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Epi. 303 – Economics of Subclinical Hypocalcemia and Fresh Cow Management – Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
2w ago00:32:55Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jess McArt, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Jen Roberts, Senior Associate Director Professional Services Veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. This episode is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. Find more information about the product portfolio for cattle at www.cattlefirst.com. This episode explores the widespread, often invisible, impact of subclinical hypocalcemia on dairy herds, with a focus on economic consequences and fresh cow health. The conversation explores how veterinarians can guide producers beyond reactive treatment toward proactive calcium strategies during the critical fresh period. On average, 30-40% of multiparous cows in a herd have dyscalcemia during the transition period, but this varies significantly between herds. McArt explains that after calving, the demand for calcium doubles from what the cow typically requires. Roberts discusses how this affects cow performance and health. Suclinical hypocalcemia is often unrecognized and underestimated because it is silent but can have health, production and economic impacts downstream. We discuss strategies for veterinarians to screen cows for dyscalcemia and proactive solutions to this problem in fresh cows.
Transcribe →Epi. 302 – Beyond the Bug: Building Gram-Negative Resilience in Cattle Using Salmonella Dublin as the Test Case – Sponsored by Endovac Animal Health
3w ago00:29:00Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Travis White, Chief Veterinary Officer for Endovac Animal Health. Endovac is the sponsor of the student reception at the 59th AABP Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. Find information about Endovac and their portfolio of animal health products on this page. Gram-negative diseases remain a major challenge across beef, dairy, calf ranch and feedlot systems. White discusses these challenges and why the focus should not necessarily be on the organism itself, but thinking about endotoxin, immune stress and animal resilience. Endotoxin exposure drives the clinical signs associated with these disease challenges leading to inappetence, depression, fever and leukopenia. White reviews core-antigen technology and how this approach differs from a conventional multi-antigen bacterin. He also discusses Immune Plus from Endovac and how veterinarians should think about immune stimulation. This technology can fit into existing vaccine and herd health programs vs. replacing currently used tools. White also reviews a challenge study with Salmonella Dublin and the take-aways from this study to help veterinarians who want to build stronger Gram-negative disease control programs.
Transcribe →Epi. 301 - Veterinary Student Demographics and Impacts on Recruitment and Retention for Rural Practice – Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
4w ago00:43:34Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Lisa Greenhill, Chief Organizational Health Officer for the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). This episode of Have You Herd is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and Bovikalk. Is your fresh cow calcium supplement protecting dairy cows’ full potential? BOVIKALC® bolus contains the two critical forms of calcium for immediate and lasting performance with no filler ingredients. For more than 20 years, BOVIKALC has consistently delivered what fresh cows need—right when they need it most. Talk to your Boehringer Ingelheim representative to see why BOVIKALC boluses are designed for milking greatness. Find out more information about BOVIKALC boluses at this link. Enrollment at veterinary schools has doubled over the last 20 years and currently there are approximately 17,000 veterinary students in U.S. schools and another 3000-4000 U.S. students in foreign schools. Demographics of students has changes during that time period as well with females comprising 86% of students and 30% of students are non-white. Students now fill out a common application and each student applies to 5-6 schools. The national applicant:seat ratio is currently 2.4 but each institution applicant:seat ratio varies. Greenhill discusses the gender disparity in veterinary schools and explains that the issues of fewer men in veterinary schools is due to fewer men obtaining a bachelor's degree. Only 37% of men in the U.S. complete a bachelor's degree compared to nearly half of women. Men also take longer to complete the degree compared to women. Students from rural communities comprise about 20% of veterinary students. AABP membership data indicate that 70% of our members grew up in rural communities. Nationally, 23% of adults in rural communities have a bachelor's degree or higher. Greenhill discusses some of the challenges and barriers for students in rural communities to seek out a veterinary education including changes to loan regulations and Pell Grants, lack of educational opportunities, and evaluation of rural mixed animal versus urban companion animal experiences. Find AABP survey information under the Member Resources page of the AABP website at this link.
Transcribe →Epi. 300 – Cattle Implants and Growth Technologies
Jul 1300:48:41Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jessica Sperber, Beef Technical Services Manager on the ruminant nutrition team at Merck Animal Health. This episode of Have You Herd? was developed by the AABP Nutrition Committee. If you are an AABP member interested in cattle nutrition, consider joining our Nutrition Committee by going to this link. Sperber reviews the main active ingredients in implants and how they work inside the animal and when they should be used during the production cycle. She also reviews the variables that matter most when selecting an implant. Veterinarians should be aware of FDA regulations on re-implant strategies and timing of implants. Find information about these regulations here and a list of all FDA approved implants for use in the U.S. here. Veterinarians play a key role in consulting producers on what implants to use and when to use them, but also in assisting with implant quality control. This includes training, monitoring and auditing implants for correct administration to ensure all cattle receive the benefits for maximum returns.
Transcribe →Epi. 299 – Theileria orientalis Ikeda and the Longhorn Tick – Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
Jul 600:49:39Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Sierra Guynn, Clinical Associate Professor at the Clemson University College of Veterinary Medicine. Guynn is a recognized expert and researcher on this emerging disease and invasive tick. She also is the chair of the AABP Beef Health Management Committee. This episode of Have You Herd is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and Bovikalk. Is your fresh cow calcium supplement protecting dairy cows’ full potential? BOVIKALC® bolus contains the two critical forms of calcium for immediate and lasting performance with no filler ingredients. For more than 20 years, BOVIKALC has consistently delivered what fresh cows need—right when they need it most. Talk to your Boehringer Ingelheim representative to see why BOVIKALC boluses are designed for milking greatness. Find out more information about BOVIKALC boluses at this link. The Longhorn tick is the biological vector for Theileria orientalis. The tick is an invasive species, first appearing in West Virginia in 2010 based on retrospective identification, and has spread across a large portion of the US. The tick is parthenogenetic, meaning it can reproduce asexually and produce over 2,500 eggs per day. Theileria spp. are eukaryotic protozoans, therefore antibiotics are ineffective. Antiprotozoals are ineffective based on studies in other countries and the medication buparvaquone has been used in other countries to decrease mortality when anemia is severe; however, it will not prevent the carrier state. The meat withhold on buparvaquone is 18 months and milk withhold is 42 days in other countries. The acute syndrome results in intravascular hemolysis and clinically is not distinguishable from anaplasmosis in cattle. Guynn discusses the diagnostic criteria for determining if an animal has died or is affected by clinical theileriosis. A positive PCR does not indicate clinical disease due to the lifelong carrier state. Guynn also describes expected morbidity and mortality but cautions that this is highly variable between countries and individual farm operations.
Transcribe →Epi. 298 – AABP Preconference Seminars
Jun 2900:28:15Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP Vice President and Preconference Seminar Coordinator Dr. Elizabeth Quesnell Kohtz. Preconference seminars are small group courses focusing on a specific topic offering high quality continuing education. Seminars are a great way to learn a new skill or advance skills to offer services to your beef and dairy clients. Seminars are approved for eight hours per day of continuing education in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. These courses are an AABP member benefit and available to members who are veterinarians, veterinary technicians and students. There will be six seminars offered at the conference. There is also a student-only lameness seminar that will also be offered. Seminars available at the Minneapolis conference are below. Click on the name of the seminar to view a description and detailed agenda. Seminar 1 – Milk quality: Practical knowledge for boots on the ground veterinariansSeminar 2 – Bovine Dystocia and Fetotomy SeminarSeminar 3 – Transition cow health and managementSeminar 4 – From anecdote to evidence: conducting impactful field research in private practiceSeminar 5 – Immunology and vaccinology across beef and dairy production systemsSeminar 6 – Anesthesia, analgesia and sedation All conference information can be found under the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website. View session descriptions here. Register for the conference by going to this link. Early bird discounted registration ends July 16 so register before that date. Hotel information can be found on this page. Seminars with an inadequate number of registrations on July 16 are subject to cancellation with a full refund available if cancelled. #AABP2026
Transcribe →Epi. 297 – 59th AABP Annual Conference with President-Elect Dr. Mark Hilton
Jun 2201:01:06Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the upcoming 59th AABP Annual Conference with program chair and president-elect Dr. Mark Hilton. The conference will be held in Minneapolis, Minn. August 27-29, 2026. AABP members can register to attend the conference in-person or new this year, a virtual option for attendance. The conference will offer 22.5 hours of RACE approved continuing education in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Additional CE opportunities at the conference include clinical forum breakfast group discussions for 2 hours and preconference seminars for 8 hours per day. Several social and meal events will also be offered, including the Zoetis Dinner and Scholarship Presentations followed by the live auction benefitting the Amstutz Scholarship Fund and AABP Foundation. The conference has scientific sessions on beef cattle, dairy cattle, research summaries and student case presentations, practice management, clinical skills, joint beef-dairy session, student sessions and new this year a mixed animal session focusing on non-cattle species targeting mixed animal veterinarians. Virtual attendees will receive a CE certificate for the conference just like in-person registrants. The goal of the virtual attendance is to remove any barriers to attending the conference. In-person attendees will also receive early access to recorded sessions prior to release for the AABP membership through our online CE portal. All conference information can be found under the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website. View session descriptions here. Register for the conference by going to this link. Early bird discounted registration ends July 16 so register before that date. Hotel information can be found on this page.
Transcribe →Epi. 296 – First AABP Emerging and Evolving Diseases Conference
Jun 1500:18:25Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the upcoming AABP Emerging and Evolving Diseases Conference. This conference will be held virtually on June 24-25, 2026 and is available to all current AABP members for a registration fee of $175. The conference is approved for 11 hours of continuing education in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. The conference will have presentations on Influenza A H5N1 virus, Foot and Mouth Disease, Lumpy Skin Disease, New World Screwworm, Tuberculosis and Theileria. Attendees will be able to participate in speaker question and answer periods and will have access to recorded presentations immediately prior to their release on the CE portal for members. Once a member is registered for the conference, they will see the Zoom meeting links on the schedule page. Please note the conference will be live streamed in Eastern time so adjust accordingly to your time zone. To pay your AABP dues, visit this link. The schedule for the conference can be viewed at this page under the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website. Members can register for the conference at this link.
Transcribe →Epi. 295 – New World Screwworm Update
Jun 1500:41:14Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an update on the current incursions of New World Screwworm across the southern border of the United States. The discussion includes of the movement of the fly across the Darien Gap into central America and then its movement into Mexico. Gingrich also discusses the lifecycle of the fly, how it infects animals, and current prevention measurements using sterile male flies. He also provides information about the current challenges with fly capacity and the efforts to alleviate this issue. The response effort will rely on the success of daily inspection of animals and reporting all suspected cases. Reporting cases will provide information to state and federal animal health officials to know where to institute prevention measures such as sterile fly dispersals, traps and ground release of flies. Veterinarians should train clients how to identify cases and develop protocols for treatment and prevention. This training should include discussions on at-risk animal groups as well as delaying wound-causing procedures or developing prevention protocols when wounds are caused by a procedure. The FDA has evaluated several products for treatment and prevention of New World Screwworm and Gingrich discusses this authorization process as well as which products have been approved for cattle. Gingrich also encourages all veterinarians to educate themselves using the available resources and to communicate to members in their communities the facts about this fly with reliable resources and information. AABP New World Screwworm page - https://aabp.org/resources/screw_worm/ USDA New World Screwworm landing page - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animals/animal-health/livestock-and-poultry-disease/stop-screwworm USDA New World Screwworm new detections dashboard - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animals/animal-health/livestock-and-poultry-disease/current-status/us-confirmed-cases-new-world FDA New World Screwworm page - https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/new-world-screwworm-information-veterinarians
Transcribe →Epi. 294 – Using Data to Elevate Udder Health – Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
Jun 800:33:50Tap to summarizeAABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses using data to elevate udder health in this episode sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. Our guests are Dr. Quinn Kolar from the ProDairy team at the Cornell University Dairy Fellows Program, and Dr. Caitlin Jeffrey, professional services veterinarian at Boehringer Ingelheim. This episode explores how bovine veterinarians can use on-farm data to guide smarter mastitis prevention and treatment decisions. From tracking meaningful metrics like relapse rates and somatic cell count trends to leveraging pathogen-based culturing, the conversation focuses on turning data into action. When veterinarians lead with data, they can help improve treatment precision, reduce recurrence and elevate overall herd performance. For questions on mastitis prevention and management options, talk to your Boehringer Ingelheim Professional Services Veterinarian or visit www.choose360coverage.com. You can also find AABP Milk Quality and Udder Health resources under the Committee Resources page. Recently added documents include KPIs for clinical and subclinical mastitis as well as records and data needed to assess milk quality.
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