2017 NDVMA ANNUAL MEETING Join Us at the Ramada Bismarck, Bismarck Aug. 6—8

Sunday

August 6

Conference

Activity

Conference

Activity

8:15 - 11:45 A.M. NDVMA Board Meeting

12:15 P.M. Registration

1:00—3:00 P.M. 3:30—5:00 P.M. Breakout Sessions

Large Animal Session

Common Vitamin/Mineral Problems and Diagnoses in Cattle Herds of ND

Effects of Sulfur and Sulfates on Ruminant Health

Blue-Green Algae Poisoning in Large Animals

Speaker: Jeffrey O. Hall, DVM, PhD, Diplomate A.B.V.T.

Small Animal Session

The Future of Small Animal Oncology Therapeutics

New Diagnostic Tests for Lymphoma

Feline IBD vs GI Lymphoma: Pitfalls and Prognosis

Speaker:

Chad M. Johannes, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology)

3:00—3:30 P.M. View Exhibits

Refreshment Break

5:00—9:00 P.M. Welcome Social and

View Exhibits

Offering up to 18.25 hours of continuing education and seeking approval from NDBVME, MNBVM, and SDBVME

Social Sponsored by: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

Iowa State University—College of Veterinary Medicine

Midwest Veterinary Supply

Jeffrey O. Hall, DVM, PHD, Diplomate A.B.V.T. Sponsored by: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

Dr. Jeffery Hall is a Full Professor at Utah State University, College of Agriculture, in the Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department. He also holds an appointment in the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, as the Head of Diagnostic Toxicology. Dr. Hall has B.S. in Agriculture

Economics – Farm and Ranch Management and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University. He complet-ed an internship, residency, and a Ph.D. in investigational and forensic veterinary toxicology from the University of Illinois. He is a licensed Veterinarian and Board Certified in Veterinary Toxicology. His ongoing research interests include natural toxins and mineral toxicology/deficiency. He is actively involved with the research at the USDA Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory and the USU Antiviral Institute as a toxicologist, pharmacokineticist, and toxicokineticist. In his role as the toxicologist at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for the past 20 years, he has analyzed thousands of forage, diet, tissue, and bodily fluid samples, nation-wide, for mineral content in order to delineate deficiencies and poisonings.

Refreshment Break Sponsored By: Bayer Animal Health

Sponsored By: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

Sunday Speakers

Chad M. Johannes, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology) Sponsored by: NDVMA

Dr. Chad Johannes received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1993) and DVM from Kansas State University (1997). After completing his internship at Colorado State University, he entered a small animal internal

medicine residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia and became board certified in Small Animal Internal Medicine (2002). Dr. Johannes obtained professorships of Small Animal Internal Medicine at Kansas State University and at Mississippi State University. He also practiced as an internal medicine specialist in the Kansas City area before joining Pfizer Animal Health’s Veterinary Specialty Team. As Product Manager for Pfizer’s Palladia, he coordinated the launch of the first FDA-approved veterinary cancer therapeutic. Dr. Johannes completed his residency in medical oncology jointly at North Carolina State University and Sage Veterinary Specialty Centers in the San Francisco area and became board certified in Oncology (2013). Dr. Johannes joined Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. in April 2014 as Medical Director and Iowa State University in July 2015 as Assistant Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Oncology.

Monday

August 7

Conference

Activity

Conference

Activity

7:00—8:00 A.M. Breakfast/Speaker

Speaker: Tommy Zerse, DVM

Topic To Be Announced

8:00—9:00 A.M. Meisner Scholarship Committee Meeting

8:00—10:00 A.M. 10:30—Noon Breakout Sessions

Large Animal Session

VFD—What We Know Now (8:00—8:30) Speaker: Gerald Stokka, DVM, MS

Achieving Reproductive Efficiency in Beef Cow Herds

Beef Heifer Selection and Development Developing Healthy Calves

Speaker: Mark Hilton, DVM, PAS, DABVP (Beef Cattle Practice)

Small Animal Session

Abdominal Radiographs: Vomiting and More

Abdominal Ultrasound: Basics and Pathology

Speaker: Jonathan Nevins, DVM, DACVR

10:00—10:30 A.M. View Exhibits

Refreshment Break

Auxiliary Brunch/Meeting in Hotel

Restaurant

10:30—Noon Resume Large Animal Session Resume Small Animal Session

Noon—2:00 P.M. Lunch and View Exhibits

2—3:30 P.M. Breakout Sessions Or Optional Small Animal Wet Lab (extra fee required at pre-registration for wet lab)

Large Animal Session

‘Feeding the Nine’ - 2050 Vision Beef Cow-Calf Consultation—Improving Profits for

Clients Speaker: Mark Hilton, DVM, PAS, DABVP

Small Animal Session

COACH Program Orthopedic Exam: Live Assessment and Keys to Effective Orthopedic Assessment Management Speaker: Duncan Lascelles, BVSc, PhD, MICVS,

DSAS(ST), DECVS, DACVS

Small Animal Wet Lab Abdominal Ultrasound: Basics and Pathology

Speaker: Jonathan Nevins, DVM, DACVR

3:30—3:45 P.M. Refreshment Break

3:45—5:00 P.M. Resume Sessions

Resume Large Animal Session Resume Small Animal Session

5:30 P.M. NDVMA Family Dinner

Pet of the Year Awards

Auxiliary Auction

Dr. Hilton Sponsored By: Elanco

Sponsored By: Merck Animal Health

Lunch Sponsored By: Elanco

Dr. Hilton Sponsored By: Elanco

Dr. Lascelles Sponsored By: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

Family Dinner Sponsored By: Multimin USA MWI Animal Health

Pet of the Year Awards Sponsored By: Bismarck Animal Clinic and Hospital Dakota Pharmacy

Break Sponsored By: Hills Pet Nutrition and NDVMA

Wet Lab Sponsored By: Universal Imaging

Tuesday

August 8

Conference

Activity

Conference

Activity

7:00—8:00 A.M. Breakfast/Speaker

How Short Term Missions Has Changed My Outlook on Private Practice

Speaker: Fonda Galbreath, DVM

8:00—10:00 A.M. 10:15—11:30 A.M. Breakout Sessions

Large Animal Session

Balancing Safety and Efficacy of Vaccination

Against BVDV and BoHV-1 Speaker:

Paul H. Walz, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM

Small Animal Session

(8 a.m.) Nutritional Approaches to GI Disease in

Cats & Dogs Speaker: Leslie Estelle, DVM

(9 a.m.) Which Itch is Which? (Diagnostic Workup of an Itchy Dog)

Ditch the Itch! (Treatment of Atopy) Speaker: Kristin Holm, DVM, DACVD

10:00—10:15 A.M. Refreshment Break

10:15—11:30 A.M. Resume Large Animal Session Resume Small Animal Session

11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Lunch/Membership Meeting

1:30—3:30 P.M.

General Session

(1:30—1:45) ND Beef Quality Assurance Program Speaker: Nancy Jo Bateman & Lisa Pederson

(1:45—3:30) Animal Welfare Issues and State

Veterinary Office Updates Speakers: Susan Keller, DVM

Beth Carlson, DVM and Sara McReynolds, DVM

3:30—3:45 P.M. Refreshment Break

3:45—5:00 P.M. General Session

(3:45—4:00) NDBVME Updates Speaker: John Boyce, DVM, PhD

(4:00—4:30) Pharmacy Updates Speaker: Mark Hardy, Pharm D

(4:30—5:00) NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Updates

Speaker: Brett Webb, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Dr. Walz Sponsored By: Zoetis

Sponsored By: Christian Veterinary Mission

Lunch Sponsored By: ND Beef Commission

Dr. Estelle Sponsored By: Royal Canin

Dr. Holm Sponsored By: Zoetis

Monday and Tuesday Speaker Information On Next Page

Monday and Tuesday Breakout Sessions’ Speakers

Gerald Stokka, DVM, MS Dr. Stokka is a member of the NDSU Animal Science faculty as Associate Professor. His position is Extension Veterinarian/Livestock Stewardship Specialist. He has responsibilities in providing state-wide leadership to our extension system, producers and veterinarians to be a resource for information and applied research. Dr. Stokka received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from North Dakota State University and his doctor of veterinary medicine

degree from Iowa State University. _____________________________________________________________________

Jonathan Nevins, DVM, DACVR Sponsored by: NDVMA Dr. Nevins was born in southern California, and moved to North Dakota at age 12 (long story!). He grew up in Mandan, attended undergrad at North Dakota State University, and completed vet school at the University of Minnesota. Following vet school, he completed a rotating internship and Diagnostic Imaging residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (perhaps you saw the back of his head for 10 seconds on the Animal Planet show, Life at Vet U). He stayed at PennVet as a lecturer following his

residency, and then returned to Minneapolis, MN where he works at the Animal Emergency & Referral Center of MN as well as VetRadiologist, the only mobile ultrasound service in the Twin Cities fully staffed by boarded radiologists. He enjoys outdoor activities (trying to get Vitamin D), including agate hunting, metal detecting, fishing, and scuba diving when not living in the dark reading room. _________________________________________________________________

Tommy Zerse, DVM Sponsored by: Merck Animal Health Tommy Zerse, DVM is Associate Director Drug Safety: Cattle, Swine, Poultry and Aquaculture for Merck Animal Health. His primary responsibility is dairy and beef Post Approval Research and Field Technical Service. He is also the technical liaison for Pharmacovigi-lance and Regulatory Affairs. Dr. Zerse is a 1996 graduate from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Throughout

his career he has worked in private practice and research. Dr. Zerse has been an integral part of research teams as an investigator, technical advisor, and surgeon, resulting in agency approval of many types of biomedical technologies over the last 16 years. ____________________________________________________________________

Duncan Lascelles, BSc, BVSC, PhD, MRCVS, CertVA, DSAS(ST), Diplomate ECVS, Diplomate ACVS Sponsored by: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

After graduating from the veterinary program at the University of Bristol, U.K., with honors, Dr. Lascelles completed a PhD in aspects of pre-emptive/perioperative analgesia at the University of Bristol. After an internship there, he completed his surgical residency at the University of Cambridge, U.K. He moved to Colorado for the Fellowship in Oncological Surgery at Colorado State University, then a period of post-doctoral research in feline pain and analgesia at the University of Florida, and is currently Professor in Small Animal Surgery and Pain Management at North Carolina State University. He runs the Comparative Pain Research and Education Centre which is dedicated to answering critical questions through high quality, innovative research. He is board-certified in small animal surgery by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the European College of Veterinary Surgeons, and the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. His career has been focused on developing algometry methods (methods to measure pain) in spontaneous disease animal models (pets with naturally occur-ring disease), and probing tissues from well-phenotyped animals with spontaneous disease to understand the neurobiology, with a strong translational focus. The aim of his research is to improve pain control in companion animals, and facilitate analgesic development in human medicine. He has authored over 150 peer reviewed research papers and reviews and 160 research abstracts, as well as over 30 book chapters.

Mark Hilton, DVM, PAS, DABVP (Beef Cattle Production) Sponsored by: Elanco

BS in Animal Science, DVM—both from Purdue University

1983 – 1998 Partner, DeWitt Veterinary Clinic, DeWitt, IA (80% Food Animal Practice) 1998 – 2016 Clinical Professor, Beef Production Medicine, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, taught beef production medicine and was food animal ambulatory clinician, taught business communica- tions course to 3rd year DVM students 2016 – present Senior Technical Consultant, beef, Elanco Animal Health Board Certification/Awards/Faculty advisor 1996 Board Certification - American Board of Veterinary Practitioners - Beef Cattle Specialty 2000 Student Chapter AVMA National Teaching Award 2009 Continuing Educator of the Year Award/Food Animal – Western Veterinary Conference 2012 AABP/Merial Excellence in Preventive Medicine Award for Beef in North America 2013 Named one of 20 most influential bovine veterinarians in North America – Bovine Veterinarian magazine 2016 Passed exam to become a Professional Animal Scientist (PAS) _____________________________________________________________________

Paul H. Walz, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM Sponsored by: Zoetis

Dr. Walz received his DVM from Michigan State University in 1992. Following 2 years in a mixed animal practice in Corunna, Michigan, he returned to Michigan State University for a residency in Food Animal Medicine, Surgery, & Production Medicine. Dr. Walz completed his residency, received his MS degree in 1997, and became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Large Animal Medicine. Dr. Walz continued his graduate studies at Michigan State University and received the PhD degree in 2000. After postgraduate training, Dr. Walz joined the faculty at Kansas State University in 2000 as an assistant professor

in the Section of Agricultural Practices. Dr. Walz joined the faculty at Auburn University in 2004 as an Assistant Professor in the Section of Food Animal Medicine in the Departments of Clinical Sciences and Pathobiology, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and then to Professor in 2014. Dr. Walz currently serves as the Coordinator of Animal Health Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University. _____________________________________________________________________

Leslie Estelle, DVM Sponsored by: Royal Canin

Dr. Estelle received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006 where she was awarded AAHA’s “Senior Student Clinical Proficiency in Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery”. Dr. Estelle then completed a 13-month internship at VCA South Shore Animal Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts after which she returned

to Madison as a general practitioner where she enjoyed many aspects of practice, particularly geriatric medicine, dentistry and dermatology. She’s an active member of AVMA, AAVN and Wisconsin’s VMA. Dr. Estelle joined Royal Canin in the fall of 2015 as a Scientific Services Veterinarian and is the technical support for Chicago and the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota. _____________________________________________________________________

Kristin Holm, DVM, DACVD Sponsored by: Zoetis

Dr. Holm received her veterinary degree from Iowa State Univer-sity, then practiced general small animal medicine in the Chicago area for 2 years. Realizing that the walk-in practice started shuffling all the skin and ear cases her way, she decided to hone her skills with a residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been board-certified since 1999, and has practiced in large specialty hospitals in the Chicago and Des Moines metro areas. She also spent a few years teaching

senior veterinary students in the clinics at Iowa State University. In 2015, she opened a stand-alone practice called Veterinary Dermatology Consultation Services. She lives in the Des Moines area with her husband, 5 children, and 3 cats.

Join us for

NDVMA’s 112th Annual Meeting

August 6—8, 2017

Page 7 Conference Registration is Online

at www.ndvma.com If paper registration form is needed please email ndvma@btinet.net or call 701.221.7740

Conference fees—early bird rates by

July 24 (includes meals and snacks) By July 24 After July 24

NDVMA Member Non-member (DVM) NDVMA Life Member Veterinary Technician Veterinary Student Small Animal Wet Lab* *The Small Animal Wet Lab is an additional fee of $200 and is open to DVMs

only. The Wet Lab is limited to 12 participants.

$280 $380 $130 $155 Free $200

Conference Cancellation Policy: If an emergency occurs whereby you need to cancel your registration please email ndvma@btinet.net or call NDVMA at 701.221.7740. Cancellations after July 31 will result in a partial refund due to meal reservation costs charged by the hotel. Note: Wet Lab registration can only be refunded if your spot is filled by another DVM.

$330 $430 $170 $205 Free

The conference provides up to 18.25 hours of continuing education and NDVMA is seeking approval from the NDBVME, MNBVM, and SDBVME.

Hotel Fees—register by July 24 for special room rate

Ramada Bismarck Call 701.258.7000 1400 E Interchange Avenue Request NDVMA Conference Rate of $92/night (until July 24) Bismarck, ND

Speaker Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Elanco Royal Canin Zoetis

THANK YOU TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS!

Pet of the Year Award Sponsors

Bismarck Animal Clinic and Hospital Dakota Pharmacy

Welcome Social Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Iowa State University—College of Veterinary Medicine Midwest Veterinary Supply

Breakfast/Speaker Sponsors

Christian Veterinary Mission Merck Animal Health

Lunch Sponsors

Elanco North Dakota Beef Commission

Family Dinner Sponsors

Multimin USA MWI Animal Health

Refreshment Break Sponsors

Bayer Animal Health Hills Pet Nutrition

Wet Lab Sponsor

Universal Imaging