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Schedule - Friday 2nd October

VICAS

CAVI

Equine

Joint sessions

Social Events/Exhibition

Friday 2nd October

VICAS Dry Labs
INEC

TimeSessionSpeaker
10:00 - 10.30
Registration
10:30 - 13.00
How to make the most out of the eye exam

Louise O’Leary

10:30 - 13.00
CPR

Sam Thompson

10:30 - 13.00
Workshop: Building Surgical Confidence

Claire Grigson, Katie Ford

13.00 - 13.30
Lunch

CAVI Wet Labs

TimeSessionSpeaker
10:00 - 10.30
Registration
10:30 - 13.00
Hands-on Techniques in Farm Animal Practice: Nerve Blocks and Ovine Post-mortem. Regional anesthesia for common procedures and a guided ovine post-mortem with case-based interpretation.

Eoin Ryan, Seamus Fagan

13:00 - 13.30
Lunch

Equine Wet Labs

TimeSessionSpeaker
10:00 - 10.30
Registration
10:30 - 13.00
Equine emergencies and trauma

Patrick Pollock

10:30 - 13.00
Fluid Therapy for foals Catathers etc what to use and when. Lung scanning

Siobhan McAuliffe

13:00 - 13.30
Lunch

VICAS, CAVI, Equine

TimeVenue
13:30 - 14.20
Registration & Exhibition
14.20 - 14.30
Opening Address

Eoin Glynn, President Veterinary Ireland

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeaker
14.30 - 15.30
From bite to healed: A practical approach to wound management

Ciaran Jones

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeaker
14.30 - 15.00
The Ultimate Clinical Exam:
Fast, Focused, and Farm-Ready
A structured approach to whole-animal assessment that speeds decision-making on farm

Ginny Sherwin

14.30 - 15.00
Smarter Follow-Up:
Choosing the Right Diagnostic Tests
Building efficient test panels, timing rechecks, and avoiding common pitfalls in herd investigations

John Gilmore

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeaker
14.30 - 15.30
A Practicing clinicians guide to clinical pathology

Des Leadon
TimeSession
15.30 - 16.00
AFTERNOON BREAK & Expo (VICAS, CAVI, Equine )

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeaker
16.00 - 17.00
Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia (IMHA)

Ciara McGrath

17.00 - 18.00
Feline Corneal Disease

Louise O'Leary

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeaker
16.00 - 16.30
Poster Presentations
Rapid-fire research highlights and practical takeaways for field practice.

Various speakers

16.30 - 17.00
Pneumonia in Cattle: Recognising the Disease in Time Field signs vs. advanced diagnostics; triage that protects performance.

Ginny Sherwin

17.00 - 17.30
Pneumonia: Diagnostics That Drive Action Practical sampling, pen-side tools, and lab choices that improve accuracy and speed.

John Gilmore

17.30 - 18.00
Pneumonia: Vaccination Strategies That Work Designing protocols for real-world compliance; handling multi-pathogen pressure

Ginny Sherwin

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeaker
16.00 - 17.00
The Impacts of large scale renewable projects on adjacent stud farms

Des Leadon

17.00 - 18.00
Decision making in Equine Trauma cases

Patrick Pollock