IVMA
Communiqué 
"Serving veterinarians for the benefit of animal and human health"
September 19, 2017
In This Issue
Dates to Remember
September 20
IVMA Executive Board Meeting

September 21-22
IVMA Annual Meeting
 
September 28
IVMA Tailgate at ISU
 
For more information on any of these events visit www.iowavma.org.

   
It's Annual Meeting Week! See you in Ames!  
Haven't made plans to attend the IVMA Annual Meeting yet?  It's not too late! Meet us in Ames Thursday and Friday to hear top notch speakers, meet up with old and new friends and check out the vendor booths while getting a jump on your CE for the next licensing period.  
 
On-site registration accepted!

 
We hope to see everyone in Ames!
 Beef Practitioners Asked to Participate in Johne's Survey  
 Calling all beef practitioners!  

The IVMA and researchers at Iowa State University want to hear your experiences and opinions regarding Johne's Disease in beef cattle. As part of this project, beef cattle producers in the state will also be surveyed for their experiences and opinions on the disease. While much is known about Johne's disease in relation to the dairy cattle industry, little is known about the current impact of the disease on the beef industry today.  
 
The results of these surveys will be shared at the IVMA Winter Meeting in 2018 to help practitioners in the state as well as IVMA, state regulatory officials and researchers understand the current impact of the disease to the Iowa beef industry and help identify areas of potential need for additional education or research.
 
 
Survey responses are completely anonymous and will only be reported as aggregate data. The survey is anticipated to take 15-20 minutes to complete. Thank you for your participation!
Large Animal Rescue Operation (LARO) Training Offered

  The ARL Iowa and the IVMA are sponsoring Large Animal Rescue Operations (LARO) training October 18-19. LARO simulates emergency incidents by using scenario training with both live horses and life-size, weighted, articulated horse mannequins that allow training for virtually any LARO situation. There will be a different team rescue scenario for each day. This training is designed to equip responders with a variety of options to handle most large animal situations; including situational awareness to recognize when knowledge and skills may be out of scope. No previous experience needed with large animals to attend this training.    
 
Click here for a flyer with more information and a link to registration.   
Come to Ames for a Tailgate!

 Iowa Greenhorn Grazing Workshop Series 
Just two sessions remain in this year's Greenhorn Grazing series in southern Iowa. Sessions are set for Tuesday, Sept. 26 and Tuesday, Nov. 14. Both sessions begin at 4 p.m. at the Madison County Extension Office, located at 117 N. John Wayne Drive in Winterset, and include a pasture walk at a local farm.
 
The Sept. 26 session includes discussion on managing fescue, electric fencing systems, cost share arrangements with NRCS, and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association Stewards of the Land project.
 
The Nov. 14 session will look at fertility recommendations for existing and new pastures, winter beef cow nutrition and optimizing winter grazing of crop residue and stockpiled grass. There also will be a general discussion among attendees on next steps for grazing plans.
 
The series brochure has all the details for these sessions.
 
Please register as soon as possible for either or both sessions by calling the Madison County Extension Office at 515-462-1001 or Joe Sellers at 641-203-1270, or emailing Sellers at sellers@iastate.edu.
   
 FDA issues Micotil 300 User Safety Alert 
Micotil 300, a prescription injectable antibiotic used to treat respiratory disease in cattle and sheep, has been voluntarily withdrawn amid a government alert about human exposure to the drug.
 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 11 advised veterinarians, cattle and sheep owners, farmworkers, and other health care providers about the potential hazards of Micotil 300 (tilmicosin).
 
IVMA Update - Paper or Electronic - Your Choice!  
Our Association's monthly newsletter, the IVMA Update is delivered to IVMA Members in two versions, a mailed paper copy or an electronic version that is received via email. Although the email version saves the IVMA from printing and mailing costs, we want you to have the version of the Update that is best for you. So, if you are currently receiving the Update electronically, but receiving it as a hard copy would make it more convenient for you to read - no problem!

Here's how to change your method of delivery for the IVMA Update:
  1. Go to the IVMA website: www.iowavma.org 
  2. Login with your user name and password.
  3. Scroll down to the section titled "Additional Information".
  4. Answer the question, "How would you prefer to receive the Update newsletter?" using the drop-down arrow.
Or, call the IVMA Office at 800-369-9564 and we can take care of it for you!
 Help Support Young Veterinary Careers

For the fourth consecutive year, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) is offering Future Service Scholarships to support future cattle veterinarians graduating from the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Veterinary Medicine.
 
BI formed an alliance with the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association Foundation to offer this unique scholarship to graduating seniors at ISU. The final amount of the scholarship is determined by BI veterinarian and producer customers submitting box tops from Pyramid® 5 and Pyramid® 5 + Presponse® SQ product boxes.
 
BI will donate the following to fund the Future Service Scholarships. The donation is doubled for producers and veterinarians who participate in the Iowa Green and Gold Tag Preconditioning Program .
 
* $2.50 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5 + PRESPONSE SQ
* $1.25 per 100 doses of PYRAMID 5
 
From now through Dec. 31, 2017, producers and veterinarians throughout Iowa are encouraged to help fund the scholarship by clipping their box tops. Producers should forward their box tops to their veterinary clinics. Clinics then work with their BI sales representatives to submit to:
 
Boehringer Ingelheim 
c/o Shanya Hunter 
3902 Gene Field Road 
St. Joseph, MO 64506
Painting Project at Heck Infirmary at Living History Farms 
The IVMA Foundation has donated funds to paint the Heck Veterinary Infirmary at the 1875 Town of Walnut Hill at Living History Farms in Urbandale. We are happy to report the painting is almost complete!

One last project is to scrape and paint the fence around the infirmary. Living History Farms has lined up a group of volunteers from Monsanto to work on the project during the farm's Fall Clean Up Day on September 26.  If anyone one would like to join in the fun, call the IVMA office at 800-369-9564 or email at ivma@iowavma.org .
  The IVMA Communiqué is published bi-monthly by the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association.
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