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VM 577P Herd Production Medicine

2012 Links and Materials

JM Gay updated 06/05/2012

Class Syllabus (as of week 4) - pdf
- Introduction PowerPoint handout (C Schneider) - pdf
VM577P SharePoint Site (password limited to WSU only access)

Recommended Class Books (JM Gay):
- A herd production medicine book of your choice from the HPM textbook list
- A good applied business/agricultural economics text for understanding partial budgeting - of those in print I recommend:
  - Olson, Kent (2011). Economics of Farm Management in a Global Setting - Amazon
  - out of print - MD Boehlje & VR Eidman (1984). Farm Management
- Calhoon, Joe (2010). The 1 Hour Plan for Growth: How a single sheet of paper can take your business to the next level - Amazon
- A species production management book of your choice if you don't have a strong background - examples:
  - Field TG (2006). Beef Production Management and Decisions, 5^th ed. - Amazon
  - Tyler H & ME Ensminger (2005). Dairy Cattle Science - Amazon
- The NRC Nutrient Requirements for your species of interest (a high priority but not for use in this class)
- Fedie DM (1997). How to Farm for Profit: Practical enterprise analysis, Iowa State U Press
Readings and Handouts:
- 1^st week (C Schneider)
  - What I've learned about Veterinary Medicine Since Becoming a Dairyman (W Guterbock, 2001) - pdf
- 2^nd week (JM Gay) - read and come to class prepared to discuss:
  - Evidence (and Opinions) on the Future of Ag Animal Practice - pdf
    - Identify several central themes and "take home" messages
  - Ribble, CS (1987). The use of modern marketing strategies for the promotion of preventive medicine and herd health. Can Vet J 28(7):406-412- pdf
    - Identify several central themes and "take home" messages
  - Introduction to Herd Production Medicine
    - Gain a general sense of the answers to three questions:
- 3^rd week (JM Gay)
  - The Ag Animal Veterinarian's Information Environment - pdf (click through links of interest to see what's there)
  - Small Animal Skills for the Ag Animal Focused Student - pdf
- 4^th week (JM Gay)
  - Expected new grad competencies (link to password protected VM 568 Notes and Resources page)
    - Practitioner Competency Input (2008) - pdf (long - not password protected)
  - Ericsson, KA (2004). Deliberate practice and the acquisition and maintenance of expert performance in medicine and related domains. Academic Medicine, 79:S70-S81 (pdf - article begins on page 4 of prepublication proof on USC website)
  - HPM - Veterinary Marketing and Salesmanship - pdf
  - Ag vet business book list - new pdf old pdf html
  - Applied economics - pdf
- 5^th week (JM Gay)
  - Capital Management and Investment Decisions - pdf
  - Harper dairy services list - pdf
  - Swine practice service development - pdf
  - Professional Service Fee Exercise Feedback - 2011 - pdf
- 6^th week (CS Schneider)
  - USDA-approved vaccine label claims - pdf - listed in: Basic concepts of cow-calf herd health programs
  - Professional Service Fee exercise - comments - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Querying practitioners and producers (JM Gay)
  - Livestock biosecurity (JM Gay)
  - Sanitation in the control of livestock infectious disease (JM Gay)
- 7^th week (CS Schneider)
  - Practicing beyond the chute (Bovine Veterinarian Magazine, 2/14/12) (JM Gay)
  - Fetal Programming: Implications for beef battle production, 2011 Proceedings, Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Western Livestock Journal bull survey - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Applied Product Technology (in ProdMed Current References)
    - Fifty years of pharmaceutical technology and its impact on the beef we provide to customers (TE Elam, RL Preston, 2004) - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Proposal for an integrated herd program approach - pdf (JM Gay)
- 8^th week (CS Schneider)
  - Wustenberg - Effective Farm management - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Economic Comparison of AI vs. natural service - pdf (JM Gay)
  - RFI - residual feed intake and efficiency - (see heading under Applied Nutrition - JM Gay)
- 9^th week (Dr. Monty Moss, veterinarian and swine producer)
  - Handout of Dr. Moss's class presentation - pdf
  - Dairy blog management posts - pdf (JM Gay)
  - Dairy Calf & Heifer Assoc Dairy calf raising benchmarks - Gold Standards I II III (English & Spanish - JM Gay)
  - From Cornell Consultant - New and Noteworthy (JM Gay)
    - Calf health from birth to weaning - General aspects of disease prevention
    - Calf health from birth to weaning - Management of diarrhoea in pre-weaned calves
    - Calf health from birth to weaning - Housing and management of calf pneumonia
  - new AHL reserve book with chapters on animal health economics and partial budgeting: ushton, Jonathan The economics of animal health and production. c2009. HD9410.5 .R87 2009 Reserve (JM Gay)
- 10^th week (Dr. Richard Linhart, Rex Harder)
  - Doc Hatfield and Country Natural Beef - pdf (JM Gay)
  - NAHMS Small scale livestock survey - cow-calf data - pdf (JM Gay)
  - "Our Energy Future" - pdf (JM Gay)
- 11^th week (Dr's. Campbell and Vande Steeg)
  - book recommended by Dr. Vande Steeg: ME Gerber (2001). E-myth Revisited: Why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it, 2^nd ed. - Amazon
    - book summaries/synopsi - pdf1 pdf2 pdf3
- 12^th week (Dr. Chris King, Tulare, CA)
  - Valley Veterinarians, Inc.
  - handout of Dr. King's class presentation - pdf
  - Expected New Graduate Competencies: Below are lists of new graduate competencies expected by practitioners. These are snapshots taken at one time point from a sampling of practitioners in various regions and change as new technology emerges and vary across regions depending on typical client needs.
  - agricultural animals:
    - Miller RB, LE Hardin, RP Cowart, MR Ellersieck (2004) Practitioner-defined competencies required of new veterinary graduates in food animal practice. JVME 31(4):347-365. journal pdf
      - combined list pdf xls
      - Cow-calf pdf local pdf
      - Dairy pdf local pdf
      - Feedlot pdf local pdf
      - Small ruminant pdf local pdf
      - Swine pdf
    - Morin DE, Morin, PD Constable, HF Troutt, AL Johnson (2002). Individual animal medicine and animal production skills expected of entry-level veterinarians in bovine practice JAVMA 221(7):959-68. journal pdf
      - combined list (both Morin papers) pdf xls
    - Morin DE, Morin, PD Constable, HF Troutt, AL Johnson (2002). Surgery, anesthesia, and restraint skills expected of entry-level veterinarians in bovine practice JAVMA 221(7):969-974. journal pdf
      - combined list (both Morin papers) pdf xls
    - Practitioner Competency Input (2008) - pdf (long)
  - equine:
    - AAEP Core Competencies - pdf AAEP site
    - Hubbell, JAE, WJA Saville, RM Moore (2008). Frequency of activities and procedures performed in private equine practice and proficiency expected of new veterinary school graduates. JAVMA 232(1):42-46. journal pdf
  - small animal:
    - Greenfield CL, AL Johnson, DJ Schaeffer (2004). Frequency of use of various procedures, skills, and areas of knowledge among veterinarians in private small animal exclusive or predominant practice and proficiency expected of new veterinary school graduates JAVMA 224(11):1780-7. journal pdf
    - Small Animal Skills for the Ag Animal Focused Student - pdf
    - Corporate Competency Criteria (2007) - pdf
  - theriogenology (animal reproduction - breeding, pregnancy, parturition (obstetrics)):
    - Kustritz, MVR, PJ Chenoweth, A Tibary (2006). Efficacy of training in theriogenology as determined by a survey of veterinarians, JAVMA 229(4):514 -521. journal pdf
- 13^th Week (Dr. Fred Muller, Sunnyside, WA)
- 14^th Week (Dr. Raffael Lichdi, Mountain Home, ID)
  - Knight Veterinary Clinic
- 15th Week (Dr's. Scott MacGregor, Jerry Woodruff)
  - FHMS - Feedlot Health Management Services
  - book recommended by Dr. MacGregor - WC Kim, R Mauborgne (2005): Blue Ocean Strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant - Amazon
  - VM 577P Personal Strategic Planning: Developing your career - pdf
- Post-class additions:
  - Tools for Making Genetic Change, 2003 - Tom Field, pdf
  - Measuring cow-calf profitability and financial efficiency, 2002 - Barry Dunn cv, pdf
  - Factors affecting beef cow-calf herd costs, production, and profits, 2005 - pdf
  - Seven management techniques that move cow-calf producers toward profitability, RD Posey - pdf
  - UCoP - pdf
  - Critical control points for profitability in the cow-calf enterprise - pdf
  - Improving cow-calf profitability through enterprise analysis, 1997 - RD Jones, DD Simms, pdf
  - Key success factors in cow calf enterprise profitability - J Millang, pdf
  - Economies of size in cow-calf production - MR Langemeier, JM McGrann, J Parker - pdf
  - Measuring "management performance" in your cow/calf operation - part I
  - Health management programs: Integrating biological and management principles in analysis, design, and implementation of programs for two-year-old beef cows, 2005 - GL Stokka, GP Lardy, pdf
  - Making the numbers talk: Using cow-calf cost of production and profit information - doc

Other Resources (for more, see relevant section in In-Print & On-Line Production Medicine Information Resources):
- MWPS: Midwest Plan Service - Livestock
  - example - MWPS - 3 Sheep Housing and Equipment Handbook, 4^th ed.
- Maryland Small Ruminant Page
Assignments:
- Professional Service Fee Exercise (first draft due March 8) (JM Gay)
- Producer Enterprise Budget Exercise - pdf (JM Gay)
- Vaccine Selection Exercise - pdf (CS Schneider)