Importance of Rural Veterinarians in Food Animal Practice

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Importance of Rural Veterinarians in Food Animal
Practice

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better said
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Importance of Rural Veterinarians to Food Animal
Production
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What People Eat - Stats
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In the world of food gt
Consumers Purchase

• WHAT
• THEY
• TRUST

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Cattle Production Stats
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Cattle Production Stats
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Cattle Production Stats
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Cattle Production Stats
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In Alabama

• 120,000 head from lt 20 cattle 5000
• 400,000 head from lt 50 cattle 6000
• 275,000 head from lt100 cattle 4000
• 500,000 head from gt100 cattle 2000
• 250,000 head from gt500 cattle 250

lt 15 gt 10,000 / yearlt 2 gt50,000 / year
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In Alabama

• 50 of land is pasture or woods
• 60 of land owned in lt 160 acres
• 30 of land owned in lt 40 acres

Wheres the food animal work Small Rural
Communities
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Importance of Rural Veterinarians to Food Animal
Production
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What Might This Mean The safety of the
American food supply rests in the hands of the
RURAL VETS
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What Might This Mean A significant part of
the American food supply is a hobby with larger
margins is in the hands of the RURAL VETS
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This Is Exciting
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Food Safety Has Three Components

• Assessment and Avoidance of
• Chemical Hazards
• Physical Hazards
• Biological Hazards

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We Tackled Injection Sites In 1991. Research
was the basis for change Define the damage
origination variables
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Lesion Damage
Extra Slide
This lesion wrecks Subways Eye of Round Roast
Beef Sandwich
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Lesion Damage
Extra Slide
This lesion wrecks Wal-Marts Chuck Steak
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A Deeper Look
Aluminum hydroxide ? Al levels in lesions, 5
times normal Aluminum hydroxide is typically
used as an adjuvant in killed vaccines
(Clostridial, Lepto, etc)
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THIS PROBLEM IS REAL A REALLY BIG CONCERN
The problem is being found in approximately 15 to
20 of steaks cut from the front of the Chuck
Roll (NAMP 115).
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What Does It Cost?

• The first part of the Chuck Roll can be ground
  or some steaks cut
• average weight about 15 lbs per side
• _at_ 1.00/lb 30 ground per carcass
• steaks harvested about 6 lbs per side
• _at_ 1.30/lb 15.60 steaks 20 ground 35.60
• approximate loss 5.00 per head

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Herd Health Management Programs
Growing Herd
Mature Herd
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Biosecurity Principles Diseases to Consider

• Salmonella
• BSE
• FMD
• BVD-PI
• Leptospirosis
• Johnes
• Leucosis
• Anaplasmosis
• Viral calf scours
• TB - Bangs

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Coccidiosis, Sarcocystis
• Neospora, Toxoplasma
• Trichomoniasis, Vibrio
• Common Inherent Diseases
• IBR, BVD, PI3, BRSV, Pasteurella, Mycoplasma,
  Clostridia
• Specific Bioterrorism Issues

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Biosecurity / Zoonotic

• Salmonella
• Can kill anything
• There livestock
• There pets
• There CHILDREN
• who questions the value of the Rural Vet

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Rural Vets understand how to apply AND teach
HACCP Principles

• Keys Identify what could go wrong or needs
  improved, solve it before it happens
• Review all management programs.
• Identify control points.
• Establish critical limits.
• Establish control point monitoring requirements.
• Establish corrective actions.
• Establish effective record keeping procedures.
• Establish procedures for verifying the system is
  working.

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QA Program Key Areas

• 1) Feedstuffs Sources.
• 2) Feed Additives Medications.
• 3) Animal Health Treatments Injections.
• 4) Record Keeping.
• 5) Care and Husbandry Practices.
• 6) Carcass Quality.
• 7) Evaluate ALL Non-Performing Animals BEFORE
  Marketing !!!

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Residue Avoidance

• Identify all animals treated.
• Record all treatments Date, ID, Dose, Route, Who
  treated, Withdrawals
• Strictly follow AMDUCA guidelines.
• Use newer technology antibiotics when possible
• Reduce unwanted depot effect. Select low volume
  products when available.
• Dont step over a dollar trying to pick up a
  dime.
• Select with short WD when antibiotic choice is
  equivalent.
• Avoid ELDU of antibiotics.
• Use label dose and route of administration.
• Avoid using multiple antibiotics at the same
  time.
• Dont mix antibiotics in the same syringe,
  especially with IM or Sub-Q.
• Check ALL medication/treatment records before
  marketing
• Dont market cattle with less than 60 WD without
  examining the treatment history.
• Dont market cattle that have relapsed without
  examining the treatment history.
• Dont market cattle with suspected liver or
  kidney damage without examining the treatment
  history.
• Dont market cattle with antibiotic injection
  site knots without examining the treatment
  history.
• Screen the urine for antibiotics of all cattle
  identified in step 9 above.

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Then there is Animal Well-Being - Humane Care
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May Help What It Dont Hurt
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PAIN MANAGEMENT example, controlling dehorning
pain Inject half way between eye horn ½ - ¾
deep under the ridge
Anatomy
Using Plastic syringe
Using Automatic syringe
Palpate Ridge
MOVIE
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Quality AssuranceOur Business - Our Future
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Rural Vets

• Understand their importance
• BUT

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Some Rural Vets may be lots Fight Self
Doubt
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Fight Self Doubt They know they have learned
to use their skill to deal with almost any case
that walks in the door or case they would see in
the country
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Fight Self Doubt But still they doubt their
information currency can I provide the level
of service that might be required for to a modern
food animal production management setting?
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Doubt Have come to understand Service is
more than herd health management facts
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Doubt part is the business side ???

• They are thinking consulting
• How do consultants work ...
• How to set up consulting agreements
• How to set up consulting BILLING
• What is provided (reports, etc)

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Being A Rural Vet

• Not necessarily
• about being a food animal expert

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Remember the slide

• Will Rogers
• people see what is in your heart.

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Will Rogers, may have illustrated this best when
he said,

• There cant be no malice in your gag if there
  aint no malice in your heart.
• Or put another way,
• What you are speaks so loudly I can not hear
  what you say.

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Rural Vets Say It

• Loud Clear

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Being A Rural Vet

• Is everything about SERVICE
• Rural Vets are KA service providers !!!
• They are Board Certified in service Give a
  xxxx

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Remember the slide It is the balance between
the love respect general veterinary
practitioners have for the people in their
communities the animals in their world
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Rural Vets Bring People Together Responsibly
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Responsibly Most of the Time
Client Relationships Are Important
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A sage very rich cattleman once told me
the majority of us are going broke stepping
over dollar bills trying to pick up nickels.
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The gentleman was poking fun as much at me as he
was other cattlemen he knew I had just saved
him 75,000, 0.25 at a time
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Service getting involved putting the pieces
together being a member of their family is
the dollar bills
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Information can be nothing more than
nickels
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I had saved 75,000 0.25 at a time Without
regard to the interaction between the other PM
activities that would total 100,000,000
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Rural Vets Understand Interactions

• The client
• The clients family
• The clients environment
• The clients neighbors
• The clients relationship to bankers
• the list can be involved

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What Might This Mean Opportunity for SERVICE
the dollar bills
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Might Mean High Points

• The safety of the American food supply rests in
  the hands of the RURAL VETS
• A significant part of the American food supply is
  a hobby with larger margins is in the hands
  of the RURAL VETS
• A significant part of human trust in humane care
  of food animals is in the hands of RURAL VETS
• A significant influence on training of food
  animal care is in the hands of RURAL VETS
• A significant part of biosecurity bioterrorism
  serenity is in the hands of RURAL VETS

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