Dr. Calvin Booker of Okotoks has been given the 2023 Veterinarian of the Year Award. Booker was recognized for his work in advancing feedlot veterinary services, including developing a data recording system for daily feedlot operations and using applied epidemiology to control disease.
He was also praised for making “extraordinary contributions to bovine health through his research projects, including on Histophilus somni (a disease-causing bacterium) and the prevention and treatment of undifferentiated fever/bovine respiratory disease. Booker is the general manager of services and research with Feedlot Health Management Services, a division of Telus Agriculture.
The award is given by the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners and Boehringer Ingelheim Canada.
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