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Schedule - Friday 3^rd October

VICAS

CAVI

Equine

Joint sessions

Social Events/Exhibition

Friday 3rd October

VICAS Dry Labs
INEC

Time	Sponsor/Supporter	Session	Speaker
10:00 - 10.30		Registration
10:30 - 13.00		The neurology exam - a masterclass	Sebastien Behr
10:30 - 13.00		Advanced surgical knots and suturing - a masterclass	Jon Hall
10:30 - 13.00		Microscopy in dermatology masterclass - Ditch the Itch - Mastering the Microscope	Darragh O'Hanlon
13.00 - 13.30		Lunch

CAVI Wet Labs

Time	Sponsor/Supporter	Session	Speaker
10:00 - 10.30		Registration
10:30 - 13.00		Bull breeding soundness evaluation - A demonstration of the whole process, and a suggestion that more vet practices should be providing this service	Donal Murphy
10:30 - 13.00		Milking Machine Audit	Daniel McDonald
10:30 - 13.00		Epididymectomy and vasectomy in farm animals	Eoin Ryan
13:00 - 13.30		Lunch

Equine Wet Labs

Time	Session	Speaker
10:00 - 10.30	Registration
10:30 - 13.00	Routine Dentistry for the GP Vet	Martha Naughton
10:30 - 13.00	Corrective farriery of young horses how to assess foal and young horse conformation	John Ortega - McCormack
13:00 - 13.30	Lunch

VICAS, CAVI, Equine

Time		Venue
13:30 - 14.20	Registration & Exhibition
14.20 - 14.30	Opening Address	Michael Healy-Rae, TD, Minister of State, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Jane Pigott, President of Veterinary Ireland

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
14.30 - 15.30	Thoracolumbar disc disease – to cut or not to cut?	Sebastien Behr

CAVI

Time	Sponsor/Supporter	Session	Speaker
14.30 - 15.00		Mastitis - the disease - the aetiology and the pathogens	Pamela Ruegg
15.00 - 15.30		Mastitis diagnostics what’s new, what’s relevant	John Gilmore

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
14.30 - 15.15	ALD foals	John Ortega - McCormack

Time	Session
15.15 - 15.45	AFTERNOON BREAK (EQUINE)
15.30 - 16.00	AFTERNOON BREAK (VICAS, CAVI)

VICAS

Time	Session	Speaker
16.00 - 17.00	Septic abdomen – Diagnosis, stabilisation and perioperative care	Jon Hall
17.00 - 18.00	Feline Dyspnoea	Julie Hamilton-Elliott

CAVI

Time	Sponsor/Supporter	Session	Speaker
16.00 - 16.30		Evidence based treatment of clinical mastitis	Pamela Ruegg
16.30 - 17.00		Abortions	John Mee
17.00 - 17.30		Conception failure and early embryo death in dairy cows	Stephen Butler
17.30 - 18.00		Congenital Defects	John Mee

EQUINE

Time	Session	Speaker
15.45 - 16.30	Routine Dentistry for the GP Vet	Martha Naughton
16.30 - 17.15	Poor performance investigations	Siobhan McAuliffe
17.15 - 18.00	Foal Lameness when it's serious	John Ortega - McCormack

SOCIAL EVENT

Time	Sponsor	Session
18.00 - 18.45		Drinks Reception
19.00 - Late		Social event
20.00 - 20.45		Dara O Cinneide Q&A with GAA stars Paul Murphy & Noel McGrath