VN July 2020

Vetnews | July 2020 45 CONGRESS 2020 The Boardwalk Hotel, Port Elizabeth Postponed to 2021 17 - 19 May 2021 PROTECTING OUR INDUSTRY: FROM CONCEPTION TO CONSUMPTION Brought to you by Vetlink www.vetlink.co.za | support@vetlink.co.za | 012 346 1590 More information to follow . Programme and dates are subject to change 07:00 Registration 07:30 Welcome 07:40 Reproductive Management of the Dairy Cow: What's Normal and What's Not, and How to Improve it if it's Not: Part 01 - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 08:25 Challenges and Opportunities in Cattle Production: A Veterinarian's Perspective - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 09:00 Risk Factors for Bovine Brucellosis in KwaZulu-Natal - Dr Thami Nogwebela 09:10 Tissue Sampling, What Are We Talking About - Dr Johan De Meulemeester 09:45 Introducing the Exhibitors and Pharmaceutical Trade - Dr Faffa Malan 10:20 Tea 10:40 Forecast of the South Africa Economy - Ms Nicky Weimar (Chief Economist: Nedbank) 11:10 Reproductive Management of the Dairy Cow: What's Normal and What's Not, and How to Improve it if it's Not: Part 02 - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 11:55 Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Value to your Clients - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 12:40 Lunch 13:40 Product Promotion: Ascendis 13:55 TBA 14:40 Effective Decision Making in Cattle Production - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 15:25 Tea 15:50 The History of RuVASA, RPG, LHPG - Dr Francois van Niekerk 16:25 How to Analyse Research and Scientific Articles - Dr Peter Thomson 16:55 SAVC - Dr Alfred Kgasi 17:10 SAVA/SAVF - Mr Gert Steyn 17:25 AGM 17:55 Braai 07:00 Registration 07:30 Early morning session: Workshop to Establish a Common, Sustainable Approach to Liver Fluke Control - Prof Gareth Bath 08:15 Interventions that Improve Reproductive Performance: The Biology and Economics - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 09:00 BRD - What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 09:45 Trace Mineral Supplementation to Sheep in High Intensity Systems - Ms Jackie Tucker 10:20 TrichLabCheck - A Voluntary Trichomonosis Inter-laboratory Project in South Africa - Dr Dietmar Holm 10:55 Animal Health Forum - Dr Pieter Vervoort 11:10 Tea 11:40 Product Promotion: Boehringer Ingelheim 11:55 Interventions that Improve Reproductive Performance: The Biology and Economics - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 12:40 Opportunities to Improve Mastitis Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Farmer Engagement - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 13:25 Lunch 14:25 Product Promotion: Boehringer Ingelheim 14:40 How New Technology Adds Profit to a Real Farm, Working in Harmony with Vets - Mr Paul Westaway 15:15 Tea 15:45 The Effect of Different Volume Setting on Milking Machine Take-off Times - Dr Inge Marie Petzer 16:15 New Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus Challenging the Conventional Identification - Dr Joanne Karzis 16:45 A Century of Veterinary Education in South Africa - Prof Dietmar Holm 19:00 Gala Evening 07:00 Registration 07:30 Opportunities to Improve Mastitis Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Farmer Engagement - Dr Scott McDougall (sponsored by Ceva) 08:15 The Use of Technology in the Feedlot - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 09:00 Product Promotion: OBP 09:15 Certification of Beef Calves for the Feedlots - Dr Danie Odendaal 09:45 Tea 10:15 Product Promotion: Zoetis 10:30 Debunking the Myths About Livestock’s Environmental Impact - Dr Frank Mitloehner 11:05 BRD Treatment Failure in Feedlots - Dr Calvin Booker (sponsored by Zoetis) 11:50 What is Food for Cattle is Good for Producers - Prof MP Da Costa 12:25 Lunch 13:25 Equine Colic for the Rural Practitioner - Dr Arnold Mahne 14:00 Rift Valley Fever - Dr Sello Maboe (OBP) 14:35 Semi-intensive Sheep Production and Nutrition - Mr Joubert Nolte (Meadow) 15:10 Tea 15:25 Product Promotion: TBC 15:40 Paratyphoid in Cattle - Dr Maryke Henton 15:55 TBA - Dr Kenneth Botha (Barnlab) 16:30 Close of Congress (Lucky draw winners) Tuesday SAVSEG Parallel Session 13:40 - 17:10 Certification Requirements for Export: SAVSEG (South African Veterinary Semen and Embryo Group). More information to follow MONDAY | 17 May TUESDAY | 18 May WEDNESDAY | 19 May