2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

2010 WCABP CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday - Saturday
January 14 - January 16, 2010

Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary, AB



CONFERENCE CHAIR: Dr. Sylvia Checkley

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR: Mierau Management Services

Conference Program Updated -- Speaker Presentations are available for viewing on the `Members Only` Section of the WCABP website

 
Day 1 Thursday, January 14th
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration Desk Opens / Continental Breakfast

DAIRY
8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks
8:40 - 10:00 a.m. Calf Barn Design and Ventilation - Heifer Housing Options
    - Dr. David Kammel
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 12 Noon Using Data in Dairy Practice
   - Drs. Calvin Booker and Daryl Nydam
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Designing and Managing Transition Cow Areas
   - Dr. David Kammel
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Approaching Barn Expansions and Renovations
with Clients. What do we need to know?
   - Dr. David Kammel
5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns

BEEF
8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks
8:40 - 10:00 a.m. Where is the Canadian Beef Industry At?
    - Dr. Brad Wildeman
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. What's New with Trichomoniasis?
    - Dr. John Campbell
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Breeding Soundness Evaluations in Practice
  - How do we measure up?
  - Does it pay to test every bull?
  - Campylobacter fetus infections and new diagnostic tools
    - Dr. Cheryl Waldner
11:45 - 12 Noon Discussion
    - Drs. John Campbell, Cheryl Waldner and Eugene Janzen
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Using Data in Beef Practice
    - Drs. Calvin Booker and Daryl Nydam
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:30 - 4:10 p.m. Surveillance for AMR and AMU in Feedlots
    - Dr. Sheryl Gow
4:15 - 5:00 p.m. What's New with BVD?
    - Dr. Dan Grooms
5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns
6:15 - 9:00 p.m.
 Pre-registration required		 Complimentary Dinner Presentation Sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health

 

Day 2 Friday, January 15th
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
 Pre-registration required		 Complimentary Breakfast Presentation Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
7:30 a.m. Registration Desk Opens / Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:40 - 8:55 a.m. Case Presentation:
  Micronutrients and Open cows - Is There a Link?
   - Dr. Leanne Van De Weyer
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Case Presentation:
  Otitis Media in Calves Pre-Weaning
   - Dr. John Campbell
9:15 - 10:00 a.m. Update on ALMA (Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy) - Dr. Kee Jim
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:50 a.m. Effective Decision Making in Cattle Production  - Drs. Calvin Booker and Daryl Nydam
11:50 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break
12:15 - 2:00 p.m. WCABP AGM
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. WCABP - Intervet/Schering-Plough Student Case Presentations
   2:00 to 2:15 p.m. - Kirsten Findlay
   2:15 to 2:30 p.m. - Dennis Klugkist
   2:30 to 2:45 p.m. - Ashley Shannon
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Practical Review of Cattle Health and Production Articles - Drs. Calvin Booker and Daryl Nydam
5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Buffet and Entertainment
   
Day 3 Saturday, January 16th  - Dr O.M. Radostits Seminars - "One Health - The New Realities"
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
 Pre-registration required		 Complimentary Breakfast Presentation Sponsored by WDDC
7:30 a.m. Registration Desk Opens / Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:45 - 9:20 a.m. The Evolution of the "One Health" Initiative - Dr. Roger Mahr
9:25 - 10:00 a.m. One Health - A Canadian Perspective - Dr. Brian Evans
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:05 a.m. One Health - A Global Perspective - Dr. Alex Thiermann
11:10 - 11:30 a.m. Round Table Discussion - Drs. Mahr, Evans and Thiermann
11:30 - 12:15 p.m. Simulation of Exotic Disease Outbreak - Dr. Randall Levings
12:15 -  1:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. FAD 101 - What Every Bovine Practitioner Should Know - Dr. Soren Alexandersen
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Disease Outbreak Investigation Using Salmonella as a Model - Dr. John Gay
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. What Veterinary Practitioners Should Know About HIN1 - Dr. Marie Gramer
3:30 - 3:50 p.m. Closing Thoughts - Audience Participation
3:50 p.m. Session Adjourns
3:50 - 4:10 p.m. Refreshment Break
   

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