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Schedule - Saturday 3rd October

VICAS

CAVI

Equine

Joint sessions

Nursing

Social Events/Exhibition

Saturday 3rd October

VICAS, CAVI, Equine, Nursing

TimesessionVenue
09.00 - 10.00
Registration & Exhibition
Ticket office INEC
TimeSessionsspeakerVenuesponsor
09.00 - 10.00
Endoscopy skills

Mark Dunning

Exhibition Hall
09.00 - 10.00
Clinical pathology – avoiding sampling processing errors & clinical pathology examples

Pedro Serra

Exhibition Hall
09.00 - 10.00
CPR Compressions

Sam Thompson

Exhibition Hall

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeakerVenueSponsor
10.00 - 11.00
Adventures in Endoscopy: Going with the flow – exploring the upper GI tract

Mark Dunning

Mangerton Suite

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeakerVenueSponsor/Supporter
10.00 - 10.30
Pneumonia in Cattle: Recognising the Disease in Time Field signs vs. advanced diagnostics; triage that protects performance.

Ronan O'Neill

Ballroom
10.30 - 11.00
Pneumonia diagnostics, choosing the right test at the right time to guide better management

John Gilmore

Ballroom
11.00 - 11.30
Pneumonia: Vaccination Strategies That Work

Ronan O'Neill

Ballroom

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
10.00 - 10.45
When to start and when to stop, neonatal case selection

Siobhan Mc Auliffe

MOD1
10.45-11.30
Wounds: When to Close, When to Wait and When to Walk Away

Patrick Pollock

MOD1

NURSING

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
10.00 - 11.00
Chaos to Control: Trauma nursing in the referral hospital

Mairead Deasy

MOD2
TimeGroupVenue
11.00 - 11.30
MORNING BREAK, Expo and Practical Village

VICAS, Nurses

Main arena
11.30 - 12.00
MORNING BREAK, Expo and Practical Village

CAVI, Equine

Main arena

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
11.30 - 12.15
Brachycephalic Ocular disease

Louise O’Leary

Mangerton Suite
12.15 - 13.00
The blocked cat - when it is all going wrong

Ciara McGrath

Mangerton Suite

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
12.00 - 12.45
Can I do this at home, sick foals

Siobhan McAuliffe

MOD1
12.45 - 13.30
Common lamenesses in the Sport Horse Part 1: Diagnosis and treatments of the commonly occurring forelimb lamenesses in Sport Horses

Fernando Garcia

MOD1

NURSING

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
11.30 - 12.15
Assisted Feeding for the inappetant hospitalised patient

Deirdre McAuliffe

MOD2
12.15 - 13.00
Patient safety in the Wild – What does patient safety look like in the clinic?

Samantha Thompson

MOD2

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
12.00 - 12.30
What the FEC
Getting the sampling matrix right for parasite / treatment decisions - cattle and sheep by disease and time of year. Overview, best practice, tips and pitfalls.

Seamus Fagan

Ballroom
12.30 - 13.00
Dairy Farm Audit by Sampling
What Samples should be taken to get an accurate yet practical picture the disease prevalence

Lisa Buckley

Ballroom
13.00 - 13.30
TB: Understanding the Disease
Pathogenesis of TB from infection and host response to lesion development and clinical outcome.

Lorcan O'Neill

Ballroom
TimeGroupVenue
13.00 - 14.00
LUNCH, Expo and Practical Village

VICAS, Nurses, Equine

Main arena
13.30 - 14.30
LUNCH, Expo and Practical Village

CAVI

Main arena

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
14.00 - 15.00
Workshop: Imposter to Empowered: Finding confidence in the Moments You Doubt Yourself

Claire Grigson, Katie Ford

Mangerton Suite
15.00 - 15.30
Blood transfusions - a tricky case

Ciara McGrath

Mangerton Suite

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
14.30 - 15.00
Early decision making in colic cases

Ann Derham

MOD1
15.00 - 15.30
Fluid therapy the basics

Siobhan Mc Auliffe

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NURSING

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
14.00 - 14.45
Nursing care and monitoring of drains, lines and tubes

Deirdre McAuliffe

MOD2
14.45 - 15.30
Nursing a patient post arrest

Samantha Thompson

MOD2

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
14.30 - 16.00
The Pembrokeshire Project:
Tackling Residual Infection Lessons from targeted interventions and what scales nationally.

Brendan Griffin, Rhiannon Lewis, Roger Lewis, Michael Williams  | Committee: LL
Chair: Damien Barrett

Ballroom
TimeGroupVenue
15.30 - 16.00
AFTERNOON BREAK

VICAS, Nursing

Main Arena
15.30 - 16.00
AFTERNOON BREAK

Equine

Main Arena

VICAS

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
16.00 - 16.30
Moving Skin, Saving limbs: Skin flaps in small animal surgery

Ciaran Jones

Mangerton Suite
16.30 - 17.00
Borrow, Transplant, Heal: skin grafting techniques and applications

Ciaran Jones

Mangerton Suite

CAVI

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
16.30 - 17.00
Update on legislative requirements in farm animal practice

Donal Lynch

Ballroom

EQUINE

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
16.00 - 17.00
Sick foals case studies in fluid therapy

Siobhan Mc Auliffe

MOD1

NURSING

TimeSessionSpeakerVenue
16.00 - 17.00
Workshop: Stepping into your Confidence: Empowering Veterinary Nurses to Thrive

Claire Grigson, Katie Ford

MOD2

VICAS, CAVI, Equine, Nursing

TimeSpeakersVenue
17.00 - 18.00
Political topical session

Donal Lynch, Jane Pigott, Allen Dunne

Ballroom
TimeSponsor/Supporter
TBC
PRE DINNER DRINKS (VICAS, CAVI, Equine, Nursing)
TBC
CONFERENCE DINNER, BAND