NVCG PRE-CONGRESS DAY Monday 19 August 2013 PRELIMINARY programme Theme: Gastroenterology and hepatology 07:00-08:30 Registration 08:30-09:15 Vomiting and Haematemesis (Part 1) 09:20-09:25 Break (5 min) 09:25-10:10 Vomiting and Haematemesis (Part 2) 10:10-10:40 Tea break 10:40-11:25 Chronic Small Bowel Diarrhoea (Part 1) 11:25-11:30 Break (5 min) 11:30-12:10 Chronic Small Bowel Diarrhoea (Part 2 ) 12:10-12:15 Break (5 min) 12:15-13:00 NVCG AGM 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-14:45 Hepatobiliary Tract Disease (45 min) 14:45-14:50 Break (5 min) 14:50-15:45 Chronic Hepatic Disease (55 min) 15:45-16:15 Tea break 16:15-17:15 Regurgitation (60 min) 17:15-17:45 Case Studies (30 min) 17:45 for 18:00 Cocktail Function in Exhibition Hall International guest speaker: Mike Willard is a 1975 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University. He did his internship and Masters degree at Kansas State University and his internal medicine residency at Michigan State University. After that, Willard held faculty appointments at Michigan State University, Mississippi State University, and now at Texas A&M University. He has also consulted and worked at a private referral practice. He is currently a professor of Small Animal Clinical Science and specialises in gastroenterology, hepatology, pancreatology and endoscopy (flexible and rigid). Willard has given over 2,600 hours of post-graduate continuing education lectures (nationally and internationally), has over 80 refereed publications, and has over 120 book chapters in print. He has worked extensively on sled dogs as well as with the World Small Animal Veterinary Association GI biopsy workgroup. He is currently an Associate editor for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Ve terinary & Paraveterinary Congress 19-22 AUGUST 2013 Boardwalk Conference Centre Port Elizabeth To register go to click on 7 th Congress logo. Special rates for registrations before 30 May 2013 Organised by: Petrie Vogel Tel: +27 12 346 0687 petrie@savetcon.co.za 1
PRELIMINARY programme TUESDAY 20 August 2013 Sessions Small Animal 1 Small Animal 2 Equine Practice Rural Practice Poultry Practice 07:30-08:30 Registration VENUE 08:15-09:45 Welcome Plenary: Challenges in veterinary practice Mike Willard Sponsored Product Showcase: MSD Animal Health 09:45-10:15 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 10:15-10:55 The paretic Dachshund Digital vs film radiology Lynelle Sweers Recent African horse sickness outbreaks with emphasis on the Eastern Cape Stuart Varrie Peste des petits ruminants: Recognition and action 11:00-11:40 Spinal decompression Ultrasound evaluation of the kidneys and urinary tract Lynelle Sweers Pathology and diagnosis of recent interesting equine cases at OP: Horses with neurological signs. Part I June Williams The Big Five - For implementing holistic internal parasite 11:45-12:25 Cervical vertebral instability Fanie Naude Ultrasound evalaution of abdominal tumours Lynelle Sweers Pathology and diagnosis of recent interesting equine cases at OP: Horses with neurological signs. Part II June Williams Current state of Ovine Johne s Disease: Control measures and proposals 12:30-13:10 Basics of fracture repair Fanie Naude Radiological challenges in daily practice: Case Studies I Pathology and diagnosis of recent interesting equine cases at OP: Other cases June Williams The farm animal and the veterinarian s role Problems on a poultry farm? Questions you should ask before you phone your poultry colleague for help! Roger Horner On-farm monitoring for food-borne pathogens of poultry Roger Horner The poultry processing plant: Analyzing the hygiene of the slaughter process Rick Last The poultry processing plant or retail outlet: Product shelf life and safety from food-borne pathogens Rick Last 13:10-14:10 Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break 2
14:10-14:50 Indications for hip replacement surgery Louis Coetzee Radiological challenges in daily practice: Case Studies II Colic back to basics Novel / newly emerging hereditary conditions of sheep Rhoda Leask 14:55-15:35 Introduction to hip replacement surgery Louis Coetzee Radiological challenges in daily practice: Case Studies III Use of antibiotics in horses Discussion of results of biosecurity practices survey dealing with small ruminant farms Rhoda Leask Post mortem technique and sample taking in poultry Neil Duncan Common diseases of poultry and how to confirm your diagnosis Neil Duncan 15:35-16:05 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 16:05-16:45 Oncological surgery Dealing with incidental adrenal tumours Lameness and diagnostic nerve blocks An aid to assist with the eradication of Brucella abortus Ken Pettey 16:50-17:30 Limb-sparing techniques Diagnosing feline infectious peritonitis Alain Carter 17:30-18:30 Happy hour in Exhibition Hall 17:30-18:30 SAVA AGM 19:00 SOCIAL EVENT Do nutraceuticals work? WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST An abortion storm in Suffolk ewes attributed to Arcobacter skirrowi infection in South Africa D Coetzee Outbreak response: The correct procedures to follow when disease strikes I Lwanga-Iga Information : Where to send the reports and what happens with the information S Kroll-Lwanga- Iga Sessions Small Animal 1 Small Animal 2 The Food Chain Rural Practice Vet nurses 07:30-08:30 Registration VENUE 08:15-09:45 Welcome Plenary: Zoonoses and the veterinary practitioner Lucille Blumberg Sponsored Product Showcase: Medpet 09:45-10:15 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 10:15-10:55 Wound Diagnosing and managing feline leukaemia and FIV Marlies Böhm The effect of Avian Influenza and Foot and Mouth Disease on the export of ostrich and game meat: Where to from here? Raoul Strydom Bovine reproduction problems: Practitioner reports Radiology 3
11:00-11:40 Closure of large skin defects Use of Snap Tests in practice Amelia Goddard Application of European standards for health and quality control of game meat on ranches in South Africa Maretha van der Merwe Pre-calving The real effects on the post-partum period (Part 1) 11:45-12:25 Exploratory laparotomy A new perspective on coagulopathies in disease Amelia Goddard Two techniques used for bacteriological sampling of game meat Maretha van der Merwe Pre-calving The real effects on the post-partum period (Part 2) 12:30-13:10 Gastropexy techniques Louis Coetzee Diagnosing IMHA Amelia Goddard Primary meat inspection for game Shashi Ramrajh Evidence-based of uterine infections (Part 1 RFM, metritis and pyometra) Surgery talk Wound care equines Contagious Equine Metritis in South Africa Ester Botha 13:10-14:10 Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break 14:10-14:50 Intestinal surgery Fanie Naude Treating IMHA Improving food security and safety through use of edible by-products from wild game Shashi Ramrajh Evidence-based of uterine infections (Part 2 First Vet Check What now? Dealing with endometritis and endometrosis To douche or not to douche ) 14:55-15:35 Monitoring and practice for anaesthesia Kenneth Joubert Managing splenic tumours Alain Carter Perspective on the incidence of rabies in the Eastern Cape G Akol Dealing with the non-cyclers and the 90 days in milk and still not pregnant update Near drowning Yolandi Rautenbach 15:35-16:05 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 16:05-16:45 Chronic pain program for osteoarthritis Kenneth Joubert Canine blood transfusions Diagnosing Rift Valley Fever L Odendaal Sponsored sessions Break Break Break Break BREAK Break Veterinary Nursing - what are the risks? Ester Botha 4
16:50-17:30 Ventilation: when, why and what? Kenneth Joubert Feline blood transfusions 17:30-18:30 Happy hour in Exhibition Hall 19:30 SAVA Awards Dinner Contagious abortion Alan Fischer THURSDAY 22 AUGUST Early embryonic death: We ve got her pregnant, let s keep her pregnant Production animal talk Rhoda Leask Sessions Small Animal 1 Small Animal 2 The Food Chain Wildlife Vet Nurses 07:30-08:30 Registration VENUE 08:15-09:45 Welcome Plenary: Finding ourselves on the front line of the rhino poaching crisis William Fowlds Sponsored Product Showcase: 09:45-10:15 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 10:15-10:55 Feline hyperthyroidism Johan Schoeman Enhanced Detection, Control and Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases in the Molecular Age Musafiri Karama Drugs, darts and darting back to basics Peter Brothers Clinincal pathology Elrien Scheepers 11:00-11:40 Canine hypothyroidism Johan Schoeman Food of animal origin: Food safety auditing according to international standards Annelie Coetzee Saving the rhino, one case at a time: The veterinary impact can be more than clinical William Fowlds 11:45-12:25 Feline diabetes mellitus Johan Schoeman Food of animal origin: Export certification according to international standards Hein Nel Preventative health care in captive carnivores Peter Caldwell 12:30-13:10 Basics of reading an ECG Richard Burchell Abattoir waste and disposal in the Eastern Cape V Rozani Common diseases, disease and clinical pathology in captive carnivores - A brief overview Peter Caldwell Motivational talk Elrien Scheepers Diagnosis of protozoal gut infections Banie Penzhorn Hand hygiene: What you thought you knew but didn t Sr Linda Muller 13:10-14:10 Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break Lunch break 5
14:10-14:50 Pericardial effussion Marlies Böhm Feline Babesiosis: New species, new challenges Banie Penzhorn Guidelines for waste disposal: a pilot project in KZN in compliance with the NEMA Act Shashi Ramrajh Diagnosing and preventing nutrition-related diseases in captive carnivores Peter Caldwell 14:55-15:35 Canine dilated cardiomyopathy Richard Burchell Practice Katja Bier Ritual slaughter: Practices in South Africa Nenene Qekwana The veterinary of wild and captive elephant Brendan Tindall 15:35-16:05 Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break Tea break 16:05-16:45 Diagnosing and managing pulmonic hypertension Marlies Böhm Practice Katja Bier Ritual slaughter and the Meat Safety Act: Implications for human health Nenene Qekwana Practical epidemiology for the wildlife practioner Roy Bengis 16:50-17:30 Update on mitral valve disease Richard Burchell Practice Katja Bier Ritual slaughter: The way forward Nenene Qekwana Bovine tuberculosis in wildlife Roy Bengis For registrations go to click on 7 th Congress logo. Special rates for registrations before 30 May 2013 Accommodation options available on Organised by: Petrie Vogel Tel: +27 12 346 0687 petrie@savetcon.co.za 6