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
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
18 min
Dr. Dan Thomson is joined by Dr. Mark Spare talking about Anaplasmosis, what it looks like in your cow, which cows are at highest risk and how to prevent, diagnosis and treat these animals.
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
18 min
Today Dr. Dan Thomson will be joined by Dr. Matt Miesner. Topic of conversation is pink eye, something that everybody sees, we talk about a lot, Dr. Miesner is an expert in, in animal health and wellbeing with Kansas State University, and it's just gonna be a great show so stick around.
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
17 min
On today's episode Dr. Dan Thomson is joined by Dr. Dave Sjeklocha talking about animal welfare, beef quality, stockmanship and stewardship. So stay tuned we are so glad you joined us.
Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
26 min
Today, we're going to do some continuing education about your cows. We're going to talk about things about different feed stuffs, anatomy physiology, kind of put that digestive system together and take it apart and let you understand why cows can eat what they can and why they're different than humans, pigs, dogs, cats, and others.
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Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 2021
26 min
We have Jenny Jensen and Doug McCorkle here from Sustainable Environmental Consultants. And we're gonna talk about some of the great programs that they're doing to help producers, to help farmers, ranchers, and meet that consumer at the table.
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Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
26 min
We have Dr. Todd Bilby here from Merck Animal Health and we're gonna be talking about the estrous cycle in cows, reproductive efficiency of cows, first-calf heifers and much, much more. It's gonna be a great show.
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Jul 17, 2021
Jul 17, 2021
26 min
Thanks for joining us today. Today, we're gonna have a great show. We have Dr. Steve Ensley, from Kansas State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab where he leads the toxicology section. Today, we're gonna talk about blue-green algae.
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Jul 16, 2021
Jul 16, 2021
26 min
Today, we're gonna have a show. We're gonna talk about acidosis and bloat in feeder cattle. It's something that we see when we're starting calves on feed. It's something that we see in that springtime area, something I have quite a bit of experience with.
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Jun 24, 2021
Jun 24, 2021
26 min
We have a special guest, Dr. Randall Spare from Ashland Veterinary Center. He's gonna be here to talk about breeding soundness exams, and how to take care of that yearling bull after you get 'em back to your place.
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Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
26 min
Today we're going to have a great show. We're going to go out to Clay Center, Nebraska. We're going to go to the USDA Meat Animal Research Center and we're going to find out about one of the best unkept secrets to food, animal research that's helping sustain agriculture in the U.S. and beyond.
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