2021 WCABP Conference Program

Dates: Thursday, January 14th - Saturday, January 16th

Location: VIRTUAL

Conference Chair: Dr. Eric Maguet
Conference Coordinator: Mierau Management Services

Day 1 - Thursday, January 14th
DAIRY		BEEF
8:20 AM	Introductory Remarks	8:20 AM	Introductory Remarks
-- Morning Session --
8:30 - 9:30 AM	Pathogen-Based Mastitis Therapy - Dr. Erin Royster	8:30- 9:30 AM	Common Pitfalls of Alternative Feeds in Western Canada - Dr. Greg Penner
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Strategies to Control and Contain Contagious Mastitis - Dr. Erin Royster	9:30 - 10:30 AM	Calf Anesthetics and Analgesia - Dr. Nigel Caulkett
10:30 - 11:00 AM - Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM	Common Pitfalls of Alternative Feeds in Western Canada - Dr. Greg Penner	11:00 - 12:00 AM	Bovine Field Anesthesia - Dr. Nigel Caulkett
12 Noon - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break
-- Afternoon Session --
1:00 - 2:00 PM	Estrus Detection and Activity Monitors - Dr. Ronaldo Cerri	1:00 - 2:00 PM	Non-Reproductive Uses in Bovine Ultrasound - Dr. Theresa Ollivett
2:00 - 3:00 PM	Preventing Disease in Dairy Calves: What products to consider using and why they are effective - Dr. David Renaud	2:00 - 3:00 PM	Arthropod Control Strategies - Dr. Kateryn Rochon
3:00 - 3:30 PM - Refreshment Break
3:30 - 4:30 PM	Risk Factors Contributing to Mortality: How do we identify and manage them - Dr. David Renaud	3:30 - 4:30 PM	Practice Tips - Cancer Eye Surgery and Utrecht Method to Deliver Calves - Dr. W. Mark Hilton
4:30 PM - Session Adjourns
Day 2 - Friday, January 15th - OMR SEMINARS
7:00 - 8:00 AM	Virtual Presentation sponsored by Solvet - Dr. Merle Olson, VP Research, will present "Meloxicam Oral Suspension, Cal-Boost Bolus and K Phos Boost Bolus Applications in Beef and Dairy Practice
8:20 - 8:30 AM	Introductory Remarks
- Morning Session -
8:30 - 9:30 AM	Down Cow Exams - Dr. André Desrochers
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Pandemics and Emerging Animal Diseases - Dr. Volker Gerdts
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM	Surgical Abdomens in Calves - Dr. André Desrochers
12 Noon - 2:00 PM	Lunch Break
12:15 - 2:00 PM	WCABP A.G.M.
- Afternoon Session -
2:00 - 3:00 PM	Transboundary Diseases Between Wildlife and the Cattle Industry - Dr. Todd Shury
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Refreshment Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM	Update on Genetic ASSETS (Antimicrobial Stewardship Systems from Evidence-Based Treatment Strategies Program) - Dr. Cheryl Waldner
4:00 - 4:30 PM	Update on Western Canadian Animal Health Network (WeCAHN) - Dr. Barbara Wilhelm
4:30 PM	Session Adjourns
Day 3 - Saturday, January 16th
8:20 - 8:30 AM	Introductory Remarks
- Morning Session -
8:30 - 9:30 AM	Mycotoxin Disease in Cattle in Western Canada - Dr. Barry Blakley
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Perinatal Beef Calf Morbidity and Mortality - Dr. Barry Blakley
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:00 noon	WCABP BSE App - Dr. Blake Balog
12 Noon - 1:00 PM	Lunch Break
- Afternoon Session -
1:00 - 3:00 PM	Panel Discussion on Mature Cow Loss in Beef Herds - Led by Dr. Eugene Janzen
3:00 PM	Conference Concludes