Dealing with a herd infertility case with Dr. Zach Johnson
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Dr. Zach Johnson joins me to discuss an infertility case that he investigated a few years ago.   Dr. Johnson is the current president of the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association and he is a veterinarian who owns a rural practice in Melville, Saskatchewan.  Zach has led  a number of these types of infertility investigations and we discuss the challenges with sorting out the cause of an infertility problem and the various diagnostics that might be used. 00:00 – 2:20   Welcome and Introductions  02:21 – 04:17   Infertility case history 04:18 – 5:58 The challenges associated with investigating infertility problems 05:59 – 07:40   What diagnostics did we do? 07:41 – 09:32   Neospora caninum as a cause of abortion or infertility 09:33 – 11:45   IBR and BVD, Leptospira, Trich and Campylobacter 11:46 - 18:27 Discussing the diagnosis – Copper deficiency 18:28 – 19:43   What was recommended for the herd 19:44 - 21:33   The value of pregnancy checking the herd 21:34 – 22:35 Wrap up
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