VN March 2023

Vetnuus | Maart 2023 18 9-11 MARCH 2023 WILDLIFE GROUP CONGRESS 2023 PROGRAMME DAY 01 | 09MARCH 2023 08:00 Registration and Tea at exhibitors 08:30 Welcome and trade introduction 08:50 Anaesthesia LeithMeyer Pushing the innovative boundaries with care when developing novel immobilisation drug combinations 09:20 Anaesthesia Gary Bauer Case Study: Use of etorphine,medetomidine (and azaperone) in immobilisation of white Rhinoceros for purposes of DNA sampling and identification (ear notching, microchipping) 09:40 Anaesthesia Judy Christie Pilot study of the pharmacokinetics of thiafentanil and naltrexone using goats as a model species 10:00 Tea Break 10:40 Management Adrian Tordiffe The reintroduction of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) to India with a focus on the disease risk analysis 11:10 Management Andy Fraser Cheetah quarantine for export 11:30 Management Adrian Tordiffe Management of transport of cheetah for export purposes 11:50 Management Kobus du Toit Firsts in wildlife aviation 12:10 Lunch 13:10 Management Erik Verreynne Did Cyanobacteria cause the mortality of more than 350 elephants in northern Botswana in 2020? 13:40 Management Ni-Mari Smith Cultivating wildlife cells to produce cultivatedmeat 14:00 Disease Christina Eberhardt Cardiac rhythm abnormalities in healthy captured and free-ranging immobilized white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) using a surface electrocardiogram 14:15 Disease Katja Koeppel Ground hornbills and lead poisoning 14:45 Reproduction Chris Perkins Successes and failures of in-field setups for laparoscopic sterilisations on wild populations of problemmacaques and wild boars in Hong Kong. 15:15 Tea Break 15:55 Disease Jennie Hewlett Vaccinating African buffalo against tuberculosis 16:25 Marine Chris Perkins An introduction to wild cetacean (dolphins and whales) management and treatments 16:50 General Anita Michel WHO 17:05 General Marietjie Venter Understand COVID-19 evolution and reverse zoonoses in South Africa? 17:20 General Kobus du Toit Veterinary Foundation Braai DAY 02 | 10MARCH 2023 08:00 Welcome| Exhibitors 08:10 Clinical LeithMeyer Capture-induced stress in wildlife: deficiencies in its current assessment and treatment 08:40 Clinical Jessica HumphreysInvestigating respiratory disease in black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) 09:00 Clinical Dorothy Breed Physiological responses of wild antelope to exercise training as a prospective treatment to prevent capture myopathy 09:20 Anaesthesia Luke Michaelides Comparison of the acute stress response in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) immobilized with four different drug protocols 09:40 Legal Brendan Tindall SAVC 10:00 Tea Break 10:40 Anaesthesia Animesh Talukdar Chemical immobilization of select high altitude free-ranging carnivores 11:00 Anaesthesia Wanlaya Tipkantha Wild gaurs (Bos gaurus) anaesthesia using the combination of thiafentanil oxalate (A3080)-medetomidine HCl-ketamine HCl in Khao Phangma ] non-hunting area,Thailand 11:20 Anaesthesia JamesWatuwa Retrospective study of anaesthetic protocols used in restraint of captive African lions (Panthera leo) at UWEC-ZOO,Uganda 11:40 Legal Rene Doms Legal Update 12:20 General SAVA session 12:35 Lunch 13:35 Disease LMde Klerk-Lorist SAT strains in buffalo and risks associated with lack of fence integrity - Case study 1 13:55 Disease Dewald Keet SAT strains in buffalo and risks associated with lack of fence integrity - Case study 2 14:15 Anaesthesia Annette Roug Efficacy and safety of three different opioid-based immobilisation protocols in blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) 14:55 Anaesthesia Ellie Milnes Ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (KBAM) as an alternative to etorphine anaesthesia in zoo Przewalski’s horses (Equus przewalskii) 15:15 Legal David Pretorius Buffalo Protocol - Update on “authorised veterinarian” proposal in government services 15:55 Tea 16:20 Marine Luca Mendes Domoic acid toxicosis may explain unusual mortality in Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) 16:30 General Youngmembers Introduction of students and projects 16:40 AGM Dinner | Dance DAY 03 | 11MARCH 2023 08:30 Welcome 08:40 Reproduction Morne de la Rey How close are we to cracking the comeback of the Northern white rhino? 09:10 Reproduction Emily Mitchell Ovarian transdifferentiation in six lionesses (Panthera leo) in South Africa 09:30 Clinical cases Ampie Viljoen The use of external fixation devices in fractured cheetah leg repair 09:50 Disease Baty Dungu FMD - Vaccines 10:10 Tea Break 10:50 Management Danie Odendaal The practical use of disease trends 11:10 Management Richard York Sustainable use vs Preservation vs Conservation 11:30 General Richard Burroughs The development of a searchable database fromWhatsApp and Telegramgroups for rapid information sharing 11:45 Anaesthesia Hendrik Hansen Rhino anaesthesia 12:05 Clinical cases Ampie Viljoen Dehorning radiography 12:25 Anaesthesia Chris Smith Hippo capture in water - methods and anaesthesia 12:45 Lunch Lefapha laDisaense tšaBongakadiruiwa WOAHCollaboratingCentre for Training in Integrated Livestock and WildlifeHealth andManagement ReferenceCentre The WOAH Collaborating Centre contributes to improving wildlife health and management through training and is a proud partner of the Wildlife Congress 2023 WWW.VETS4WI LDL IFE.CO.ZA REGISTER NOW! 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