Responsible Animal Stewarship
Making the Right Choices for Animals
Proposed Schedule
9:00-9:55 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, Visit with Exhibitors
9:55-10:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks – William Yost, D.V.M./KVVMA President
10:00-10:45 AM Featured Speaker – Dr. Shearer
Euhanasia -The Kindest Act
10:45-11:15 AM Break & Visit Exhibits
11:15-12:00 PM Featured Speaker – Dr. Shearer
Causes & Consequences of Lameness in Dairy Cattle
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch (provided) & Visit Exhibits
1:30-2:15 PM Featured Speaker – Dr. Shearer
Prioritizing Performance, Prifit and Animal Welfare
2:15-2:45 PM Break & Visit Exhibits
2:45-3:30 PM Featured Speaker – Dr. Shearer
Questions and Answers
3:30 PM Door Prizes (must be present to win)
Adjourn
Reminder – reservations for lunch are due by Friday, February 19th.
About the Trade Show
In past years, the trade show featured booths and presentations by more than 40 exhibitors and we expect similar numbers this year. The conference was attended by over 300 dairy producers, specialists, and service providers.
About the Speaker
Jan Shearer, DVM Professor & Extension Veterinarian – Iowa State University
Dr. Shearer is currently Professor and Extension Veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He received his BS degree from Ashland University in 1971 and his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1975. Upon graduation, he joined the Orrville Veterinary Clinic, Inc., in northeast Ohio, where he served as an Associate Veterinarian for 4½ years before returning to OSU to pursue graduate studies in nutrition. He completed his Master’s Degree in 1981 and was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University that same year.
In 1982, he relocated to the University of Florida where he became Professor and Dairy Extension Veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Shearer served the University of Florida for 27 years before accepting his current position at Iowa State University. His primary research and extension interests are lameness and welfare issues of cattle. He is a past Chair of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Animal Welfare Committee (AWC), and is presently serving as Chair of the Food Animal Working Group of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Panel on Euthanasia.