Program

2023 MAC Agenda

  • When:
    Tuesday, May 23 & Wednesday May 24, 2023
    11:00 AM (Tues.) – 3:00 PM (Wed.)

  • Where:
    The Woodlands Inn and Resort
    1073 Highway 315
    Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

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Tuesday 5/23

Day Themes: Future Access to and Effectiveness of Medicines in Livestock, Extension Program Sharing, Climate Change and Animal Welfare

Time Topic

11:00 am

Registration (Lunch on Your Own)

Racheal Slattery, University of Maryland

Session I

Supply Chain Economics

1:00 pm

Welcome

1:10 pm

Client/Vet Relationship - Loss of the Over-the-Counter Drugs

Rob Lynch, DVM, Cornell PRO-DAIRY

2:10 pm

Antibiotic Stewardship & the Dairy Calf: The Why & The How

Hayley Springer, DVM, Penn State Extension

3:10 pm

Break

Session II

Extension Program Sharing

3:45 pm

Sharing Success Stories - Extension Programming and Research

5:15 pm

Adjourn for Social Hour

6:15 pm

Dinner and Networking

Wednesday 5/24

Day Themes: Future Access to and Effectiveness of Medicines in Livestock Part 2, Emerging Diseases in Cattle, Forages and Animal Health

Time Topic

Session III

Future Access to and Effectiveness of Medicines in Livestock, Part 2

8:00 am

Climate Change and Animal Welfare

Cornell Climate Smart Farming Team

9:00 am

5 Freedoms vs. 5 Domains

Dr. Monique Pairis-Garcia, NC State

10:00 am

Break

Session IV

Emerging Diseases in Cattle

10:30 am

Bovine Anaplasmosis and Producer Experiences with Ticks

Andreas Eleftheriou, DVM, MS, The Ohio State

11:00 am

Tick-borne Diseases - Longhorned Tick  - Theileria Orientialis Ikeda

Glen Scoles, PhD, USDA

12:00 pm

Lunch

Session V

Forages & Animal Health

Moderator: TBD

1:00 pm

Feed Hygiene - Toxins, Molds and Yeast

John Winchell, Alltech

1:50 pm

Poor Quality Hay and Meeting Animals' Nutritional Requirements

Ron Kluck, Cornell Cooperative Extension

2:40 pm

Adjourn