Training Veterinarians to serve the Western Canadian Dairy Industry
1. What percentage of your clinic’s activity is food animal oriented? (i.e. dairy, beef, swine, poultry)
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2. What percentage of your clinic’s activity involves dairy cattle?
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3. What percentage of your own clinical activity involves dairy cattle?
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If none of your clinical activity involves dairy cattle, please go directly to question 10
4. Approximately how many dairy herds does your clinic provide routine herd services to?
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5. Approximately how many dairy herds do you provide routine herd services to?
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6. What is the average herd size in your practice? (please estimate the number of milking cows)
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7. How often do you perform the following procedures? (Use the scale to complete the table)
0 = never
1 = yearly
2 = monthly
3 = weekly
4 = daily
Procedure or Skill
Frequency
Individual Animal Medicine
Examination
Examination of thorax
0 1 2 3 4
Examination of abdomen
0 1 2 3 4
Retinal examination
0 1 2 3 4
Neurologic examination
0 1 2 3 4
Medical imaging (e.g.endoscopy, radiography, ultrasonography, echocardiography)
0 1 2 3 4
Body condition scoring
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment
Oral administration of medication
0 1 2 3 4
Administration of injections
0 1 2 3 4
IV fluid therapy
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment of bloat
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment of clinical mastitis
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment of diarrhea
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment of metritis
0 1 2 3 4
Treatment of pneumonia
0 1 2 3 4
Wound management
0 1 2 3 4
Transfaunation
0 1 2 3 4
Subconjunctival injection
0 1 2 3 4
Reproduction
Breeding soundness examination (cow)
0 1 2 3 4
Breeding soundness examination (bull)
0 1 2 3 4
Artificial insemination
0 1 2 3 4
Embryo transfer
0 1 2 3 4
Pregnancy detection by palpation per rectum
0 1 2 3 4
Ultrasonographic pregnancy diagnosis
0 1 2 3 4
Management of dystocia
0 1 2 3 4
Diagnostics
Abdominocentesis
0 1 2 3 4
Cerebrospinal fluid collection
0 1 2 3 4
Liver biopsy
0 1 2 3 4
Rumenocentesis
0 1 2 3 4
Respiratory tract sampling (e.g. nasal swabbing, transtracheal aspiration)
0 1 2 3 4
Tissue sampling (e.g. aspirate or biopsy)
0 1 2 3 4
Bacteriologic culturing (including milk)
0 1 2 3 4
California Mastitis Test
0 1 2 3 4
CBC and/or serum chemistry analysis
0 1 2 3 4
Cytologic examination
0 1 2 3 4
Fecal floatation and/or quantitative fecal examination
0 1 2 3 4
Necropsy
0 1 2 3 4
Urinalysis
0 1 2 3 4
Surgery
IV or IM sedation
0 1 2 3 4
General anesthesia
0 1 2 3 4
Casting (for restraint)
0 1 2 3 4
Castration
0 1 2 3 4
Dehorning
0 1 2 3 4
Tail docking
0 1 2 3 4
Branding
0 1 2 3 4
Ovariectomy
0 1 2 3 4
Penile and/or preputial surgery
0 1 2 3 4
Urethral surgery (e.g. urethroplasty, urethrostomy)
0 1 2 3 4
Cesarean section
0 1 2 3 4
Post-calving repair (e.g. uterine or vaginal prolapse, rectovaginal laceration or fistula) 0 1 2 3 4
Surgical correction of displaced abomasum
0 1 2 3 4
Abomasopexy by toggle
0 1 2 3 4
Rumen surgery (e.g. temporary rumenostomy or rumenotomy)
0 1 2 3 4
Intestinal resection and anastomosis
0 1 2 3 4
Umbilical surgery (e.g. umbilical herniorrhaphy or resection)
0 1 2 3 4
Exploratory laparotomy
0 1 2 3 4
Eyelid or eyeball surgery
0 1 2 3 4
Teat surgery (e.g. repair teat obstruction, supranumary teat removal)
0 1 2 3 4
Digit surgery (e.g. excision of interdigital fibroma, digit amputation)
0 1 2 3 4
Orthopedic repair (e.g. splinting, fracture repair by casting or other means)
0 1 2 3 4
Joint lavage or arthrocentesis
0 1 2 3 4
Animal Production
Development of vaccination programs
0 1 2 3 4
Development of an anthelmintic/ insecticide program
0 1 2 3 4
Control of a disease outbreak in a herd (e.g. respiratory or diarrhea)
0 1 2 3 4
Control of a lameness problem in a herd
0 1 2 3 4
Control of an off-feed or nutrition problem in a herd
0 1 2 3 4
Ration formulation
0 1 2 3 4
Estrus synchronization
0 1 2 3 4
Advising about genetics or breeding
0 1 2 3 4
Residue avoidance program
0 1 2 3 4
Assessment of replacement heifer management
0 1 2 3 4
Assessment of milking procedures and/or milking machine performance
0 1 2 3 4
Advising about waste management
0 1 2 3 4
Mastitis consultation (e.g. somatic cell count, bulk tank analysis)
0 1 2 3 4
Assessment of records (e.g. DHI, computer, spreadsheets)
0 1 2 3 4
Assessment of housing or ventilation
0 1 2 3 4
Economic analysis/ financial advising
0 1 2 3 4
Development of vaccination programs
0 1 2 3 4
8. What are the 3 procedures or skills for which it is important that veterinarians entering dairy practice have a
high level of proficiency in? (not limited to the previously listed procedures or skills)
1. __________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________________
9. What are the 3 procedures or skills for which veterinarians entering dairy practice are least well prepared?
(not limited to the previously listed procedures or skills)
1. __________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________________
10. What is your name?
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11. In what year did you graduate with your DVM?
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12. How many other dairy veterinarians are in your practice?
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13. Comments:
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Thank-you for taking the time to complete this survey.