The top honor that an American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) member can obtain in his or her career is the AABP Bovine Practitioner of the Year award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
At the 2023 56th AABP Annual Conference, which was held Sept. 21-23 in Milwaukee, Wis., Dr. Jodi Wallace, Ormstown, Quebec, received this prestigious honor. This award honors a veterinarian in active practice who is active in organized veterinary medicine and has made significant contributions to bovine medicine.
Several other bovine veterinarians were also honored at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon on September 23. They are:
AABP Award of Excellence
Sponsored by AABP, recipients must be involved in teaching, research, industry or government areas. The recipient’s professional activities must have had a consistent and direct influence on daily activities of veterinarians in bovine practice. The 2023 recipient is:
Dr. Jason Lombard, Loveland, Colo.
Merck Animal Health Mentor-of-the-Year Award
The recipient of this award is an AABP member and has served as both advisor and role model to pre-veterinary and/or veterinary students. This award is given to a member who embodies this spirit whether in practice, the clinic, or the classroom. The 2023 recipient is:
Dr. Terry Engelken, Ames, Iowa
Zoetis Distinguished Service Award
The recipient of this award is an individual who, through long and continued service, has promoted the goals of the AABP and whose accomplishments have served as a model for service to bovine agriculture through organized veterinary medicine. The 2023 recipient is:
Dr. Amelia Woolums, Mississippi State, Miss.
Dr. James A. Jarrett Award for Young Leaders
Recipients of this award have graduated veterinary school within 10 years, have given extraordinary service to the AABP in a manner that significantly enhances the mission of the organization, and whose contributions will help ensure the current and future success of the AABP. The 2023 recipient is:
Dr. Ryan Rademacher, Okotoks, Alberta.
Other awards given at the 2023 56th AABP Annual Conference include:
2023 AABP Foundation Competitive Research Grant Award
• In search of a novel cost-effective diagnostic for subclinical hypocalcemia
Dr. Jessica McArt
Cornell University
• Effect of time and colostrum-derived serum antibody titers on the performance of various bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) persistent infection (PI) diagnostic tests in neonatal calves
Dr. Manuel Chamorro
Auburn University
2023 AABP Research Summaries Graduate Student Awards
• First Place – Jackson Seminara, Cornell University
Predicting Calcium Status in Early Lactation Multiparous Holsteins Using Milk Constituent Analysis
• Second Place – Rachel Brown, Kansas State University
Association of Liver Abscess with Demographic Factors, Comorbidities, and Gastrointestinal Histologic Lesions in Feedlot Mortalities
• Third Place – Stephen Frazer, University of Montreal
Comparison of Bolt Penetration Depth by Low-Cost Penetrating Captive-Bolt Devices used for Cattle Euthanasia on the Farm
2023 Student Case Presentation Competition Winners
• Overall Winner
o Kelsey D’Amico, Purdue University
A Randomized, Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Quarter-level Somatic Cell Count and Culture-based Results against Blanket Dry-cow Therapy on Early-lactation Production
• Clinical Case Report
o First Place – Sierra Shelit, Kansas State University
Colic and Pear-shaped Abdominal Distension in a 2-year-old Angus Embryo Donor Heifer
o Second Place – Lindsey Tarby, Texas A&M University
You Did What?
• Research Report
o First Place – Kelsey D’Amico, Purdue University
A Randomized, Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Quarter-level Somatic Cell Count and Culture-based Results against Blanket Dry-cow Therapy on Early-lactation Production
o Second Place – Hannah McCray, Cornell University
Does Knowledge of Blood Calcium at 2 DIM Impact Decisions of Calcium Supplementation?
