Overview of the common pathogens that cause calf scours, management tips, and preventative measures.

This session is approved for 1 hour of CE credit for RVTs

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST

Registration status: Open
Registration closes: February 26, 2023
Members: Free
Non-Members: $10.00

Speakers: Meg Harrington BS, CVT


 Meg Harrington BS, CVT is a Certified Veterinary Technologist that specializes in Livestock Consulting and Production Animal Care for Nashville Animal Hospital located in Nashville, Arkansas. Meg is a 2022 Applicant with the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians seeking a Veterinary Technician Specialty in Production Animal Internal Medicine. Growing up on a cow/calf operation in southern Indiana she has always had a passion for the cattle industry. She graduated from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine with a degree in Veterinary Technology in 2009 with an emphasis on Herd Health & Production Medicine. Her previous experience includes working for the Purdue University Animal Science Beef Research Center and as a Large Animal Veterinary Technologist in veterinary practice. In 2013 Meg relocated to Arkansas, became a Veterinary Technology Program Director, and built a curriculum for a two-year program seeking AVMA accreditation. Within one year Meg was hired at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health where she spent 8 years educating producers and veterinary professionals about cattle health, collecting diagnostic samples, participating in research projects, and consulting with herd veterinarians on unique medicine cases alongside her technical services veterinarian. Meg currently resides on a ranch in Sheridan, Arkansas where she runs a registered cow herd with her husband Cody and 4-year-old daughter Hadley. Meg has a strong desire to educate and develop herd health programs specific to the needs of her producers through risk assessment and disease surveillance in addition to helping them see the economic benefit of utilizing certain products to boost production through weight gain, increased reproductive performance, and facilitate ways to decrease morbidity and mortality in high-risk cattle. Meg advocates for keeping our production animals healthy, keeping our food supply safe, and keeping America fed. One of Meg’s most recent contributions to supporting her clients is the facilitation and development of an autogenous mastitis vaccine after identifying an increased number of clinical mastitis cases in dairy herds when commercially available mastitis vaccines were permanently discontinued.                   

 

ABVTA Webinar - Managing Calf Scours

  • Tuesday Feb 28 2023, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Zoom Webinar