BLACKSBURG, Va., Jan. 12, 2015 – The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia Cooperative Extension are hosting the Virginia Tech Beef Cattle Health Conference on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Designed to give beef cattle producers an opportunity to learn strategies to improve the health of their herds, the conference will take place on the veterinary college’s Blacksburg campus, located at 245 Duck Pond Drive.
The Virginia Tech Beef Cattle Health Conference will include presentations on several topics to help beef
cattle producers improve the health of their herds.
The morning program will include presentations from faculty members in the veterinary college’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and elsewhere, including:
- Dr. John Currin, clinical associate professor of production management medicine and Extension veterinarian, on “What can we afford to do with the current price of calves and feed?”
- Dr. Hillary Feldmann, food animal ambulatory and production medicine intern, on “Current issues with cattle poisons”
- Jon Vest, Floyd County Extension agent, and Terry Slusher, a beef cattle producer in Floyd, Virginia, on “Tweaking your handling facilities”
- Dr. W. Dee Whittier, professor of production management medicine and Extension veterinarian, on “The cost to create a pregnancy: Artificial insemination and natural service”
- Dr. Terry Swecker, professor of production management medicine and clinical nutrition, on “Stretching hay”
- Dr. Sierra Guynn, clinical assistant professor of production management medicine, on “Water-related cattle disease”
- Dr. Kevin Pelzer, professor of production management medicine and epidemiology, on “Current health issues”
