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
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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