SDVMA Summer Meeting
June 7-8, 2012
Pierre, SD
Minimum of 8 CE hours available
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SDVMA Annual Meeting
August 15-18, 2012
Rapid City, SD
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A wide variety of cutting-edge CE topics is in place for the 121st South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting to be held August 15-18, 2012, at the Ramkota Inn in Rapid City.
Companion Animal:
Dr. Alice Wolf, Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University, and Chief Consultant for VIN (Veterinary Information Network) is scheduled to inform attendees on the latest news regarding vaccination recommendations for companion animals. Other topics on the companion animal program include: animal behavior troubleshooting (Dr. Margaret Duxbury, University of Minnesota), companion animal toxicology (Steve Ensley, Iowa State), small animal orthopedics (Sarah Bergh, Iowa State), among others.
Large Animal
On the large animal side, Drs. Rick Funston and Dale Groteluschen will speak on increasing production efficiency in beef cow/calf operations, with a focus on reproductive efficiency and fetal programming. Additional large animal topics include equine metabolic diseases (Phillip Johnson, University of Missouri), practice management issues unique to food and mixed animal practices (David Welch, AABP), food animal toxicology (Steve Ensley, Iowa State), and communicating with consumers about livestock production. Also included for companion and food animal practitioners will be the perennially popular case report session presented by the SDSU ADRDL.
Attendees will be able to pick up 18 CE credits from a total offering of 36 credit hours in small and large animal topics. Classes will run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, finishing at noon on Saturday
Social highlights of the meeting include a steak fry on Wednesday evening, a dinner buffet followed by the Alliance Auction on Thursday evening, the SDVMA business meeting Friday afternoon, and the President’s Reception on Friday evening.
Room reservations at Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center
For room reservations, phone Ramkota at 605-343-8550 by July 25 and mention SDVMA to reserve rooms at the convention rate of $104 plus tax.