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Livestream on July 15, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On-Demand Viewing Will Be Available Through September 15, 2025
Bovine/Dairy Program
2-hour Continuing Education
Calf Health Management:  Focus on Lung Ultrasound 

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Calf Health Management:  Focus on Lung Ultrasound

Dr. Ollivett is a currently a veterinary epidemiologist and board-certified large animal internist.  After
graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in 2004, Dr. Ollivett practiced
in a predominantly mixed large animal clinic in northern NY.  She returned to Cornell University in 2007
and completed a residency in Large Animal Medicine between 2008-2011.  In 2014, she completed her
doctoral studies at the University of Guelph by validating lung ultrasonography as a means of diagnosing respiratory disease in dairy calves.  As an associate professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine section at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UW-Madison, Dr. Ollivett continues to advance the academic, veterinary and professional dairy industry’s awareness and understanding of lung ultrasonography as a means of diagnosing and monitoring cattle health and the varied impacts of interventions on dairy farms.

Learning objectives:

On-farm lung ultrasonography has demonstrated the insidious nature of respiratory disease in young dairy calves. Subclinical pneumonia, whether it manifests at the onset of disease, or is the result of treatment failure following clinical disease, negatively impacts calf performance, welfare, employee satisfaction, and cost of treatment. The objective of this session is to review which questions producers and veterinarians should be asking and how to implement lung ultrasound to get the answers you need regarding risk factors for disease, timeliness of diagnosis, efficacy of treatment protocols, and monitoring prevalence. We will also review the technique and economics associated with implementing routine lung scanning on farm.