The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association is moving its annual conference online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The event was supposed to take place in Madison, Wisconsin from April 7-9 will now be held on April 8 and 9.
“While the virtual format isn’t our first choice for DCHA’s Annual Conference, it provides the next-best option that will still foster valuable learning and interaction between speakers and participants,” DCHA member services director Sue Schatz said in a news release. “These unprecedented times call for creative learning and experience sharing venues.”
A majority of the presentation lineup remains the same and includes the following:
• New passive transfer standards for dairy calves and how to achieve them - Jason Lombard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Why heifer maturity matters. The Peter Pan problem - Gavin Staley, Diamond V
• Disbudding practices: Present and future - Sarah Adcock, University of California, Davis
• Understanding the good, the bad and ugly of the innate immune response - Chris Chase, South Dakota State University
• Managing and marketing dairy x beef crossbred cattle - Grant Crawford, Merck Animal Health
• Why aren’t we all dead? Building on Mother Nature’s plan for inducing adaptive immunity through vaccinations - John Ellis, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
• Dairy industry collaboration on animal care - Emily Yeiser Stepp, National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program
• Calf nutritional management in 2030: Challenging the dogma - Michael Steele, University of Guelph
• How do dairy animals respond to different handling techniques? It’s all about human, calf, heifer, cow and bull learning - Don Höglund, Dairy Stockmanship
You can register for the virtual event here.