WEB Vetnews May 2015

Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa AnnualCongress2015

RuVASA, a group of the South African Veterinary Association

PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Goudini Spa, Rawsonville, Western Cape

MONDAY 8 JUNE 2015: DAIRY TIME PRESENTER

REGISTER NOW: www.vetlink.co.za Congress delegates - membership fees included

TOPIC

08:00 08:10 08:50 09:30 09:40

Dietmar Holm Mpho Maja Lucille Blumberg Marietjie Venter Faffa Malan Pete Orpin Danie Odendaal Jackie Tucker Jaco de Bruin Neil Chesterton Zoetis

Welcome and Opening Discussion of GAP Analysis Introduction to One Health One Health programme Trade Exhibition

Congress: 3 DAY Programme Early Bird Standard R 4 590 R 5 190 2 DAY Programme Early Bird Standard R 3 590 R 3 960 SINGLE DAY Early Bird Standard R 2 390 R 2 780 R 1 550 R 1 655 Prices (ex VAT) 20% Discount for retired vets & full time post graduate students. Pls enquire Early bird registration close on 30 April 2015. Accommodation bookings: www.vetlink.co.za Post congress Early Bird Standard WORKSHOP R 1 850 R 2 180 PRE-GRADUATE Early Bird Standard STUDENT

ONE HEALTH

10:00 – 10:30

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

Practical approaches in BVD and IBR control from a UK perspective Overview of a structured lameness management plan, modern hoof care and using the information recorded during hoof care.

10:30 11:10

Innovative techniques to combat lameness Industry Promotion

11:35 12:15

DAIRY

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH AND EXHIBITIONS

Arturo Gomez Neil Chesterton I-M Petzer

Modern Digital Dermatitis Control and Prevention Strategy. The veterinarian’s role in the lameness management plan. Investigating the effectiveness of a mastitis vaccine in a Staphylococcus aureus positive herd

13:30 14:10 14:50

DAIRY

15:30 – 16:00

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

Martin van der Leek Will Gratwick

16:00 16:30

When good things go bad on a dairy farm Colostrum Management in Dairy Herds – An Opportunity for Veterinary Involvement in Herd Health STARTCHECK® HIPRA’s Diagnostic Tool for the Detection and Quantification of Pathogenic Bacteria (Staph aureus, E.coli, CNS and coliforms) in Bovine Milk Samples from Dairy Farms in South Africa. SV/PP Discussions Poster presentations

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Daniel Zalduendo Franco

17:00

Provinces/Ruvasa Students

17:15 17:30

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DAIRY

TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2015: SMALL STOCK TIME PRESENTER TOPIC 08:00 Trudie Prinsloo

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 2015: BEEF TIME PRESENTER TOPIC 08:00 Hein Nel

Legalities and requirements for private vets dealing with controlled, notifiable and exotic diseases. How Compulsory Community Services for new graduates will be implemented Packing and dispatching diagnostic samples - the rules and requirements The Vets responsibilities to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals

Seven ways for the private vet to contribute to food safety. The power and use of disease reporting and data analysis. Brucellosis test discrepancies and the way forward. Livestock farming and climate change What food security means for veterinarians: Our role. Male Effects on Cattle Reproduction Key issues to address in effective Bovine Brucellosis control. How to best harness ‘Bull power’ Poster: IBRV,BVDV, BRSV determination by Nasal swab on beef State Vet/Private Practitioners: Problems and Solutions

08:40

Moshe Mathonsi

08:30

John Grewar

09:00

Sue van der Walt

08:50 09:10 09:40

Joule Kangumba Duncan Mitchell John Adam

09:30

Gerhard Verdoorn

ONE HEALTH

10:00 – 10:30

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

ONE HEALTH

10:00 – 10:30

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

Peter Chenoweth Darrell Abernethey

10:30 11:10

Pete Irons: Faculty of Veterinary Science Abdalla Latif: Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute Santiago Casademunt

Changes to Veterinary Education and how this af- fects practitioners Introduction, Specific measures, Questions

10:30

Dietmar Holm Santiago Casademunt

11:40 12:00

Progress towards a much improved heartwater vaccine

11:30

Provinces/Ruvasa

12:15

BEEF

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH AND EXHIBITIONS

12:00

BVD fetal protection provided by Hiprabovis vaccines (Hiprabovis 3) and seronegative heifers Importance of monitoring the peripartal period in dairy cattle

Peter Chenoweth Baltus Erasmus Peter Chenoweth Zoetis

Bulls, Bugs, Sex Update in Understanding Lumpy Skin Disease Common and Uncommon Bull Problems Industry Promotion

13:30 14:10 14:35 15:15

12:15

Otto Szenci

SHEEP

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH AND EXHIBITIONS

BEEF

15:30 – 16:00

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

Sewellyn Davey: WC Province Gareth Bath

Issues and Problems encountered with implementing control measures for OJD Current progress and initiatives in improving control measures of OJD Questions and Answers session on current problems like footrot, ophthalmia, peestersiekte & epididymitis Industry Promotion Poster presentations State Vet/Private Practitioners: Problems & Solutions

13:30

Danie Odendaal Dietmar Holm and others

Disease Reporting: Where are we now? Conclusions, Recommendations

16:00 16:30

13:50

CLOSE

Panel Discussion

14:10

THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2015 REPRODUCTION WORKSHOP by Prof Peter Chenoweth (Australia) TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: Male Anatomy & Physiology. Tutorial: The Pathogenesis and Interpretation of Damaged Sperm. Show & Tell: Equipment used for bull breeding soundness evaluation. Genetic effects on Bull Fertility. Basic Semen handling. Preparation of stained and fixed semen smears. Selection and Management of Dairy Bulls. Electronic Bull certificates (Prof Dietmar Holm)

Zoetis Students Provinces/Ruvasa

14:45 15:00 15:15

SHEEP

15:30 – 16:00

TEA AND EXHIBITIONS

Gareth Bath Dietmar Holm

Practical diagnoses of skin conditions in sheep RuVASA AGM (members only)

16:00 16:30

AGM