AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides an advocacy update for the membership in this episode of the AABP Have You Herd? podcast. Gingrich begins the podcast by explaining how AABP staff and volunteers work with allied organizations to advocate for veterinary issues important to cattle practitioners. He encourages our members to join AVMA to support the veterinary association that represents all veterinarians in the U.S. The AVMA Government Relations Division (GRD) is based in Washing...
May 08, 2023•50 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Pippa Gibbons, chair of the AABP Food Animal Educators Task Force, and Dr. Arn Anderson, AABP Board of Directors representative for District 8. Our topic is discussing the importance of externships for veterinary students and how this can impact retention and recruitment in bovine or mixed animal practice. It is important for practices to have a well-defined program and to ask students what their goals are for the externship experience. ...
May 01, 2023•57 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP members from the Saskatoon Colostrum Company Limited (SCCL), Dr. Travis White, Director of Veterinary Technical Services, and Dr. Mike Nagorske, Director of Research. This episode is sponsored by SCCL and you can find information about their company on their website . If you are an AABP member interested in calves, we encourage you to join our new ad hoc Cattle Youngstock Committee . The first meal a calf receives is the most important ...
Apr 24, 2023•38 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Eric Moore, an AABP member who is Director of Technical Services at Norbrook. Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 is part of the FDA’s five-year plan which will move the remaining medically important antimicrobials under veterinary oversight. This means that all medically important antimicrobials that are currently marketed as over-the-counter (OTC) medications will be moved to prescription (Rx) status. About 95% of antimicrobials sold in t...
Apr 17, 2023•44 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by past AABP Board of Directors member from District 3, Dr. Lee Jones. Jones is an associate professor at the University of Georgia in the Beef Production Medicine department. Jones was the first author on the paper titled “Seroprevalence and molecular detection of Anaplasma marginale- infected beef herds in Georgia, USA”, which was published in The Bovine Practitioner Volume 56 Number 2 (2022). We review the transmission, clinical signs, and d...
Apr 10, 2023•53 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by student AABP member Elizabeth Peterson. Elizabeth is in the inaugural class at Texas Tech University College of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, Texas. We discuss how students can react to generalizations about recent veterinary graduates and students. She shares challenges that students face today and what the next generation of veterinarians wants for their professional career. She wants to be in a practice that is mostly cattle where she ...
Apr 03, 2023•53 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinarian who works in for the Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service. Nichols discusses the recent publication that evaluated outbreaks associated with consumption of unpasteurized milk and compared these outbreaks to state laws regarding the consumption of unpasteurized milk over a period from 1998 to 2018. There are 27 states that allow some form of raw milk sales and 78% of the outbreaks investi...
Mar 27, 2023•35 min
This episode of Have You Herd? is an audio recording of the closing presentation at the 6th AABP Recent Graduate Conference with Dr. Tera Barnhardt. Barnhardt shares her thoughts on bovine practice while displaying the morning sunrise view from her truck as she starts her day as a mom, wife and bovine veterinarian. Her inspirational presentation to the attendees at the conference reminds them to pause and enjoy that moment and shares her inner critic’s voice with the attendees so we can all unde...
Mar 20, 2023•15 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Travis White, Director of Veterinary Technical Services with the Saskatoon Colostrum Company Limited (SCCL). SCCL provides whole bovine colostrum for convenient administration when colostrum is not available from the cow. We already know the importance of calves receiving colostrum shortly after birth to achieve passive transfer of immunity, but did you know that whole colostrum has benefits for the calf if also fed after day one? White ...
Mar 13, 2023•25 min
In this episode of have You Herd, AABP Executive Director is joined by two AABP student members. Mary Jo Cody is a 3rd year student at University of Madison Wisconsin and Kaitlyn Reinhardt is a 3rd year student at the University of Minnesota. Both students shared some of the challenges that students face in securing valuable externship experiences and the most common issues are housing, finding externships that are available, and finding paid externship opportunities. AABP President Dr. Sandra G...
Mar 06, 2023•22 min
This episode of Have You Herd? is guest hosted by Dr. Kendra Wells, a dairy veterinarian from northeastern Wisconsin. Wells was the dairy coordinator the 2023 6th AABP Recent Graduate Conference and was joined at the conference by Dr. Noa Roman-Muniz to follow-up from her presentation at the conference. Language differences can limit effectiveness of training but is not the primary challenge to effective communication. Our guests discuss tips for training and presenting to LatinX employees and h...
Feb 27, 2023•39 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Emmanuel Rollin, clinical associate professor of dairy production medicine at the University of Georgia. Rollin is a former Amstutz Scholarship winner and currently serves as the chair of the AABP Amstutz Scholarship Committee. Today we are discussing a paper published in The Bovine Practitioner, titled “Maintenance of the last step of the cold chain: on-farm refrigerator storage and performance.” The primary objective of the study was t...
Feb 20, 2023•39 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Sara Place, an associate professor in Animal Sciences at Colorado State University and affiliated with Ag Next which is focused on sustainable solutions in animal agriculture, to discuss an exciting molecule called 3- nitrooxypropanoal or 3-NOP. Methane is the number one greenhouse gas (GHG) associated with dairy and beef production. The primary source of methanogenesis in beef and dairy cattle is the rumen. If we look at all activities ...
Feb 13, 2023•34 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP members from Kansas State University, Dr. Michael Kleinhenz and Dr. Hans Coetzee. Our guests discuss research that indicates cattle feel pain even when they do not exhibit outward signs of pain and some common procedures where the animal can benefit from an analgesic protocol. Providing appropriate pain management is not only our moral obligation from the oath we took as veterinarians, but also is expected by customers and consumers. Th...
Feb 06, 2023•41 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Isaac Jumper, a clinical instructor at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Jumper is the principal author of three papers recently published in the AABP peer-reviewed journal, The Bovine Practitioner. We discuss the journal and our new submission, review and publication process. The Bovine Practitioner is open access and published online at this link . This series of papers was published after Jumper et al. admin...
Jan 30, 2023•56 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by family practice physician Dr. John Madany. Madany worked on ranches and assisted with beef production research while in college and considered veterinary school but ultimately decided to become a physician. He describes his journey of prescribing medication to patients with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol before realizing his prescribing practices may have increased patient risk for these diseases and aggravated metabolic ...
Jan 23, 2023•57 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Mario Vailati Riboni from the technical services team at Diamond V, a platinum sponsor of the 55th AABP Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif. AABP members can view the breakfast presentation delivered by Dr. Matias Stangaferro, “What’s Next: How to use research and data to drive effective decisions”, on the online recorded CE platform health. Robini discusses how nutrition can impact animal and we discuss several research projects and ...
Jan 09, 2023•47 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the dean of the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Dan Grooms. Grooms discusses his career as a mixed animal veterinarian in Ohio after graduating from The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Veterinary Medicine and the mentors he had that encouraged him to become involved in organized veterinary medicine. He started his volunteer service to AABP as a member of the Amstutz Scholarship Committee, became president in ...
Jan 02, 2023•36 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the program committee for the 6th AABP Recent Graduate Conference. The program committee members are Dr. Tommy Ware (AABP Emerging Leader and chair), Dr. Alex Pop (beef and practice management sessions), Dr. Michael Rohde (beef sessions) and Dr. Kendra Wells (dairy sessions). The conference offers a unique CE opportunity for AABP members who graduated from 2015-2022. The theme of the conference is “Competence to Confidence” and offers CE ses...
Dec 26, 2022•37 min
This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Allflex. Producers all over are going all in on Allflex monitoring solutions and they want to tell you why. Allflex empowers producers to get the most from their operations. Allflex monitoring solutions increase labor efficiency, improve herd health and boost reproduction rates. Ongoing training and support keeps things running smoothly from install and beyond. For more details, visit this website . AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joine...
Dec 19, 2022•50 min
This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Elanco Animal Health, manufacturers of Scour Bos. Few diseases can devastate a herd like scours. That’s why preparing passive immunity protection for day one is critical to helping your calves reach their full potential without disruption. Scour Bos provides comprehensive protection against up to nine antigens for broad-spectrum coverage against the leading causes of scours. Plus, with the most flexible administration schedule on the market, you hav...
Dec 12, 2022•43 min
We’ve learned that managing dry cows pays dividends down the line. How the cow moves through the dry period influences her production, health, ability to become pregnant again and ability to stay in the herd. So how can we help cows stay comfortable and healthy through the dry period? AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Luciano Caixeta from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Curt Vlietstra from Boehringer Ingelheim to discuss a new way to help dairy cows transition into t...
Dec 05, 2022•31 min
This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by AllFlex. Producers all over are going all in on AllFlex monitoring solutions and they want to tell you why. AllFlex empowers producers to get the most from their operations. AllFlex monitoring solutions increase labor efficiency, improve herd health and boost reproduction rates. Ongoing training and support keeps things running smoothly from install and beyond. For more details, visit this website . AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joine...
Nov 28, 2022•36 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Roberto Palomares on this episode which is sponsored by Multimin 90. Multimin 90 is a proven one-of-a-kind trace mineral injection that enhances cattle vaccine protection and immune response when used as part of a health protocol. Visit this link to learn more. Palomares is on faculty at the University of Georgia and has conducted several research trials utilizing injectable trace mineral supplementation. We discuss the critical trace mi...
Nov 21, 2022•38 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses AABP member benefits and resources in this episode of Have You Herd? The AABP website has many resources available to members and Gingrich discusses how to access some of the resources on the website. These include contact information for staff and AABP directors and officers, guidelines and position statements, committee and task force resources, and classified advertisements. He also discusses how to access recorded sessions from conferences ...
Nov 14, 2022•30 min
Dr. Emma Bratton from the AABP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is the guest host for this episode of Have You Herd? Dr. Bratton is currently an American Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology policy fellow at the Unites States Agency for International Policy Development working in its center for Agricultural Policy and Growth. She is joined by Dr. Navartnam Partheeban who also goes by Dr. Theeb. Dr. Theeb is a clinical farm veterinarian based in the southeast United ...
Nov 07, 2022•50 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the candidates for the 2023 AABP Vice President Election. The candidates are Dr. Jessica Gernhard and Dr. Callie Willingham. The ballot is open and current AABP members can cast their vote online by going to https://aabp.org/ballot/default.asp . The ballot will close on December 30, 2022, at 5 pm Eastern. You can view the candidate biographies on the ballot as well as the video presentations from the Long Beach conference. Our goal in provid...
Oct 31, 2022•26 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP member Dr. Greg Goodell from The Dairy Authority in Greeley, Colo. This episode is sponsored by Allflex. To learn more about Allflex monitoring solutions, visit this link . Sample-based pregnancy testing involves the detection of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) which are produced by the trophoblast cells in the placenta. The goal of pregnancy testing is to find open cows in the herd to enroll them in a rebreeding program or to m...
Oct 24, 2022•42 min
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Lilly Edwards Callaway, from Colorado State University, and Dr. Michell Calvo Lorenzo, from Elanco Animal Health, to discuss the topic “fitness to transport.” This podcast is sponsored by Elanco Animal Health, makers of ScourBos. Find out more about ScourBos and how you can incorporate this vaccine into your herd health program at this link . Fitness to transport is the ability for an animal to get on a truck and safely make it to its en...
Oct 17, 2022•50 min
AABP Executive Director Dr Fred Gingrich is joined by Kerry Courchaine, Director of Technical Services for Darling Ingredients Inc. Darling Ingredients is the largest rendering company in the US and was founded 140 years ago. Courchaine discussed the history of rendering the importance of rendering to the livestock industry both in providing a mechanism for utilizing dead stock as well as slaughter offal. Rendering is part of the sustainable food system by utilizing human-inedible components of ...
Oct 10, 2022•36 min
