Services Offered
Veterinary consultation, epidemiology, and ecology.
Most Recent Book Title
Backyard Poultry Medicine Manual for Veterinarians
Book Description
A readily diagnostic and treatment reference for most poultry diseases, beginning with the clinical signs observed in a flock, and the steps involved in arriving at a definitive diagnosis, and establishing a treatment plan. It includes a historical perspective on reportable diseases and diseases of economic importance. Included is a discussion on welfare, euthanasia, and zoonotic disease issues.
Additional Book Titles
1. Improving the Odds: A testimonial by a heart attack victim, the regimen of recovery, and the prudent practices and sacrifices that are appropriate to maximize health and longevity. The treatise includes mortality statistics, the resilience of the human body with proper care.
2. Water: The Elixir of Life. An overview of the importance of the most important chemical compound (water, H2O) that sustains life from the individual vertebrate to the entire ecosystem.
2. Water: The Elixir of Life. An overview of the importance of the most important chemical compound (water, H2O) that sustains life from the individual vertebrate to the entire ecosystem.
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Location (city/state/country)
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, United States
Author bio
Professional Biography:
Dr. Terry H. Conger is the Poultry Health Specialist/Epidemiologist for Field Operations District 4 (which includes Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas) with the USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services (VS). He works out of his home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and the VS District Office in Little Rock, Arkansas. He has been in this position since June, 2012. Prior to moving to Arkansas, Dr. Conger served as the Area Epidemiology Officer (AEO) in Louisiana for 7 years, in which he monitored the surveillance, epidemiology, and diagnosis of all livestock & poultry Program Diseases (including brucellosis, tuberculosis, pseudorabies, avian influenza, scrapie, and others) (with APHIS, VS). Dr. Conger also has served as the Tuberculosis Herd Accreditation Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) in Michigan (June, 2004 to January, 2005) with VS, State Epidemiologist with the Texas Animal Health Commission (1998-03), State Epidemiologist with the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission (1985-92), Station Epidemiologist with Arkansas VS (1979-1985), and Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) in Michigan and Colorado (1972-79). Before and between his regulatory veterinary medicine endeavors, Dr. Conger has worked in a companion animal veterinary practice in southeastern Pennsylvania and in central Utah, and taught human anatomy/physiology and microbiology at Austin (TX) Community College.
Education:
• Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1969: Entomology;
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, 1972;
• Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1978: Microbiology and Immunology; and,
• Ph.D, Brigham Young University, 2000: Aquaculture and Fish Diseases.
Dr. Terry H. Conger is the Poultry Health Specialist/Epidemiologist for Field Operations District 4 (which includes Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas) with the USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services (VS). He works out of his home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and the VS District Office in Little Rock, Arkansas. He has been in this position since June, 2012. Prior to moving to Arkansas, Dr. Conger served as the Area Epidemiology Officer (AEO) in Louisiana for 7 years, in which he monitored the surveillance, epidemiology, and diagnosis of all livestock & poultry Program Diseases (including brucellosis, tuberculosis, pseudorabies, avian influenza, scrapie, and others) (with APHIS, VS). Dr. Conger also has served as the Tuberculosis Herd Accreditation Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) in Michigan (June, 2004 to January, 2005) with VS, State Epidemiologist with the Texas Animal Health Commission (1998-03), State Epidemiologist with the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission (1985-92), Station Epidemiologist with Arkansas VS (1979-1985), and Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) in Michigan and Colorado (1972-79). Before and between his regulatory veterinary medicine endeavors, Dr. Conger has worked in a companion animal veterinary practice in southeastern Pennsylvania and in central Utah, and taught human anatomy/physiology and microbiology at Austin (TX) Community College.
Education:
• Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1969: Entomology;
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, 1972;
• Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1978: Microbiology and Immunology; and,
• Ph.D, Brigham Young University, 2000: Aquaculture and Fish Diseases.
Professional Speaker Topics
Veterinary Epidemiology and Ecology.
Favorite Quote or Personal Motto
Keep in Keepin' On, regardless of the circumstances.
