2025 Annual Conference

Schedule

In-Person
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MEDORA, ND
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AUG. 7 - 9
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19.5 HOURS OF CE

Thursday, August 7

6:30am
Meeting Registration Desk Opens - Medora Community Center - Lobby by Demores Hall
6:45am - Breakfast Opens
7:15am - Speaker Begins
New Concepts and Technologies to Reduce Stress, Improve Health, and Enhance Productivity of Feedlot Cattle
Speaker: Reinaldo Cooke, Ph.D.
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PLATINUM Sponsor - FerAppease
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Room - DeMores Hall
8:30 - 10am
Large Animal Session - Working Up Weight Loss in Cattle
Speaker: Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Boehringer Ingelheim
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Cases from the Trenches; Approach to the Cat in Respiratory Distress
Speaker: Melissa Holahan, DVM, DACVECC
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PLATINUM Sponsor - VESPECON
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Room - Centennial
10 - 10:30am
Refreshment Break - DeMores Hall - BRONZE Sponsor - American Health International
10:30 - NOON
Large Animal Session - Handy Surgeries You Should Know for Cattle
Speaker: Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Boehringer Ingelheim
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Approach to the Cat in Respiratory Distress Continued; Pediatric Tips and Tricks
Speaker: Melissa Holahan, DVM, DACVECC
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PLATINUM Sponsor - VESPECON
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Room - Centennial
NOON - 1:30pm
Lunch with Exhibitors - DeMores Hall - PLATINUM SPONSOR - ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH
1:30 - 3pm
Large Animal Session - You Too, Can Be a Small Ruminant Doctor!
Speaker: Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Boehringer Ingelheim
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Emergency and Urgent Care for Exotic Patients
Speaker: Trenton Schrader, DVM, MS, PgC (EMS), PgC, EPM
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SILVER Sponsor - Medgene
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Room - Centennial
3 - 3:45pm
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors - Demores Hall - SILVER Sponsor - IDEXX
3:45 - 4:45pm
Large Animal Session - You, Too, Can Be a Pig Doctor!
Speaker: Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Boehringer Ingelheim
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Regenerative Medicine (PRP) in General Practice
Speaker: Karen Gadberry, DVM, MPH
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SILVER Sponsor - Companion Animal Health
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Room - Centennial
4:45 - 5:45pm
General Session
Implementing Reform: ND's Veterinary Practice Act and What Comes Next?
NDSU-VDL Updates
State Veterinarian Updates
Speakers: Shane Goettle
Heidi Pecoraro, DVM, PhD, DACVP
and Ethan Andress, DVM
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Room - Schaefer
5:45 - 8:30pm
Welcome Social with Exhibitors
SILVER SPONSOR - Midwest Veterinary Supply
BRONZE Sponsors - Iowa State University CVM, Kansas State University-CVM and Y-Tex

Friday, August 8

6:45am Breakfast Opens 7:00 - 8:00am Speaker
Breakfast/Speaker Session - Introducing a Quantum Leap: BRAVECTO® Quantum
Jessica Burns, DVM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Merck Animal Health
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Room - Demores Hall
8:10 - 10:10am
Large Animal Session - Things to Consider When Starting Cattle on Feed… Vets Perspective and Perspective on Animal Welfare During Cattle Handling and Weaning
Mark Alley, DVM, MBA, DACAW
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Zoetis
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Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Things I Wish I Remembered from Vet School - Commonly Encountered Problems (Ophthalmology)
Kenneth Pierce, DVM, MS, DACVO
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PLATINUM Sponsor - VESPECON
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Room - Centennial
10:10 - 11:10am
Refreshment Break - Demores Hall - SILVER Sponsor Animal Health International/Patterson
11:10am - 12:10pm
Large Animal Session - Salmonella, an Old Bug that Continues to Create Challenges
Mark Alley, DVM, MBA, DACAW
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Zoetis
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Round Table Topics - Canine Anxiety...How/When to Treat and When Not to Treat;
Safety Protocols Dealing with Angry Clients
Led by Dr. Kim Brummond and Dr. Andrea Sand
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Room - - Centennial
12:20 - 1:30pm
NDVMA Membership Lunch - PLATINUM Sponsor Red River Animal Emergency Hospital & Referral Center
1:40 - 3:10pm
Large Animal Session - Emerging Management Considerations for Small Ruminants
Rachel L. Gibbs, PhD
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - Ophthalmic Emergencies
Kenneth Pierce, DVM, MS, DACVO
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PLATINUM Sponsor - VESPECON
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Room - Centennial
3:10 - 3:30pm
Refreshment Break - Demores Hall
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Large Animal Session - Lameness in the Geriatric Horse; Expanding the Differential List: When Radiographs Look Normal
Sasha Hill, DVM
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GOLD Sponsor - West Dakota Veterinary Clinic
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Room - Schaefer
Small Animal Session - How Veterinary Rehab Can Aid in Your Pain Management
Speaker: Yuko Eguchi-Coe, DVM, CVA, CVAT, CCRT, CVMMP, CVPP, CVBMA, CVCH, CVFT, CVTP, CTPEP, MS-TCVM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - ZOETIS
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Room - Centennial
5:45 - 6:15pm Social followed by Dinner
MWI Animal Health and Axiota Animal Health Family Dinner (GOLD Sponsors) - ND Cowboy Hall of Fame -
Pet of the Year Awards - BRONZE Sponsor: Dakota Pharmacy/Precision RX Laboratories
Auxiliary Auction for NDVMA Scholarship Fundraising

Saturday, August 9

6:45am Breakfast Opens 7:00 - 8:00am Speaker
Mycoplasma...New Solution to an Old Problem
Parasite Control What We Think We Know
Mark Alley, DVM, MBA, DACAW
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Zoetis
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Room - Demores Hall
8:10 - 10:10am
General Session
Brain Biology 911
PERMAnent Well-being
Heidi Hulon, DVM, CCFP, MHFA, CPPP
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Elanco Animal Health
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Room - Schaefer
10:10 - 10:30am
Refreshment Break - Demores Hall
10:30 - Noon
Resiliency - Thriving Beyond Surviving
Heidi Hulon, DVM, CCFP, MHFA, CPPP
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Elanco Animal Health
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Room - Schaefer
9am - Noon Open only to NDVMA veterinarian members through July 15 for meeting add on fee of $150. (18 spots only)

July 16 - Aug. 1 or until spots are filled the wet lab is open to all veterinarians and NDVMA student members. $225 add on fee to the annual meeting OR $275 if only attending the wet lab.
Equine Ultrasound Wet Lab (Extra Fee for Lab) - West Dakota Veterinary Clinic, 93 21st ST E, Dickinson ND
Speaker: Sasha Hill, DVM
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PLATINUM Sponsor - Samsung
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GOLD Sponsor - West Dakota Veterinary Clinic

Ultrasound Wet Lab Objectives: 

1 - The Equine Distal Limb - Soft Tissue evaluation of common regions of pathology 

Part 1: A short anatomical and hands-on presentation of ultrasound of the suspensory ligament and flexor tendons of the metacarpal/tarsal regions will be performed. The use of comparison contralateral limb anatomy, circumferential surface area and non-weight bearing approach for the origin of the suspensory ligament will be shared. The pastern and the distal digit will be evaluated using both linear and micro convex ultrasound probes with discussion on some of the ways to evaluate the navicular bursa. The goal of the wet lab is to help clinicians feel more comfortable using ultrasound in their daily practice. 

Part 2: Equine ultrasound evaluation of the cervical neck and back. Many horses have significant pathology that is recognized in greater detail using ultrasound. The technique for ultrasound guided cervical neck facet injections will be discussed. Scanning ultrasound of the thoracolumbar regions, and utilization of cranial and caudal SI approaches for injection will be discussed if time allows.