of Food Animal Microbiomes at the Department of Animal Science at Penn State University. Her research is focused on the application of innovative technologies to investigate animal health and food safety and the development of practices and approaches that can be applied to the agricultural industry. Dr. Ganda is a member of Penn State’s Microbiome Center, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, the multistate research project on Antimicrobial Resistance, the Pennsylvania Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship, and the American Society for Microbiology.
Dr. Ganda has expertise in translating valuable information gained through microbiome data into the development of novel animal health interventions. She has investigated the effect of third generation cephalosporins in the bovine milk microbiome upon natural (Ganda et al., 2016) or experimental (Ganda et al., 2017) infection with Gram-negative pathogens, and on healthy and mastitic milk microbiomes. Currently, her research group is working on various projects investigating the microbiome of several food-producing animal species. Examples are recently published work on the investigation of heavy-metal exposure on the resistome of dairy cows (Gaeta et al., 2020), comparison of laboratory methods for profiling bird cloacal microbiomes (van Syoc et al., 2021), investigations on the effect of treatment with metformin on the poultry microbiome (van Syoc et al., 2022), and studies comparing bovine gut microbiomes fed different feed additives. For more information, refer to: https://gandalab.org and https://github.com/gandalab.
K. Fred Gingrich, II
DVM
American Association of Bovine Practitioners
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Recruitment and Retention of Cattle Veterinarians – Is This a Fixable Problem?
Food animal veterinarians currently make up less than 10% of the veterinary profession and there is a recognized shortage by USDA of food animal veterinarians in rural America. AABP has also recognized that there is a drop in membership within the first 5 years of practice and a likely reason is loss of cattle veterinarians to small animal practice. This session will identify the challenges of food animal practice and how veterinarians can be a part of the solution to recruiting and retaining food animal veterinarians in their practice.
Fred Gingrich received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University in 1995. He worked in California at a large dairy practice before returning to Ohio as a mixed animal veterinarian and owner of two veterinary practices. His areas of interest in practice included business management, facility design, milk quality and parlor analysis, records analysis, nutrition and antimicrobial stewardship programs. He was a volunteer with AABP, serving on committees and became the President of the organization in 2015. In 2017, he accepted a position within AABP serving as the fourth Executive Director and retired from private practice.
Erin Luley
VMD, MPH, DACVP
Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Bovine Abortion: Diagnostic Approach and Common Lesions
This presentation will cover common infectious and non-infectious causes of abortion in cattle, with a focus on gross and histologic lesions. The diagnostic approach to an abortion case will be discussed, including the necropsy process and collection of samples for diagnostic testing. Data on common causes of abortion seen at one diagnostic lab will be presented.
Dr. Luley is a pathologist at the Penn State Animal Diagnostic Lab. A native of Pennsylvania, she completed her undergraduate degree at Penn State in 2010 and went on to receive her VMD from Penn in 2014 and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Minnesota in 2018. After spending a few years in practice (both mixed animal practice and small animal emergency), Dr. Luley returned to Penn State to enter a pathology residency program and completed board certification through the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2021. She has remained at the Penn State Animal Diagnostic Lab since and is currently the head of the mammalian pathology, histopathology, and parasitology lab sections. Dr. Luley’s research interests include infectious disease of livestock and One Health, and she is a collaborator on many research projects involving histopathology in lab animal models. Dr. Luley and her family live on a small farm outside of State College. She is a retired racing greyhound enthusiast. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, and backcountry camping.
Dan McFarland
MS, AAS
Penn State Extension
Friday, March 31, 2023
- The ABC’s (and More) of Troubleshooting Dairy Facilities
This presentation will investigate building design and management practices that can affect animal health, well-being and/or performance. In addition, suggestions will be offered to help reduce facility and management bottlenecks.
Dan McFarland is an Agricultural Engineering Educator for Penn State Extension with program responsibilities in South-central Pennsylvania. Program emphasis involves animal shelter and environmental systems design. Dan works closely producers and agricultural professionals on issues related to new animal shelter design and existing facility improvement. Educational efforts include farmstead design and layout, ventilation system design and management, animal comfort and well-being, stall design, feeding area design, animal cooling, and watering systems. In addition to regular duties, written articles for national dairy publications, prepared papers for ASABE conferences, and been an invited speaker at industry sponsored seminars and conferences on topics related to cow comfort and animal shelter design.
Kevin Pelzer
DVM, MPVM, DACVPM
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Friday, March 31, 2023
- Small Ruminant Foot Conditions
This session will review the common conditions encountered in practice of the small ruminant foot. The epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention for these conditions will be reviewed and discussed.
Dr. Pelzer received a BS from the University of Kentucky and his DVM in 1980 from Tuskegee University. He completed a residency in Food Animal Herd Health and Reproduction and a Masters in Preventive Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis. He is boarded in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. Dr. Pelzer is currently a professor in Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and his interests are small ruminants and public health. He has been active in continuing education and outreach giving more than 100 presentations to professional and lay groups in Virginia as well as other states and internationally.
Pamela Ruegg
DVM, MPVM
Michigan State University
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Making Treatment Decisions for Clinical Mastitis: Part 1
Treatment of mastitis accounts for a large proportion of antibiotic usage but not all cows with mastitis will benefit from antibiotic therapy. In this presentation, results of scientific studies that have evaluated outcomes of antibiotic treatment of non-severe mastitis will be reviewed. Characteristics of cows that can be evaluated to identify animals that may benefit from antibiotics will be described and options for handling cows may not benefit from antibiotics will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on implementation of defined protocols that help ensure appropriate and economically sound decisions about antibiotic usage for treatment of mastitis.
- Making Treatment Decisions for Clinical Mastitis: Part 2
Continuation of Part 1 but emphasizing economic and therapeutic outcomes based on selection of drugs and duration of treatment.
- Incidence, Treatments and Outcomes of Diseases of Lactating Dairy Cows
Use of antibiotics on farms is a hot topic and there are many misperceptions. Results of a large study comparing disease incidence, treatment and antibiotic usage in adult cows and preweaned calves on 40 large conventional dairy farms in Wisconsin will be presented. Selected outcomes including use of antimicrobials, herd retention and impact of parity will be discussed.
Dr. Ruegg currently holds the David J. Ellis Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance and Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University and is focused on research and outreach that help to improve animal health and farm sustainability. She previously served as the chair of the Dept. of Animal Science at Michigan State University and spent 20 years as a Professor and extension milk quality specialist in the Dept. of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she remains an emeritus Professor. Dr. Ruegg has academic degrees from both Michigan State University and the University of California, Davis. She has had varied professional experiences including private veterinary practice, academic positions at both Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU and corporate technical service. She maintains a research program that is focused on ensuring antibiotic stewardship on farms by optimizing antibiotic usage and identifying animal, environmental and pathogen factors that can be manipulated to reduce disease risk. Dr. Ruegg is active in a number of industry organizations and is a past-president of the National Mastitis Council. Her extension program has focused on developing programs that help farmers maintain healthy cows while reducing antimicrobial usage and improving milk quality and safety on dairy farms. Throughout her career she has received a number of awards for research, extension and international outreach programs and she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles that are frequently cited.
Gustavo Schuenemann
DVM, MS, PhD
The Ohio State University
Friday, March 31, 2023
- Controlling Metabolic Diseases: Hypocalcemia and Ketosis
The presentation will focus on modern concepts to control hypocalcemia and ketosis with emphasis on prevention and treatments to improve performance and survival of transition cows.
- Solutions to Optimize Dry Matter Intake in Transition Dairy Cows
The presentation will focus on practical solutions for dry matter intake in transition dairy cows to improve colostrum (quality and quantity), health and overall productivity.
Gustavo Schuenemann received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1998 from Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, UNICEN in Tandil, Argentina. After working in private practice in Argentina for three years, he completed his master’s and PhD degrees at the University of Tennessee in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He is currently a professor of dairy cattle health and management in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. His work focuses on transition dairy cow and personnel management. He has been teaching students and professionals, and conducting research in dairy cattle health and welfare, reproduction, nutrition, and management since 2004. He has more than 230 publications. Gustavo has been invited as a speaker at several scientific conferences, workshops, and short courses in the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ethiopia, Chile, Uruguay, China, Japan, Germany, Spain, Costa Rica, Denmark, and Canada – giving more than 540 presentations since 2008.
Billy Smith
DVM, MS
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, March 31, 2023
- Lameness – Sore Feet Don’t Make Cent$!
Lameness has become an increasingly important problem in cattle over the last 20 years and this is due to many factors. This session will explore the common causes of infectious and non-infectious foot diseases and discuss necessary preventative tools to manage sore feet in dairy cattle.
- Importance of and Management of Bovine Colostrum
Calves are born agammaglobulinemic and their capacity to mount an immune response de novo is limited. Therefore, adequate colostrum intake that leads to a successful transfer of passive immunity is critical for disease prevention and their survival. This session will explore the importance of and management of good quality colostrum.
- Acidification and Influence of Acidified Bovine Colostrum on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Dairy Calves
Acidification of colostrum is an effective tool in colostrum management. There is a paucity of information on what impact if any acidification might have on the gastrointestinal microbiome of young calves. This session will explore the association of feeding calves acidified colostrum and the increased abundance of gastrointestinal Faecalibacterium, a bacterium that is associated with decreased diarrhea and better calf growth.
Dr. Smith began his career at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1998. He has been recognized for his contribution to veterinary science and education by receiving the Lindback Teaching Award, Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, and the Dean’s Award for Leadership in Clinical Science Education. Dr. Smith and his colleagues conduct research in the areas of dairy cattle lameness, reproduction, and immunology. My professional interest mainly focuses on dairy cattle herd health. I have received research grants in the areas of dairy cattle lameness, reproduction, and immunology. Clinically, I have spent the last 31 years practicing veterinary medicine on cattle in numerous regions of the United States and on various herd sizes ranging from < 50 to more than 5,000 cattle.
Hayley Springer
MS, DVM
Penn State Extension
Friday, March 31, 2023
- Antibiotic Label Changes: Prepare Your Practice and Clients
This presentation will provide the details of upcoming antibiotic label changes, what this means in terms of medication access and how to prepare. The session will also cover why these changes were implemented and what challenges the veterinary industry may face as they come into effect in June, 2023.
Dr. Hayley Springer began her academic career after time in both mixed and dairy-only veterinary practice. Her ongoing clinical work primarily revolves around calf health and management of infectious diseases in cattle. She is also involved in both livestock-related and vector-borne-disease extension work, as well as teaching in livestock production, veterinary science, and One Health courses. Her research interests are in pre-harvest food safety with a focus on managing antimicrobial resistance on dairy and veal farms.
Dr. Hayley Springer joined Penn State University in 2016 after spending time in both mixed animal and dairy-exclusive veterinary practice. Her clinical interests lie in dairy calf health, infectious disease management, and disease prevention on cattle operations. She teaches in both extension and undergraduate education, with extension programming focused on livestock health, dairy cattle health, and vector-borne disease, and undergraduate teaching in the areas of livestock production, veterinary science, and One Health. Her research focus is pre-harvest food safety with an emphasis on describing and mitigating antimicrobial resistance in the young dairy calf.
Dr. Hayley Springer joined Penn State Faculty in 2017 as an Assistant Clinical Professor and Extension Veterinarian, bringing with her experience in both mixed animal and dairy-exclusive veterinary practice. Her clinical interests lie in dairy calf health, infectious disease management, and disease prevention on cattle operations. She teaches in both extension and undergraduate education, with extension programming focused on livestock health, dairy cattle health, and vector-borne disease, and undergraduate teaching in the areas of livestock production, veterinary science, and One Health. Her research focus is pre-harvest food safety with an emphasis on describing and mitigating antimicrobial resistance in the young dairy calf.
Robert Van Saun
DVM, MS, PhD, DACT, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Pregnancy Toxemia in Small Ruminants
Pregnancy toxemia is the most significant metabolic disease of sheep and goats. With selection for greater fecundity in sheep and goats it becomes more challenging to meet the critical nutrition needs of the late pregnant dam. This presentation will address current diagnostics, therapeutic interventions, and preventive nutrition practices for pregnancy toxemia in sheep and goats.
Robert Van Saun is a Professor of Veterinary Science and Extension Veterinarian with the Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University. Robert earned veterinary and Master’s degrees and completed a Theriogenology residency at Michigan State University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in ruminant nutrition from Cornell University. He is a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists and American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition). He was in private veterinary practice in New York and Michigan and an ambulatory clinician at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University. His research and extension programs focus on integration of nutrition, animal health, and productivity and emphasize the critical role of pregnancy nutrition on animal performance across ruminant species.
