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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

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeaker
10.00 - 11.00
Case Reports (2 x examples from the lab service 3 x practitioner examples)

Facilitated by Donal Murphy: Rebecca Connelly

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeaker
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

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeakerSponsor
10.00 - 11.00
Canine alopecia

Darragh O'Hanlon

Time
11.00 - 11.30
MORNING BREAK

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeaker
11.30 - 13.00
Approach to PUPD, Endocrine related electrolyte disturbance

Robert Foale

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeakerSponsor
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

TimeSessionSpeaker
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

TimeSessionSpeakerSponsor
14.00 - 15.00
Managing the difficult Diabetes Mellitus case

Robert Foale

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeaker
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

TimeSessionSpeaker
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

TimeSessionSpeakerSponsor
15.45 - 16.15
Feline Alopecia

Darragh O'Hanlon

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeaker
15.15 - 16.15
Top 10 negligence claims in Equine practice and how to avoid them

Tim Brazil

From 17.15
Equine AGM

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeaker
15.45 - 16.15
Genotyping, DBI and CBV

Ross Evans

VICAS, CAVI, Equine

TimeSpeakers
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

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

CAVI sessions sponsored by

Programme subject to change at committees' discretion