In past years, the trade show featured booths and presentations by more than 80 exhibitors and we expect similar numbers this year.  The conference was attended by over 250 dairy producers, specialists, and service providers.

Dr. Sockett grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Ontario, Canada and graduated from veterinary school at the University of Guelph in 1981.

After graduation, he successfully completed internship and residence programs in large animal medicine and surgery at the University of Minnesota and Colorado State University, respectively. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991.

Dr. Sockett has authored over 100 articles on infectious diseases of dairy cattle in scientific and lay journals. Currently, he works as a veterinary microbiologist/epidemiologist at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.