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Program Schedule

Welcome to the Southeastern Food & Farm Veterinary Summit! Below you will find our conference program schedule, detailing all of the exciting events and activities we have planned for you. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Earn 8 credit hours of CE per day!

2025 program coming Fall 2025

Events

7:00 am

Attendee Devotional

7:00 am

11:50 am

Continental Breakfast

6:00 pm

Dinner with Downie Awards and Practice Tips

General Session for Mixed Animal Practitioners

Speakers: Scott Squires, DVM and Tom Beacorn, DVM

8:00 am

Update from the United States Department of Agriculture

8:50 am

Update from the Alabama Dept of Agriculture & Industries and Georgia Dept of Agriculture

Speakers: Tony Frazier, DVM and Janemarie Hennebelle, DVM

10:10 am

Southeastern State Veterinarian Panel

Speakers: Samantha Beaty, DVM (TN),Tony Frazier, DVM (AL),
Janemarie Hennebelle, DVM (GA), Jim Watson, DVM (MS), and
Mike Short, DVM (FL)

Lunch with Exhibitors

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Bovine Sessions

Speaker: Elle Terhaar - ReproScan Technologies

11:00 am

Basics of Practical Bovine Reproductive Ultrasound

12:50 pm

Adding Value Through Bovine Reproductive Ultrasound

Speaker: Elle Terhaar - ReproScan Technologies

1:40 pm

Beef Quality Assurance: National Beef Quality Audit*

Speaker: Julia Herman, DVM

3:15 pm

Beef Quality Assurance: Secure Beef Supply Plans*

Speaker: Julia Herman, DVM

4:05pm

Beef Quality Assurance: BQA Resources for Veterinary Practice*

Speakers: NCBA Speakers

Speaker: Julia Herman, DVM

*Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification test offered afterwards.

Small Ruminants, Bees, Backyard Poultry, Pigs, Camelids Sessions

Speakers: Scott Squires, DVM and Tom Beacorn, DVM

11:00 am

Sheep and Goats: Disease Awareness and Health Certificates (USDA Accreditation Module)

12:50 pm

Overview of Mineral Use in Small Ruminants

Speaker: Andy Bennett, DVM

1:40 pm

A Lumpy Bumpy Journey:
Skin Diseases in Small Ruminants

Speaker: Katelyn Waters, DVM, MS, DACT

3:15 pm

Setting Up for Success with Small Ruminant Ultrasonography

Speaker: Elle Terhaar - ReproScan Technologies

Speaker: Jenna Stockler, DVM, PhD

4:05 pm

Anesthesia in the Small Ruminant: A Case Based Approach

Commercial Poultry Sessions

8:00 am

Avian Influenza

Speaker: Lindsey Holmstrom, DVM (USDA - AL)

8:50 am

Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center Report

Speaker: Jenny Nicholds, DVM, MAM (UGA PDRC)

9:15 am

Thompson Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic Lab Report

Speaker: Heather Walz, DVM, PhD (AL Department of Ag, Diagnostic Lab)

10:10 am

D.O.A.'s

Speaker: Sam Christenberry, DVM (JB Taylor Regional Poultry Diagnostic Lab)

11:00 am

Ventilation

Speaker: Jesse Campbell (National Poultry Technology Center)

11:25 am

Case Reports, AL Labs

Speaker: Brigetta Hughes, DVM, MAM (Mitchem Sparks Diagnostic Lab)

12:50 pm

Southeastern State Veterinarian Panel

Speaker: Samantha Beaty, DVM (TN), Tony Frazier, DVM (AL),

Janemarie Hennebelle, DVM (GA), Jim Watson, DVM (MS), and

Mike Short, DVM (FL)

1:40 pm

Synovitis & Broiler Breeders

It's Just Staph…Right?

Speaker: Maggie Thompson, DVM, MAM (Aviagen)

2:15 pm

NPIP Update

Speaker: Elena Behnke, DVM, MAHM, DACPVNPIP (USDA APHIS)

3:10 pm

Influence of Experimental Avian Reovirus Infection on Intestinal Microbiome Composition in Chickens

Speaker: Zubair Khalid, PhD (Auburn CVM Dept of Pathobiology)

3:35 pm

OPG Study

Speaker: Joel Cline, DVM (Sanderson Farms)

4:00 pm

40 Years in Poultry

Speaker: Steve Roney, DVM, MAM

General Sessions - Bovine - Honeybees - Small Ruminants - Commercial Poultry - Camelids - Backyard Poultry - USDA Modules

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