Have You Herd? AABP PodCasts

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 ob...

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 acce...

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 hi...

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 he...

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...

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 g...

 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...

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 l...

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...

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 a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 goa...

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 lin...

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 slaughte...

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the 55th AABP Annual Conference which was held in Long Beach, Calif. September 22-24, 2022. A total of 843 attendees, including 220 students, 77 accompanying persons and 225 vendor representatives, were in attendance for a total of 1,145 attendees. The conference was a success and provided the first in-person annual conference since 2019. Gingric...

This edition of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Lactipro. Lactipro harnesses the power of Mega e, a superior lactic acid utilizer, enabling beef and dairy producers to support healthy rumen function. Lactipro places a large number of Mega e into its native environment, the rumen, where it immediately begins targeting lactic acid. To learn more about the science behind Lactipro, visit this link .  ...

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich provides some helpful hints to assist attendees of the AABP Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif. We discuss coordinating travel from the airports to the convention center hotels. Attendees can voluntarily input their travel information on this page . You can then find other attendees with similar travel times to assist you in coordinating travel. Pick u...

This episode of Have You Herd? is hosted by Dr. Jen Roberts, chair of the AABP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force and Professional Services Veterinarian for Boehringer-Ingelheim. Roberts is joined by Dr. Mia Cary, CEO and Change Agent for Cary Consulting and CEO of the PRIDE Veterinary Medical Community , and Dr. Kemba Marshall, Director of Veterinary Services at the Land-O-Lakes Purina Ve...

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Hall, a cattle technical services veterinarian with Huvepharma, Inc. Hall discusses the critical role that copper, selenium, manganese and zinc play for optimal immune system function, reproductive performance and growth. He reminds us that it is critical to provide an adequate amount of mineral to the cow during the last trimester...

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Steven Roche, a PhD epidemiologist and owner of ACER Consulting Group located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) contracts with ACER Consulting Group to assist with data evaluation, training and development of the standards for the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program. We discuss the...

This episode of Have You Herd? is sponsored by Elanco Animal Health, manufacturer of Vira Shield. Find out more information about Vira Shield at this link and the scours vaccine we discuss on the podcast on this page .  Our topic is the importance of a colostrum management program to the health, welfare and productivity to calves. Our guest is Dr. Phillip Jardon, Elanco Technical Service Consultan...

This episode of Have You Herd? is brought to you by the AABP Genetics and Genomics Committee. Our guest host is Dr. Stewart Bauck, and he is joined by Dr. Jack Britt to discuss epigenetics. Epigenetics is part of the normal and natural genetic process where certain genes are turned on or off. Britt discusses how environmental impacts can impact these processes of methylation or acetylation of hist...