TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

May 31 - June 1, 2019

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Registration Building 508 (Old Animal Hospital)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Food Animal Curriculum Update - Dr. Kristin Chaney

1:10 - 2:00 p.m. The Neurologic Workup in Cattle - Dr. Dusty Nagy

2:10 - 3:00 p.m. Treatment Options for Neurologic Disease - Dr. Dusty Nagy

3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Refreshment Break Building 508 Cafe

3:20 - 4:10 p.m. Options for Pain Control in Cattle - Dr. Dusty Nagy

4:20 - 5:10 p.m. Field Anesthesia for Farm Animals - Dr. Dusty Nagy

5:10 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner - Buffet served in Building 508 Cafe The Future of Large Animal Education at Texas A&M - Dr. Susan Eades

7:00 - 7:50 p.m. Rethinking Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals - Dr. Paul Morley

8:00 p.m. Shuttles leave for Hyatt Place & Hawthorn Hotels

Day 1: Friday, May 31, 2019CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

All Lectures will be held in Building 508 (Old Hospital), Room 101

All Lectures will be held in Building 508 (Old Hospital), Room 101

Meet us at the registration table 15 minutes prior to lab start time. *Laboratories require pre-registration and payment*

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast Building 508 (Old Animal Hospital)

8:00 - 8:50 a.m. Lameness Diagnostics - Dr. Kevin Washburn

9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Lameness of the Foot - Dr. Kevin Washburn

9:50 - 10:20 a.m. Refreshment Break - Building 508 Cafe

10:20 - 11:10 a.m. Upper Limb Lameness - Dr. Kevin Washburn

11:20 - 12:10 p.m. Septic Joints and Other Synovial Structures - Dr. Amanda Hartnack

12:10 - 1:20 p.m. Lunch - Buffet served in Building 508 Cafe BVD Persistent Infection: Beyond the BVD PI Test - Dr. John Davidson

1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Common Conditions of Deer - Part I - Dr. Scott Bugai

2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Common Conditions of Deer - Part II - Dr. Scott Bugai

3:20 - 3:40 p.m. Refreshment Break - Building 508 Cafe

3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Llamas and Alpacas for the Everyday Veterinarian - Part I - Dr. Julie Dechant

4:40 - 5:30 p.m. Llamas and Alpacas for the Everyday Veterinarian - Part II - Dr. Julie Dechant

Day 2: Saturday, June 1, 2019CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

1:30 - 3:20 p.m. Lab: Treating Problems of the Claw3:40 - 5:30 p.m. - Dr. Kevin Washburn, C.W. Haynes

LABORATORY OPTIONS

THE 2019 FOOD ANIMAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Co-chairs: Dr. Brandon Dominguez & Dr. Jennifer Schleining

Dr. Scott W. Bugai, DVM: Dr. Scott Bungai is a 1990 graduate from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a mixed animal practitioner in his hometown of Seguin, Texas. Dr. Bugai has been a deer breeder since 1993 and has approximately 250 deer in his facility.

Kristin P. Chaney, DVM, DACVIM (LAIM), DACVECC - Director of Curriculum Development: Dr. Kristin Chaney is the director of curriculum development and outcomes assessment for the Texas A&M CVM. Her passion lies in the clinical education of pre-clinical veterinary students, and she has an active role teaching in the pre-clinical curriculum. Her research includes veterinary education, curriculum redesign, programmatic assessment, and novel educational methodologies for use in veterinary medicine. She earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her DVM from Colorado State University. After completing hospital internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, she completed a dual-residency training program at Michigan State University.

Dr. Julie E. Dechant, DVM, M.S., Diplomate ACVS & ACVECC: Dr. Julie E. Dechant graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1996 and completed a Large Animal Surgery Residency at CSU in 2000. She is board certified in the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and in the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. She received Faculty Teaching Awards from the School of Veterinary Medicine (2015) and UC Davis (2016). Dr. Dechant has been at UC Davis since 2004 and is currently a Professor in Clinical Equine Surgical Emergency and Critical Care. Her research interests are related to improving the diagnosis and care of large animal emergency and critical care patients, with a secondary interest in camelid medicine and associated research.

Dr. Susan Eades, Ph.D., DVM, DACVIM - Department Head of Large Animal Clinical Sciences: Dr. Susan Eades, professor and head of the Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department at the Texas A&M CVM, graduated with a DVM from LSU and Ph.D. in veterinary physiology and pharmacology from University of Georgia. Eades served on the faculty at LSU and University of Georgia before moving to Texas. After experiencing the Aggie spirit and meeting other CVM leaders, Eades crossed the Louisiana border once again to continue her leadership role in the veterinary profession.

Dr. Amanda Hartnack, DVM, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Surgery: Dr. Amanda Hartnack joined the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M CVM as an Assistant Professor and Food Animal Surgeon in 2014. She received a B.A. in English from Barnard College, a M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from CSU, and a DVM from CSU. After a food animal internship KSU, she did a residency in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery at The Ohio State University and received an M.S. there. Dr. Hartnack is board certified in Large Animal Surgery through the ACVS.

Dr. Paul Morley, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Professor & Director of Food Animal Research: Dr. Paul Morley’s research examines patterns of zoonotic and infectious disease occurrence, risk factors, diagnostic tests, and methods of prevention in affected animals. Examples of his research activities include investigation of zoonotic pathogens (such as Salmonella and E. coli O157) in cattle and horses, antimicrobial drug use and antimicrobial resistance in cattle and hospitalized animals, and control of nosocomial infections in veterinary hospitals all of which impact the human-animal interface.

Dr. Dusty Nagy, DVM, M.S., Ph.D., DACVIM - Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Clinical Associate Professor: Dr. Dusty Nagy received her veterinary degree from Cornell University and completed a master’s, residency, and Ph.D. at the University of Missouri. Prior to Texas A&M she has served on the faculty at the University of Illinois and the University of Missouri primarily on the food animal ambulatory service, treating beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, and camelids. Her primary interest is in medical diseases of cattle.

Dr. Kevin Washburn, DVM, DACVIM, (LAIM), DABVP - Professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine: Dr. Washburn graduated with a B.S. and DVM from Oklahoma State University. His research interests include investigating disposition of extra-label antimicrobials in small ruminants, pharmacokinetics of respiratory antimicrobials, and comparison of treatment modalities for small ruminant caseous lymphadenitis.