Food Animal Medicine

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Food Animal Medicine

• Dan Posey, DVM, DABVP
• September 30, 2005

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Trivia Question?

• September 27, 2005 was the 100th birthday of
  what?

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Hint

• It is arguably the most famous equation?
• E

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Hint

• It is arguably the most famous equation?
• E

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Hint

• It is arguably the most famous equation?
• EMC2

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Albert Einstein

• Submitted a 3 page paper on this date in 1905
• Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy
  content?

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Food Animal Medicine Faculty and Staff

• There is another equation not quite well known
  that I think of?
• AI M2
• IIntellect MMotivation
• AAchievement

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Food Animal Medicine

• Food Animal Medicine Surgery Service
• Food Animal Field Services
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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Food Animal Medicine Surgery
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Food Animal Medicine and Surgery

• Faculty
• Allen Roussel, DVM, MS, ACVIM
• Kevin Washburn, DVM, MS, ACVIM, ABVP Food Animal
• Neil Hooper, DVM, MS, ACVS
• Wesley Bissett, DVM
• Jason Osterstock, DVM
• Technicians
• CW Haynes

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Food Animal Medicine Surgery
Research

• Johnes disease
• Clinical pharmacology
• Environmental toxicology
• Bovine lameness
• Small ruminant urolithiasis

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Food Animal Field Services

• Faculty
• Robert Field, DVM
• Steve Wikse, DVM, ACVP
• Technicians
• Kyle Westfall

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Food Animal Medicine Field Services

• Research
• Beef PEP
• Collaborative Partnership
• Holistic Approach to Beef Production
• Collaboration with Pfizer Animal Health

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Texas Department of Criminal Justice

• Faculty
• Derry Magee, DVM
• Lewis Dinges, DVM
• Dan Posey, DVM, ABVP Beef Cattle

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TDCJ Teaching and Research Resource

• 30 plus year interagency agreement
• Livestock numbers
• More cooperative administration
• Research projects Equine Gastric ulcer,
  colostrum management in foals, swine/human
  antibiotic resistant project.. feed additive
  swine project

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TDCJ
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Faculty - Species and Discipline Specific
Specialist

• Jamie Thompson, DVM, DVSc, DACT, DACVPM, DACVPM
  (epidemiology)
• Bruce Lawhorn, DVM, MS Swine specialist
• Jim Jensen, DVM, DACZM Exotic Hoofstock

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Things that I have learned thru clinical service
with FAM faculty

• We serve 3 clients
• - Owner/Manager/Producer
• - Referring Veterinarian
• - Students
• There are 5 steps to clinical teaching
• You better have a reference on that opinion

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Unique Collaborative Project
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Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture
and Food Production

• Goal
• Develop a specific skill set in our graduates
  that are interested in Food Animal Medicine
• - Bio-terrorism
• - Alternative Food
  Production
• - Food Safety
• - Environmental Health
• - Regulatory Medicine
• - Animal Welfare

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Development of a innovative teaching instrument

• Experiential learning
• Novel assessment instruments
• Computer aided clinical training simulations

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Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture and
Food Production

• Collaborators
• Charles Farnsworth, PhD
• Diane Oswald
• Food Animal Medicine Section, USDA-APHIS, Graham
  Land Cattle, VIBS Epidemiology, Cimarron Fish
  Farm, TAHC, TVMDL, Extension service, etc..
• Funding
• USDA
• QEP

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Exciting Future of FAM

• Position as a leader in beef cattle and meat goat
  medicine production
• Faculty development
• Graduate program development
• - Clinical training
• - Graduate students

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Questions?
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What is the reason for the success this program?

• Quote by Bo Bennett
• A single question can be more
• influential than a thousand
• statements

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Thank You
Members of the FAM services
Especially, Dr. Osterstock