Speaker Craig McConnel

Craig McConnel
DVM, PhD, Veterinary Medicine Extension, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University

Craig McConnel grew up on a diversified crop and livestock farm in central Idaho, USA. He received his DVM from Washington State University (WSU) in 2002. Following an internship in ruminant medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia, he completed a Master’s degree investigating infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis pathogens in Australia. Craig’s research interests led him to Colorado State University where he completed a PhD exploring the epidemiology of adult dairy cow mortality. In 2010, he joined Charles Sturt University’s School of Animal and Veterinary Science in Wagga Wagga, Australia, as a Lecturer in Ruminant Health. Craig returned to Colorado State University in 2013 as an Assistant Professor in Dairy Population Health Management. In 2016, Craig moved to WSU and is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Medicine Extension. He is the course coordinator for Veterinary Epidemiology and continues to pursue his varied research interests including the impact of dairy cow diseases on animal productivity, longevity and well-being.
Speakers til følgende sessioner
- Fredag 06 oktober 2023
  09:50 - 10:30 Prove it! Rethinking your approach to dairy cow causes of death
  Case-based and dive into the use of a death certificate to more fully capture underlying/intermediate/immediate causes of death along with other significant contributing factors
  
  11:00 - 11:40 Putting NAMES to the numbers: Nomenclature Arranged, Modified, and Evaluated for Solutions to dairy cow mortality.
  Focus on classifying and categorizing mortalities, and the importance of evaluating outcomes to modify and evolve management oversight. I’d like to touch on transcending individual disease states and recognize that cases can be syndromic/constellations of signs or linked sequelae. That would allow me to briefly cover ongoing work we’ve been doing establishing time-based summary measures of morbidity/mortality.