So I Herd
by Australian Cattle Vets | AVA
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About this podcast
This series features candid conversations with leading cattle vets who have shaped—and continue to shape—the future of animal health, welfare, and rural consultancy.
Episodes
- s2e5: Beyond Bull Soundness: The Future of Male Fertility in Beef Production · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode Prue Adams speaks with Dr Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at Iowa State University, about why male fertility could be one of the most important…
- s2e4: Consistency is Key: Feedlot Nutrition, Health and Performance · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 4Veterinarian and research scientist Melissa George joins So I Herd to discuss feedlot health, nutrition and performance. From early-morning pen rides to bunk scoring, feed…
- S2e3: Collars, Cows & Crystal Balls: How Wearables Are Rewriting Dairy Vetting · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 3What happens when a dairy vet meets a data obsession? New Zealand veterinarian and self-confessed data nerd Krispin Kannan takes us inside the rapidly growing world of livestock…
- S2e2: From Wild Horse to WA: Enoch Bergman on risk, resilience and reinventing Cattle Vet Practice · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this energetic and wide-ranging episode, host Prue Adams sits down with veterinarian and innovator Enoch Bergman, whose journey from a tiny Colorado town of just 12 people to…
- s2e1: At a crossroads: How Australia’s Cattle Vets are shaping a new future · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 1Australia’s cattle veterinary profession is at a pivotal moment, grappling with workforce shortages, changing client expectations, rapid technological advances and the growing…
- s1e5: Oh, the places you'll go! · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 5Dr. Mike Laurence reflects on a career that’s spanned clinical practice, academia, and now industry leadership at Meat & Livestock Australia. From working through the UK’s…
- s1e4: The art of the pivot: The aglife remix · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode, Dr. Jill Kelly shares her bold leap from a secure government role to launching her own livestock consultancy—complete with a subscription model, paid…
- s1e3: Diagnostics, data, decisions: a vet's toolkit · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 3From jackaroo to pathologist, Dr. Mark Hazelton’s journey into cattle veterinary science is anything but typical. In this episode, Mark shares how his background in agricultural…
- s1e2: From little things big things grow · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this inspiring episode, we follow the remarkable 50-year journey of Dr. Bill Tranter—from a dairy farm kid in Far North Queensland to a pioneering cattle vet and industry…
- s1e1: Vets leading the herd · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 1Prue Adams chats with three trailblazing cattle vets—Dr. Alan Guilfoyle, Associate Professor John House, and Dr. Alison Gunn—about their remarkable journeys, career pivots, and…
