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Schedule - Saturday 12th October

VICAS

CAVI

Equine

Social Events/Exhibition

Joint sessions

Saturday 12th October

VICAS, CAVI, Equine

Time
09.00 - 10.00	Registration & Exhibition

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
10.00 - 11.00	Approach to PUPD	Robert Foale

CAVI

Time	Session	Speaker
10.00 - 11.00	Case Reports (2 x examples from the lab service 3 x practitioner examples)	Facilitated by Donal Murphy: Rebecca Connelly

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
10.00 - 11.00	1. Positive Drug Test Results Post Racing/Competition – Vet’s Liabilities. 2. What to do when a letter of Claim/Letter from VCI/Authorised Officer of VCI/DAFM Inspector arrives.	Tim Brazil

Time
11.00 - 11.30	MORNING BREAK

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
11.30 - 13.00	45mins Canine alopecia, 45mins Endocrine related electrolyte disturbance	Darragh O'Hanlon / Robert Foale

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
11.30 - 12.00	Treatment of Common Lamenesses	Fernando Garcia Seebar
12.00 - 13.00	Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Conditions in Foals	Michael Sadlier

CAVI

Time	Session	Speaker
11.30 - 12.30	TB in 2024, how we got here and the challenge ahead	Damien Barrett
	TASAH leveraging the farmer practioneer relationship to eradicate TB	Siobhan Finn
	TB: disease trends over several years and the importance of quality testing	Michael Horan

Time
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH (VICAS)
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH (EQUINE)
12.30 - 13.30	LUNCH (CAVI)

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
14.00 - 15.00	Managing the difficult Diabetes Mellitus case	Robert Foale

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
12.00 - 13.00	The Impact of Major Infrastructural Projects and alternative energy Projects including Solar Farms, Electricity Pylons, Wind Turbines etc, on Equine Welfare	Michael Sadlier

CAVI

Time	Session	Speaker
13.30 - 15.00	IBR National Beef Welfare Scheme results	Maria Guelbenzu
	IBR - The Dutch Perspective	Inge Santman-Berends
	Bluetongue - recent Dutch experience with BTV-3	Inge Santman-Berends
	KalfOk	Inge Santman-Berends
	Tick borne diseases	Shane McGettrick

Time
15.00 - 15.45	AFTERNOON BREAK (VICAS, CAVI)
15.00 - 15.15	AFTERNOON BREAK (EQUINE)

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
15.45 - 16.15	Feline Alopecia	Darragh O'Hanlon

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
15.15 - 16.15	Top 10 negligence claims in Equine practice and how to avoid them	Tim Brazil
From 17.15	Equine AGM

CAVI

Time	Session	Speaker
15.45 - 16.15	Genotyping, DBI and CBV	Ross Evans

VICAS, CAVI, Equine

Time		Speakers
16.15 - 17.15	Politically topical	Hazell Mullins - President of Veterinary Ireland; Rory Breathnach, Dean and Head of UCD Veterinary College of Medicine; Rachel Brown - President of the Veterinary Council of Ireland; Martin Blake - Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFM

Time
from 18.30	PRE DINNER DRINKS (VICAS, CAVI, Equine )
19.30 - Late	CONFERENCE DINNER, BAND (VICAS, CAVI, Equine )

Programme subject to change at committees' discretion