Welcome to DocTalk! Every week our host, Dr. Dan Thomson, brings his knowledge of animal agriculture to our viewers as he and his guests discuss current issues facing the animal ag industry. Topics range from food animal welfare and management to animal ag research, carbon-foot printing issues, companion animal health and the many ways American farmers and ranchers keep our food supply safe.
Episodes
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Finding Sick Calves with Physical Exam with Dr. Dan
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey, folks, welcome to "DocTalk." I'm Dr. Dan Thomson, and today, we're gonna talk about finding sick cattle in a physical exam. And I'm here at the College of Veterinary Medicine, where I work and teach, and we're gonna start from looking in that pen, to getting 'em to the chute, until we kick 'em out after treatment. Thank you for joining me.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
BRSV and Histophilus with Dr Dan
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to Doc Talk. We're gonna have a great show. Today, we're gonna discuss viral pathogens associated with respiratory disease, and we'll talk about things such as IBR, BBD, BRSV, PI3, and just talk about the respiratory disease complex in general. Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you right after these messages.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Cattle Nutrition with Dale Blasi
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to DocTalk. We're gonna have a great show. I've got a friend, Dr. Dale Blasi. He's a ruminant nutritionist and he's an expert in stocker cattle production and we're gonna talk about some new and novel research that he's doing at the stocker unit here at Kansas State University. We're gonna talk about limit feeding byproduct feeds to high-risk calves to get 'em started, something that helps with finding sick cattle and decreasing logistics, decreasing manure, many more positive things, stay tuned.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Use technology to find sick cattle faster with Dr. Jason Nickell
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to DocTalk. I'm Dr. Dan Thomson. Today is gonna be a great show. Our guest, Dr. Jason Nickell. He is the director of insights and outcomes, he's a veterinarian for Merck Animal Health. We're gonna talk about SenseHub. A new technology that improves cattle health in the feed yard and helps our people get along in their day, just a little bit better. Thanks for watching, and we'll be right back.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
BQA and Transportation
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to the show. We're gonna have a good one today. A regular on DocTalk, Dr. Matt Miesner will be joining us. And we're gonna talk about dehorning. We're gonna talk about some of the things that this is something that seems so common, but yet so many things, just little things that we can talk about to do the job better, and it'll always be good with Dr. Matt, so stay tuned.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Toe abscesses in cattle with Dr Dan
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to DocTalk I'm Dr. Dan Thomson, thanks for joining us today. Today, we're going to discuss toe abscesses. It's something that we see commonly in cattle unfortunately. It's easier to prevent than it is to treat. So stay tuned and welcome to the show.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Ruminant Digestion
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey, folks, welcome to "DocTalk." I'm Dr. Dan Thomson. Today, we're gonna have a discussion on ruminant digestion. We're gonna talk about the rumen, we're gonna talk about the abomasum, the omasum, the reticulum, small intestine, large intestine, and then we're gonna dive into how ruminants digest protein, or crude protein. Stay tuned.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
BVD with Dr Dan and Dr. Vickie Cooper
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks. Thanks for joining me today on DocTalk. My guest, Dr. Vickie Cooper here at Iowa State University's Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department. When we're gonna talk about bovine viral diarrhea or BVD. It's something that has a huge implication on the health of the US cowherd, and we're gonna talk about different things and strategies to find out if it is having an impact on your herd, and how you can prevent it from causing problems.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Facility Design
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks. Welcome to DocTalk. We're in Cairo, Nebraska. We're at Ford Farms. We're here with Dr. Kip Lukasiewicz. We're gonna have a great show. We're gonna talk about setting up for process and we're gonna talk about your facilities, talk about your equipment, we're gonna talk about different things that you're gonna do. Stay tuned.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Dehorning methods for calves with Dr. Matt Miesner
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Hey folks, welcome to the show. We're gonna have a good one today. A regular on DocTalk, Dr. Matt Miesner will be joining us. And we're gonna talk about dehorning. We're gonna talk about some of the things that this is something that seems so common, but yet so many things, just little things that we can talk about to do the job better, and it'll always be good with Dr. Matt, so stay tuned.