Dundalk Institute of Technology CVE Event Farm Animal Nursing CALLING ALL VETERINARY NURSES, VETS AND FARMERS!

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1 Dundalk Institute f Technlgy CVE Event 2016 Farm Animal Nursing M128, Thursday June 16 th frm 9am t 5:30 CALLING ALL VETERINARY NURSES, VETS AND FARMERS! Further yur knwledge abut dairy farming, parasites, lambing, calving and lameness at DkIT s 2016 CVE event. Quality lectures, raffle prizes, meet & greet and mre. All yu need t d is t BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! We lk frward t seeing yu there. It s FREE thanks t ur spnsrs! T BOOK YOUR PLACE at this event please cntact Fina Burns in the DkIT Applied Sciences Administratin Office: fina.burns@dkit.ie Phne:

2 9am 9:45am 10am Farm Animal Nursing CVE Schedule Registratin & Tea/Cffee Welcme and intrductin - Direann Dwling RVN BA (DkIT VN lecturer) Dairy farming essentials fr veterinary prfessinals - Majella McCafferty Carmdy RVN, Peter Linden HCert Agriculture & Crmac Brennan HCert Agriculture 11am Liverfluke - Sined Timthy BVSc MSc MRCVS Wrming dairy herds 12:00 - Sined Timthy BVSc MSc MRCVS 1:00 LUNCH* & Merial Animal Health award presentatin 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm- 5:30pm Preparatin fr calving Calf Rearing - Birth t Weaning Practical Lambing Lcmtin and ft trimming Cntrlling sheep lameness - Ger Cusack MVB MRCVS and Tmmy Heffernan MVB Paperwrk, Raffle and End f event. *Please nte that lunch is nt included in the registratin fr this event. Lunch may be purchased n the day f the event frm the cllege canteen (Kylemre Services Grup). Alternatively delegates are welcme t bring their wn lunches.

3 Pints t nte We need t knw numbers! Please pre-register fr this event as sn as pssible by cntacting Fina Burns in the Science Administratin Office (see pg.1) befre Mnday 13 th f June. Dn t g hungry!!! While tea & cffee is prvided at registratin, please nte that there s n such thing as a free lunch! Lunch may be purchased n the day frm the cllege canteen ( New Restaurant Building number 14 n the cllege map - pg. 5) r delegates are welcme t bring their wn lunches. Dn t get clamped! Pay parking is in peratin n the DkIT campus. Please cnsult the cllege map n pg.5 fr the lcatin f CAR PARK 9 which is FREE and clse t the Nursing and Health Studies building (building number 8 n the map pg.5) where the event will take place. Thank yu t ur spnsrs! Merial Animal Health: Advertising, Raffle prizes and Lectures by Sined Timthy XLvets Skillnet: Lectures by Ger Cusack and Tmmy Heffernan Cntinuing Veterinary Educatin Veterinary prfessinals will be glad t knw that this event has been allcated 6 CVE credits by the Veterinary Cuncil f Ireland t cntribute t yur annual requirement.

4 Our speakers: Majella McCafferty Carmdy RVN qualified frm Dundalk Institute f Technlgy (DkIT) in She has a wealth f dairy farming experience and is currently registered in DkIT as a Stage 3 student f the BSc. In Agriculture. Majella wn the IVNA Student Veterinary Nurse f the Year award in 2015 and btained a distinctin in the Teagasc, FRS and AHI, QQI certified Level 6 Best Practice in Milking curse. Peter Linden HCert Ag graduated with a Higher Certificate in Agriculture (Level 6) frm Dundalk Institute f Technlgy in Peter is currently a final year student f the DkIT BSc. In Agriculture and is expected t graduate this year. Peter is a furth generatin, active and experienced dairy farmer, his family farm being lcated in suth Mnaghan, near Carrickmacrss. Crmac Brennan HCert Ag graduated with a Higher Certificate in Agriculture (Level 6) frm Dundalk Institute f Technlgy in Crmac is currently a final year student f the DkIT BSc. In Agriculture and is expected t graduate this year. Crmac has a strng dairy backgrund with the family farming and develping their land in Drumbat since the early 20 th century. Sined Timthy BVSc MSc MRCVS qualified as a vet in 2007 frm the University f Liverpl, where she als cmpleted a MSc. in infectius disease. She wrked in large animal practice in West Wales fr 5 years befre jining the animal health industry. She has been ruminant technical manager at Merial since Sined's interests include clinical parasitlgy, calf health and sheep medicine. Ger Cusack MVB MRCVS and Tmmy Heffernan MVB are bth members f XLVets Ireland. XLVets Skillnet, the training element f XLVets was launched in June 2011, delivering 100 s f training events t bth farmers and the veterinary sectr in Ireland. This year, XLVets Skillnet was awarded the Best Learning & Develpment Organisatin (Netwrks & Grups) at the IITD Natinal Training Awards. Ger Cusack graduated frm UCD Vet Cllege in He is partner at Cmeragh Veterinary, a mixed, mainly cattle practice, based in Kilmacthmas, C. Waterfrd. Ger is a funder member f XLVets Ireland, he has served as bth Chairpersn and Directr. Ger has helped deliver a vast number f training events t bth farmers and vets ver the years and has a particular interest in Bvine Lameness. Ger is a member f the Veterinary Cuncil Ireland since 2015 and has als been very active within the Cattle Assciatin f Veterinary Ireland (CAVI). Tmmy Heffernan graduated frm UCD Vet Cllege in Tmmy is partner at Avndale Veterinary Clinic in C. Wicklw and has been there fr the last 13 years. His interests are in herd/flck health and develping preventative strategies fr cntrlling disease. Tmmy writes weekly articles fr the Farmers Jurnal Vet Crner. Tmmy has served n the bard f directrs fr XLVets and is an integral member f the netwrk.

5 Dundalk IT map T park: Car Park 9: Free car park Fr Registratin & Lectures: M128 in the 8 Nursing and Health Studies Building Fr lunch: 14 New Restaurant