SCIENCE WEEK CONFERENCE · 2018-05-24 · 2.00 Koala Retrovirus – latest knowledge 2.10 Problem solving in feline neurology Greg Simmons Part 1 Patrick Kenny 2.30 Emerging diseases

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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENTISTS

THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENTISTS

CONFERENCEWEEKSCIENCE

5, 6 AND 7 July 2018 QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise, GOLD COAST

Cnr Gold Coast Highway and Staghorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise

F INAL PROGRAMME

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COLLEGE SCIENCE WEEK CONFERENCE

GENERAL INFORMATION

PROGRAMME

The College Science Week conference will encourage excellence in veterinary science. College Members and Fellows and invited guests who are at the forefront in their fields will present the latest information in a number of disciplines.

REGISTRATION

A registration form is included with this programme. All registrations can be made either through the College web site www.anzcvs.org.au or through the College office and are payable before 29 June 2018. The conference runs for 3 days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Please note we have been advised by the venue management that registration numbers are limited to 500.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is available at QT Gold Coast Hotel. All accommodation bookings should be made directly with the hotel (please ensure you mention College Science Week to obtain the Conference accommodation rate extended by the QT Hotel) or on the accommodation form provided with this programme.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The College Annual General Meeting will be held at 5.30 p.m. on Friday 6 July in North Break Room, Second Floor, QT Gold Coast. AGM documents will be circulated to members in advance of the meeting.

DINNER

The College Awards Dinner, including entertainment by duo Midnight Groove, will be held in the Ballroom, QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise on Saturday 7 July at 7.00 p.m. Partners are welcome. The cost of $160 per person includes dinner, wine, beer and soft drinks. Entry is strictly by ticket only available from the College office.

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries should be made to the: College Office, Building 3, Garden City Office Park, 2404 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains, Qld. 4113, Telephone: +61(0) 7 3423 2016, Fax: +61(0) 7 3423 2977, Email: [email protected]

WIFI

Complimentary WiFi is available throughout the hotel during the conference.

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AWARDS DINNER

Ballroom, Ground Floor

QT Hotel, Gold Coast

Saturday 7 July 2018 at 7.00 p.m.

HAPPY HOUR

All Registrants and Exhibitors Welcome

Stingray Lounge, Ground Floor


Thursday 5 July 2018 at 6.00 p.m.

ANZCVS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

North Break Room, Second Floor


Friday 6 July 2018 at 5.30 p.m.

FUNCTIONS

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INDEX

THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018

CHAPTER LOCATION

Small Animal Medicine and Feline

PIPELINE 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Point Break Room, Ground Floor)

Surgery and Radiology PIPELINE 2 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Diamond Head Room, Ground Floor)

Zoo and Wildlife MAUI 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Waikiki Room, Ground Floor)

Ophthalmology MAUI 2 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Waikiki Room, Ground Floor)

Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Behaviour 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Surgery 3.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.

MAUI 3 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly California Room, Ground Floor)

Pharmacology SUNSET ROOM ONE, FIRST FLOOR

Emergency and Critical Care

Emergency and Critical Care and Pharmacology1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.

SUNSET ROOM TWO, FIRST FLOOR

Cattle NORTH BREAK ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare and Laboratory Animals 3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

SOUTH BREAK ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Epidemiology MALIBU ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Equine CLOUD BREAK ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Aquatic Animal Health LONGBOARD ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Dentistry BAYWATCH ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

Public Health ORCHID ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018

CHAPTER LOCATION

Small Animal Medicine and Radiology a.m.

Small Animal Medicine and Feline p.m.


Surgery and Anaesthesia and Analgesia a.m.

Surgery p.m.

PIPELINE 2 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Diamond Head Room, Ground Floor)

Avian Health a.m.Radiology p.m.

MAUI 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Waikiki Room, Ground Floor)


Aquatic Animal Health 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Pharmacology and Anaesthesia and Analgesia 3.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.

MAUI 3 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly California Room, Ground Floor)

Dermatology SUNSET ROOM ONE, FIRST FLOOR

Emergency and Critical Care

SUNSET ROOM TWO, FIRST FLOOR


Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 5.30 p.m.

NORTH BREAK ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Animal Welfare and Zoo and Wildlife a.m.

Animal Welfare p.m.


Epidemiology, Pharmacology and Public Health 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Epidemiology 3.30 p.m. – 5.10 p.m. (AGM only)

MALIBU ROOM, SECOND FLOOR


Laboratory Animals 9.40 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Zoo and Wildlife p.m.

LONGBOARD ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

Dentistry BAYWATCH ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

Behaviour and Feline a.m.Behaviour p.m.

ORCHID ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

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PLENARIES

THURSDAY 5 JULY 20188.00 a.m. Plenary Forum:

PIPELINE 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR (formerly Point Break Room)

Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board now and on the horizon

FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018

8.00 a.m. Plenary Forum: PIPELINE 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR (formerly Point Break Room)

Council: A legacy of excellence: Membership for Veterinarians in General Practice

SATURDAY 7 JULY 201811.30 a.m. Plenary Forum:

PIPELINE ROOM, GROUND FLOOR

Title: Tackling Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing in the Profession

Dr Fiona Moir – Senior Lecturer in The Department of General Practice and Director of Medical Student Affairs at The University of Auckland

I N T E R N E T C A F É A free cyber café, hosted by Veterinary Information Network (VIN), will be

available for delegates in the Business Centre on the first floor, so please stop by to check your email, surf the web and try VIN!

VIN reaches over 55,000 veterinarians, veterinary students, and industry partners worldwide and is the leading choice for continuing education opportunities, easy

access to specialists in a wide variety of areas, and “breaking news” that affects veterinarians, their patients, and their practices.

For a FREE 30–day trial membership, visit www.VIN.com or email [email protected]

Experience for yourself why VIN is the BEST online resource for veterinarians.SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018

CHAPTER LOCATION

Small Animal Medicine and Pharmacology 8.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Small Animal Medicine3.30 p.m. – 5.10 p.m


Surgery and Oncology PIPELINE 2 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Diamond Head Room, Ground Floor)

Pathobiology 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

MAUI 1 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly Waikiki Room, Ground Floor)


Anaesthesia and Analgesia

MAUI 3 ROOM, GROUND FLOOR(formerly California, Ground Floor)

Dermatology SUNSET ROOM ONE, FIRST FLOOR

Avian SUNSET ROOM TWO, FIRST FLOOR


Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare and Behaviour 1.30 p.m. – 5.10 p.m.


Epidemiology MALIBU ROOM, SECOND FLOOR


Public Health 8.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

BAYWATCH ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

Behaviour a.m.

Unusual Pets 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m.

Oncology 4.50 p.m. (AGM only)

ORCHID ROOM, TWENTY SECOND FLOOR

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THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018PIPELINE 1 ROOM

(formerly Point Break Room)SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE & FELINE CHAPTERS

PIPELINE 2 ROOM(formerly Diamond Head Room)

SURGERY & RADIOLOGY CHAPTERS

MAUI 1 ROOM(formerly Waikiki Room)

ZOO AND WILDLIFE CHAPTER

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the

Board now and on the horizon

9.00 Updates from Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS)Andy Sparkes

Spinal radiographs – making the most out of it!Ronald Da Costa

Emerging diseases in AustraliaAndrea Reiss

9.30 Update of new and emerging diseases in AustraliaTBA

10.00 MORNING TEA IN TRADE DISPLAY AREAS

10.30 Stem cell therapy in cats: what’s the evidence?Keshuan Chow

Canine Intervertebral Disc Disease – Advances in diagnosis and treatmentRonald Da Costa

Indications for feather imping in birdsLudovica Valenza

10.50 Update on the treatment of chlamydiosis in KoalasRosie Booth

11.10 Treatment guidelines for respiratory tract infections in the catJane Sykes

Emerging mycoplasmasDavid McLelland

11.30 Neurogenic lameness: do you know how to identify it?Ronald Da Costa

An emerging fungal disease in TuataraSarah Alexander

11.50 Diagnostic approach to fever in catsJane Sykes

Antibiotic resistance/usage in wildlifeDavid Phalen

12.10 Large cetacean euthanasiaDuan March

12.30 LUNCH – GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR

1.30 Funny feline syndromes: the oddities of the catKatherine Briscoe

Lumbosacral disease: recognition, diagnosis and treatment Ronald Da Costa

Brucellosis in marine animalsJohn Mackie

2.00 Koala Retrovirus – latest knowledgeGreg Simmons2.10 Problem solving in feline neurology

Part 1Patrick Kenny

2.30 Emerging diseases in native reptilesDavid McLelland

3.00 AFTERNOON TEA IN TRADE DISPLAY AREAS

3.30 Problem solving in feline neurologyPart 2Patrick Kenny

Feline spinal cord diseasesRonald Da Costa

Leucocytozoon infection in Fig BirdsDanny Brown

3.50 Streptococcus iniae: an emerging marine pathogenErina Young

4.10 Feline nutrition: a clinician’s perspectiveSue Foster

Sarcoptic mange: updates in wombatsTBA

4.30 Vestibular Disease: all you need to knowRonald Da Costa

Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) use in exotic animalsIdexx

5.00 Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)5.10 Feline Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

6.00 HAPPY HOUR – STINGRAY LOUNGE, GROUND FLOOR

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018MAUI 2 ROOM

(formerly Waikiki Room)OPHTHALMOLOGY CHAPTER

MAUI 3 ROOM(formerly California Room)

ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA AND BEHAVIOUR AND SURGERY CHAPTERS

SUNSET ROOM ONEPHARMACOLOGY CHAPTER

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room) Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board now and on the horizon

ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA AND BEHAVIOUR CHAPTERS

9.00 Update on retinal reattachment in AustraliaCameron Whittaker

Behaviour medication and implication for anaesthesiaJo Rainger

President’s WelcomeStephen Page

9.20 Population PK and PK/PD for veterinary medicine: goals, value and limits or how population PK/PD improve the evaluation and clinical use of veterinary drugsPierre-Louis Toutain


10.30 Ocular melanoma in small animalsJessica Nevile

Fear Free Science: an evidence-based approach to recognizing, preventing and alleviating fear, anxiety and stressGary Landsberg

PK/PD approach for antibiotics: tissue or blood drug level to predict antibiotic efficacyPierre-Louis Toutain

11.10 Iatrongenic globe rupture during dentistry in catsHayley Volk

Cutting edge pharmacology from the Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JVPT)Paul Mills11.30 Use of diagnostic imaging in ophthalmology

Katharina Flatz and Kate HindleyThe Fearful Patient: behavioural and medication strategies for fearful and aggressive patientsGary Landsberg

11.40 The pharmacology of antimicrobial stewardshipStephen Page

12.10 Round table discussions


1.30 Imaging case presentations – clinical cases and CT/MRI findings Katharina Flatz and Kate Hindley

Post-anaesthesic behavioural and cognitive complications: short and long term effects – Detectable in pets? Significant? Manageable?Kersti Seksel and Jacqui Ley

Pharmacology Chapter combining with Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Chapter in Sunset Room Two for joint session: Drugs, pharmacokinetics and their dosing incritical patient with a special emphasis onantibioticsPierre-Louis Toutain

2.00 The pharmacology of pain: latest developments, future needsLiz Shackelton

2.10 Brain AND pain management post anaesthesia: is post-op amnesia desirable?Jacqui Ley

2.30 Small animal orbital pathology and imagingSarah Coall

Geriatric pets: is that anaesthetic really necessary or might it be the last straw before dementia sets in? Kersti Seksel

3.00AFTERNOON TEA IN TRADE DISPLAY AREAS

ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA AND SURGERY CHAPTERS

3.30 Acute blindness secondary to a pituitary massSarah Richardson

Updates on management of chronic pain and neuropathic painJen Carter

Endectocides pour-on formulations: an individual topical or collective oral modality of drug administration in cattle?Pierre-Louis Toutain

3.50 Third eyelid shortening procedure for severe third eyelid protrusionMatt Sanders

4.10 Prototheca – another differential for acute blindnessYvette Crowe

PK/PD and doping control in horses: the EU approach or a PK/PD approach to propose irrelevant plasma or urine drug concentrations for doping controlPierre-Louis Toutain

4.30 Retrospective study of the success rate of diamond burr debridement on canine spontaneous chronic corneal epithelia defects (SCCEDs)Joyce Hung

Old vs New: regional anaesthesia of the thoracic and pelvic limbFernando Martinez

4.50 Distribution and in vitro susceptibility patterns of fungal species isolated from equine keratomycosis cases in the Townsville RegionBenjamin Reynolds

Pharmacology Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

5.10


Conference Programme continued

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THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018SUNSET ROOM TWO

EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE CHAPTEREMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE &

PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTERS - 1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m

NORTH BREAK ROOMCATTLE CHAPTER

SOUTH BREAK ROOMANIMAL WELFARE & LABORATORY ANIMALS

CHAPTERS

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board now and on the horizon

ANIMAL WELFARE CHAPTER

9.00 Use of premedications in dogs and cats administered Tiger-Brown Snake anti-veninNoam Lang

Grass based systems: rumen function and pHJim Gibbs

Welcome and Introduction

9.10 What is happening internationally with animal welfareKate Littin9.20 Severe acute pulmonary haemorrhage and

haemoptysis in ten dogs following Eastern Brown snake envenomation: clinical signs, treatment and outcomesOriana Leong

9.40 Severe haemolysis and spherocytosis in a dog envenomated by a red-bellied black snake, and successful treatment with a bivalent whole equine IGG anti-venom and blood transfusionElise Lenske

9.50 Discussion


10.30 A year in review: Australian and New Zealand ECC literature 2017-2018Claire Sharpe

Effective nutritional consultancy: understanding farm systems and interdependence in solving farm problems and creating sustainable changeNeil Moss

Ethics of chemotherapyTanya Stephens

11.00 The human and animal welfare impact of the donkey skin trade for Chinese medicinePeter Thornber11.30 The benefit of CT in the veterinary ER

Terri EurellWhen should I calve my cows? Tom Walsh11.40 Thriving – not merely surviving: new keys for

unlocking impediments to enhancing animal welfareDavid Mellor

12.00 A review of energy balance and ketosis in the dairy cowSteve Little

12.20 Panel discussion

12.30

LUNCH – GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR

EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE AND PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTERS

(1.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. session only)

1.30 Drugs, pharmacokinetics and their dosing in critical patient with a special emphasis on antibioticsPierre-Louis Toutain

Workshop: Practical Investigation of some real-world nutritional issues. A 1.5 hour workshop facilitated by Steve Little and Tom Walsh. Attendees will use the Rumen8 nutrition model to troubleshoot some nutritional case studies. (Please bring laptop)

Herding cats: identifying best practice cat management in AustraliaDi Evans

1.50 One Welfare in practiceAnne Fawcett2.00 Can tranexamic acid help stop your blood bank

running dry?Katrin Swindells2.20 Animal welfare in disasters

Wayne Ricketts2.30 Update on the Snake Map ProjectManu Boller


3.00AFTERNOON TEA IN TRADE DISPLAY AREAS

ANIMAL WELFARE AND LABORATORY ANIMALS CHAPTERS

3.30 Ultrasound assessment of the veterinary patient in the emergency roomAlana Rosenblatt

Transition cow monitoring and early intervention on a large Australian freestall dairyRob Bonanno

Farm animals: what to consider to ensure their welfare during trial workNita Harding

3.50 Unregistered or unsupervised, who makes the better surgeon?John Inns

4.20 Trials and tribulations of the animal welfare officer Julie Ferguson

4.30 Emergency and Critical Care Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Investigating effectiveness of electronic monitors of rumination and activity in detecting disease in postpartum cows(Emerging scientist) Alex Crosbie

4.50

5.00 Animal Welfare Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)



THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018MALIBU ROOM

EPIDEMIOLOGY CHAPTERCLOUD BREAK ROOM

EQUINE CHAPTERLONGBOARD ROOM

AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH CHAPTER

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board now and on the horizon

9.00 Current animal disease surveillance systems in Australian livestock industries: where to from here?Jennifer Manyweathers

Equine pain managementChris Sanchez

CIA: Crime Investigation – AquacultureRoy Yanong

9.20 Cross-sectional study among Australian livestock producers to investigate the risk of emergency animal disease introduction and spreadMarta Hernandez-Jover

9.40 Can Agricultural Innovation systems assist with assessing and reducing Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) risk?Yiheyis Maru


10.30 Prioritisation of animal diseases for Australia’s emergency preparednessCorrie Croton

Post partum colicCatherine Russell

Investigating fish kills in Western AustraliaJoanne Bannister

10.50 The veterinary profession’s contribution to animal health surveillance in AustraliaEmma Davis

Summary of aquatic animal health research at the University of AdelaideStephen Pyecroft

11.10 Insights into the knowledge, practices and training needs of veterinarians working with smallholder livestock producers in AustraliaMarta Hernandez-Jover

Application of epidemiology to investigating disease outbreaks on prawn farmsBarry Robinson

11.30 Use of regulatory surveillance data for industry sanitary improvement: a case study of Chilean salmonid data and SRS risk factorsBrendan Cowled

Equine pain management ‘Evidence based therapy’Chris Sanchez

Open discussion time:The principles of diagnosing disease in aquatic animals: what have we learnt from our terrestrial diagnostic principles and where are there still gaps?

11.50 Using lung scoring as a tool to evaluate thoracic lesions in pigs from selected slaughterhouses in the provinces of Batangas and Bicol, PhilippinesTamsin Barnes

12.10 Analysis of animal health data using text processing methodsBarbara Moloney


1.30 Beyond the proximate risk factorsPeter Black

Diagnosis and management of septic arthritisMatt Stewart

The Strain (and other diseases that just won’t die)Roy Yanong1.50 The prevalence of dairy goats shedding

Coxiella burnetii at the time of parturition in an endemically infected herd and associated milk yield lossesJose Canevari

2.10 Socioeconomic impacts and risk factors analysis of foot and mouth disease in livestock in central MyanmarSupatsak Subharat

2.15 Emergency treatment of equine colicAndrew Dart

2.30 Cross-sectional serological survey, risk factors and financial impacts of foot and mouth disease in Southern Lao PDR: a baseline studySupatsak Subharat

Australian eels with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathie septicaemiaRoger Chong


3.30 The relationship between rainfall and the geographic distribution and prevalence of sparganosis in wild boarBaden Pearse

Ocular manifestations of systemic diseaseChris Sanchez

Fish welfare: a practical discussionPaul Hardy-Smith

3.50 The seroprevalence and risk factors associated with selected flaviviral infections of horses in North QueenslandBruce Gummow

Welfare and pain in fish: Fact or Fiction?Robert Jones

4.10 “Operation Bluestorm”: surveillance for bluetongue virus exposure in herds surrounding an index property in northern Victoria, October 2017Jaimie Hunnam

Finding a silver bullet – It IS possible: use of praziquantel in the Southern bluefin tuna industryPaul Hardy-Smith

4.30 Anthrax in Swan Hill, 2017; the story of an outbreakJaimie Hunnam

Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in humansFatima Nasrallah

Open discussion time:Treatment and management of fish and shellfish diseases: do we utilise terrestrial principles as well as we could and what more needs to be done?4.50 Searching for anthrax in the clouds: an anthrax

early notification systemTom Brownlie

5.10 Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in North Australian beef cattle using an indirect Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)Caitlin Wood

5.30 Equine Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)


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THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018BAYWATCH ROOM

DENTISTRY CHAPTERORCHID ROOM

PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board

now and on the horizon

9.00 Peripheral cemental caries in the horseKirsten Jackson

Welcome and outline of VPH’s Science Week programmeRobert Biddle

9.10 The diversity and domains of veterinary public healthMary Barton

9.30 National and international perspectives on the zoonoses, antimicrobials and food safetyMark Schipp


10.30 Case report: crown extensions for linguoverted caninesCraig Hunger

Ecosystem Change, Infectious disease transmission and early warning: One Health Medical Geography approaches for zoonotic diseases; and use of various investigatory techniquesRicardo Magalhaes

11.00 Case report – Learn from my mistakes: how not to do extractionsRachel Stone

11.10 Knowledge, attitudes and practices of dairy and beef farmers of Australia to Q feverGuy Weerasinghe11.30 Vital pulp therapy a literature review

Rebecca Tucker11.50 Risk analysis in biosecurity: what makes the approach taken in New Zealand and Australia differentSteve Hathaway

12.10


1.30 Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) apical barrier placement and apical surgery with MTAWilliam Ha

Setting international standards for food of animal origin and the influencing role of the New Zealand and Australian governmentsSteve Hathaway

2.10 Group discussion on VPH risk assessment and food safety and the role of the VPH Chapter on them

2.30 Dentistry Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)


3.30 Case report: extraction of caudal maxillary molar in a Malayan TapirGary Wilson

New developments in humane slaughter: recent research in CO2 stunning, low atmosphere stunning, trans cervical magnetic stimulation and diathermic induction of insensibilityAlison Small

4.00 Case report: Norm the Meerkat had a toothacheWayne Fitzgerald4.10 Welfare and animal health aspects of the

transport, saleyard and lairage phasesAlison Small

4.30 Case report: limited mouth opening in a puppyAaron Forsayeth

4.50 Group discussion: Anti-mortem welfare and humane slaughter

Panel discussion: Expectations of the Chapter: Membership; Fellowship; Resource library-Communications; Outreach and advocacyChapter executive and members

5.00 Discussion panelChristine Hawke



FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018PIPELINE 1 ROOM

(formerly Point Break Room)SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY

AND FELINE CHAPTERS

PIPELINE 2 ROOM(formerly Diamond Head Room)SURGERY & ANAESTHESIA AND

ANALGESIA CHAPTERS

MAUI 1 ROOM(formerly Waikiki Room)AVIAN HEALTH CHAPTER

RADIOLOGY CHAPTER

8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Council: A legacy of excellence: Membership for Veterinarians in General Practice

SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY CHAPTERS

SURGERY AND ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA CHAPTERS

AVIAN HEALTH CHAPTER

9.00 Hepatic CT including portosystemic shunt assessmentChris Ober

The anaesthetic management challenges of laparoscopy and thoracoscopyGabby Musk

First aid for the critical avian patient Karen Dobson

9.40


10.30 Thoracic CT imagingChris Ober

Updates on the treatment and prevention of perianaesthetic nausea and gastro-oesophageal refluxHeidi Lehmann

Triaging the critical avian patientKaren Dobson

11.10 Blood transfusionsAnne Fowler

11.30 Imaging in OncologyChris Ober

Surgery Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)11.50 Bedside testing for the avian patient

Deborah Monks


SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE AND FELINE CHAPTERS

SURGERY CHAPTER RADIOLOGY CHAPTER

1.30 Personal infection control practices Angela Willemsen

Modified hiatal herniorrhaphy for regurgitation in brachycephalic dogs: a case series Candice Gelmi

Advanced MRI techniques for imaging the canine brainMarjorie Milne

1.45 Brucella Suis seroprevalenceCathy Kneipp

Evaluation of risk factors for outcome of adrenalectomy in dogs with adrenal gland tumors: 58 cases (2008–2018)Carla Appelgrein

2.00 Feline listeriosis Tommy Fluen

Computed tomography-derived volumetric analysis of normal adrenal glands in dogsRyan Swepson

2.15 Macronutrient intake and behaviour in catsSophia Little

Retrospective study of incidence and clinical manifestation of post-operative neurological dysfunction in 87 dogs following portosystemic shunt attenuation (2002-2018)Chelsea Lim

2.30 Body condition and morbidity, survival and lifespan in catsKendy Teng

Recanalisation of a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt previously attenuated with cellophane banding in two catsJames Crowley

Taking imaging one step further: veterinary work at the Australian SynchrotronMitzi Klein

2.45 DGGR lipase concentrations and hyperadrenocorticsm Amy Collings

Primary orthostatic tremor in two Great DanesJun-Yan Sek


3.30 Canine mast cell tumours Benjamin Reynolds

Initial clinical outcome and complications of the use of C-LOX implants in dogs with caudal cervical spondylomyelopathyLydia Kan

Radiology Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

3.45 Effect of melatonin on cyclicity and lactation in queensMark Vardanega

A retrospective study using the String of Pearls tibial plateau leveling osteotomy locking plate for treatment of cranial cruciate ligament disease Ross McGregor

4.00 Lower motor neuron paresis in dogsMelissa Robinson

Plating of open fractures in dogs and cats with observations on outcome and prognosisFabian Trefny

4.15 Small Animal Medicine Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Trochlear groove replacement in a dog following traumatic loss of the femoral trochlearJeff Buckland

4.30 Single session bilateral internal splint surgery for managing a gastrocnemius musculotendinopathy in a Border CollieAlicia Evans

4.45 Radioulnar ischaemic necrosis (RUIN) and spontaneous pathologic radial fracture in a PomeranianKaarthegeswaran Sukumaran

5.00 Judging and awards

5.05

5.10

5.30 COLLEGE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NORTH BREAK ROOM, SECOND FLOOR

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THURSDAY 5 JULY 2018BAYWATCH ROOM



8.00 Plenary Forum: Pipeline 1 Room (formerly Point Break Room)Board of Examiners: Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board

now and on the horizon

9.00 Peripheral cemental caries in the horseKirsten Jackson

Welcome and outline of VPH’s Science Week programmeRobert Biddle

9.10 The diversity and domains of veterinary public healthMary Barton

9.30 National and international perspectives on the zoonoses, antimicrobials and food safetyMark Schipp


10.30 Case report: crown extensions for linguoverted caninesCraig Hunger

Ecosystem Change, Infectious disease transmission and early warning: One Health Medical Geography approaches for zoonotic diseases; and use of various investigatory techniquesRicardo Magalhaes

11.00 Case report – Learn from my mistakes: how not to do extractionsRachel Stone

11.10 Knowledge, attitudes and practices of dairy and beef farmers of Australia to Q feverGuy Weerasinghe11.30 Vital pulp therapy a literature review

Rebecca Tucker11.50 Risk analysis in biosecurity: what makes the approach taken in New Zealand and Australia differentSteve Hathaway

12.10


1.30 Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) apical barrier placement and apical surgery with MTAWilliam Ha

Setting international standards for food of animal origin and the influencing role of the New Zealand and Australian governmentsSteve Hathaway

2.10 Group discussion on VPH risk assessment and food safety and the role of the VPH Chapter on them

2.30 Dentistry Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)


3.30 Case report: extraction of caudal maxillary molar in a Malayan TapirGary Wilson

New developments in humane slaughter: recent research in CO2 stunning, low atmosphere stunning, trans cervical magnetic stimulation and diathermic induction of insensibilityAlison Small

4.00 Case report: Norm the Meerkat had a toothacheWayne Fitzgerald4.10 Welfare and animal health aspects of the

transport, saleyard and lairage phasesAlison Small

4.30 Case report: limited mouth opening in a puppyAaron Forsayeth

4.50 Group discussion: Anti-mortem welfare and humane slaughter

Panel discussion: Expectations of the Chapter: Membership; Fellowship; Resource library-Communications; Outreach and advocacyChapter executive and members

5.00 Discussion panelChristine Hawke



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FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018MAUI 2 ROOM



AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH CHAPTERPHARMACOLOGY & ANAESTHESIA AND

ANALGESIA CHAPTERS

SUNSET ROOM ONEDERMATOLOGY CHAPTER


AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH CHAPTER

9.00 An unusual pigmentary retinopathyMartyn King

A matter of aquaculture securityRoy Yanong

Desmosome autoimmunity in dogs: Pemphigus diseasesPetra Bizikova9.40 Sudden onset blindness in a 7-month old

Golden RetrieverHayley Volk


10.30 Diagnostic value of cytology in veterinary ophthalmologySimon Hurn

Aquatic animal surgeryDances with sharks: an aquarium vet’s journeyRobert Jones

Desmosome autoimmunity in cats and horses: Pemphigus diseasesPetra Bizikova

10.50 Equine case reportHeather Kaese

Surgical protocol for the insertion of acoustic tags into native freshwater catfishJoanne Bannister

11.10 Case reportJeff Smith

Update on the National Carp Control Program: research to plug the gapsPaul Hardy-Smith

11.30 Neuro-ophthalmology: pathways and examination Patrick Kenny

Saddle-back syndrome in fishRoger Chong

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus in dogsPetra Bizikov

11.50 Open discussion time:What are common veterinary principles of biosecurity, surgery and disease prevention applicable to fish and shellfish health and how well are we using them?


1.30 Neurodiagnostic tests: what’s useful and whenPatrick Kenny

Aquatic Animal Health Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Autoimmune blistering skin diseases in animals: basement membrane autoimmunityPetra Bizikova2.10 Diagnostic utility of aqueocentesis in uveitis

Kate Hindley

2.30 Neurogenic dry eye: presentations, breeds, results of treatment and prognosisRobin Stanley


PHARMACOLOGY AND ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA CHAPTERS

3.30 Ahmed glaucoma valves and complicationsTaemi Horikawa

How to extrapolate a dose (between species and from in vitro to in vivo)Pierre-Louis Toutain

Immunosuppression in veterinary dermatology Petra Bizikova

4.00 Transdermal flux studies of a new antimicrobial containing lasalocid for methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) infections of the skinEvie Knight

4.10 Round Table Discussion:Glaucoma implants Lead by Robin Stanley

Inhalational anaesthesia: updates on MAC concepts and study designWendy Goodwin

4.30 Dermatology Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

4.50 Update on canine corneal endothelial transplant Gladys Boo

Round table: burning issues explored



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FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018SUNSET ROOM TWO

EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE CHAPTERNORTH BREAK ROOM

CATTLE CHAPTERSOUTH BREAK ROOM

ANIMAL WELFARE & ZOO AND WILDLIFE CHAPTERS


ANIMAL WELFARE AND ZOO AND WILDLIFE CHAPTERS

9.00 The clinical outcomes associated with adjunctive intralipid 20% therapy in dogs with illicit drug intoxicationsGemma Spinoglio

Transition management and fodder beet systemsJim Gibbs

Ethics and welfare in zoos: a global initiativeJenny Gray

9.20 Multi-species comparison of sodium channel protein structures: an investigation into feline pyrethrin sensitivityStuart Eddy9.30 Australasian zoo welfare assessment

Simon Eyre9.40 Urinary GGT measurement in dogs: technical aspects, reference interval, and the effect of pyuriaJennifer Davis

40 years of RumensinRowan Wilson


10.30 Poster display Modifying the rumen: review of antimicrobial use in feedHelen Crabb

The welfare of dolphins in captivityDi Evans

10.50 Welfare of cetaceans in Australian captive facilitiesDuan March

11.00 Effect of leukoreduction on the development of inflammation in transfusion recipientsDenise Poh

The case for antimicrobial rumen modifiersPaul Cusack

11.10 Review of welfare of captive cetaceansStephanie Shaw11.15 Rumen modification: antibiotics vs alternatives

Ian Sawyer

11.30 Anaesthesia and analgesia in the ICUMargie McEwen

Modifying the rumen: panel discussion Helen Crabb, Paul Cusack and Ian SawyerMark Burgemeister (Chair)

Developing and implementing an animal welfare program in a zooSally Sherwan

11.50 Multidisciplinary approach to addressing wildlife welfare issuesTrudy Sharp

12.10 Caring for wildlife: are we doing more harm than good?Bronwyn Orr


ANIMAL WELFARE CHAPTER

1.30 Management of canine hospital-associated anxiety in emergency and critical careCorrin Boyd

An update on trace mineralsColin Trengove

A global programme to implement welfare standards for working equidsPeter Thornber

2.10 An update on rumen dynamicsPaul Cusack

Equine welfare during exercise: I think we have a ‘bit’ of a problemDavid Mellor2.30 An update on the use of intravenous lipid

emulsion (IVLE) therapy for acute toxicoses in dogs and catsLisa Smart



3.30 Therapeutic plasma exchange for the treatment of toxicityRhian Cope

Seroprevalence of Q-fever in northern beef cattle using an indirect immunofluroescence assay(Emerging scientist) Caitlin Wood

Wastage in Australian working dogsLiz Arnott

4.00 Re-emerging toxicities in the veterinary fieldRhian Cope

Cattle Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM) Canine farm staff: what do we know about their wellbeingNaomi Cogger

4.30 TBC




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FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018MALIBU ROOM

EPIDEMIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTERS

CLOUD BREAK ROOMEQUINE CHAPTER

LONGBOARD ROOMLABORATORY ANIMALS CHAPTER



9.00 Antibiotics in the environment: sources and consequencesElizabeth Parker

Diagnosis and management of acute laminitisLuke Wells-Smith

9.20 Antimicrobial use and resistance in plant based agricultureElizabeth Parker

9.40 Biocide and disinfectant use driving antimicrobial resistanceElizabeth Parker

Medicine and Management of Laboratory Animals Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

10.00MORNING TEA IN TRADE DISPLAY AREAS

LABORATORY ANIMALS CHAPTER

10.30 Understanding antibiotic prescribing practices: a comparative study of doctors, dentists and veterinariansMichael Ward

Emergency neonatal foal management and prognosisChris Sanchez

What do opinion polls really tell us about public attitudes to animal research?Malcolm France

10.50 Exploring pet ownership as a risk factor for extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) infection in humansLeah Toombs-Ruane

11.10 Bayesian latent hierarchical model for detecting MIC creepChaohui Yuan11.15 A Global Perspective: balancing animal welfare

while facilitating research – a day in the life of a Lab Animal VeterinarianElizabeth Dodemaide

11.30 Design of dosage regimens that least select for resistancePierre-Louis Toutain

Emergencies during anaesthesia: when not to keep calm and carry onKeely Wilson12.00 Published injectable anaesthetic doses

and their application in laboratory mice: experience from a recent trialJenny Kingham

12.10 Implementing precision antimicrobial therapyRaman Shaban


INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND RESEARCH ABSTRACTS


1.30 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): the New Zealand perspectiveNigel French

Voriconazole-containing Thermogel for subconjunctival injection in horsesRosemary Cuming

Welfare in captive orangutansSimone Vitali

2.00 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): the Australian perspectiveJane Heller

Osteogenic capacities of equine stem cell populations are dependent on intrinsic bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling activityMatt Stewart

Aquatic animal welfareRobert Jones

2.20 Effects of sample handling on plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stability in horses with normal and elevated ACTH concentrationsAlison Stewart

2.30 Panel Q&A:What are the key actions needed to mitigate the impact of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Ethics committees: how we improve the process for native animals?Derek Spielman

2.40 Biological variation of routine haematology and biochemistry measurands in the horseMegan Wright


INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND RESEARCH ABSTRACTS CONTINUED

3.15 Novel anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of equine SIRSJenny Bauquier3.30 Epidemiology Chapter Annual General Meeting

(AGM)Welfare of captive elephantsTBA3.45 Differences in cell marker expression by equine

bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells asssociated with blood antigen type and breedChris Reily3.50 Welfare aspects of interactive programs with

captive animalsAl Mucci4.05 The effect of internal lag screw fixation on

compression and loading responses of type III distal phalangeal fractures in horsesMatt Stewart4.10 Welfare of caged and aviary birds

Bob Doneley4.25 Septic peritonitis in the post-partum mareKatie Offer4.30 Welfare of captive reptiles

David McLelland4.45 Prevalence and risk factors associated with equine asthma in South Australian horsesAlexandra Jaarsma4.50

5.05 Insulin dysregulation in horses with systemic inflammatory response syndromeAlison Stewart5.10

5.25



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FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018BAYWATCH ROOM


BEHAVIOUR & FELINE CHAPTERS


BEHAVIOUR AND FELINE CHAPTERS

9.00 Equine Dentistry: who should be doing it and why?Gary Wilson

Sickness Behaviours in cats – vomiting and diarrhoea: are the guts primary or secondary responders to emotions?Chalette Brown

9.20 Body or Brain? Overgrooming and the effects of early weaning vs atopy and the effects of habitKersti Seksel

9.30 Case report: infundibular caries restorationKirsten Jackson

9.40 Case Study PU/PD in a cat with anxietyFrederique Hurly


10.30 Restorative materialsMichael Mandikos

Emotions DO affect Immune status: psychoneuroimmunological reduction in URI’s in shelter catsNadine Gourkow

11.30 Root canal sealersBasil Athanassiadis

Organic brain issue or just raised wrong? When is feline aggression normal and when not?Jacqui Ley

11.50 Fear Free for Felines: show me the evidenceGary Landsberg

12.10 Cat Friendly Strategies: solving some but creating other problems with pre-travel mediCATionsKersti Seksel


BEHAVIOUR CHAPTER

1.30 Radiation therapy for oral tumoursElias Gumpel

The rise and rise of pedigree cats: are there behavioural consequences as well as medicalCam Day

1.50 Rising StarsBehavioural Interventions reduce cat euthanasia in RSPCA QLDCaroline Kerr

Effects of sensory environmental enrichment on the behaviour of shelter dogsVeronica Amaya

When all other animals are out to get you: a case study on interdog aggressionBronwen Bollaert

2.20 Learning Theory: practical application and the human-animal bondMark Turnwald2.30 Case report: ameloblastoma in a young Pug

Simon Craig2.40 Are greyhounds making great pets? Update on NSW greyhoundsKaren Dawson


3.30 Dental related sinusitis case studiesOliver Liyou

Implications of manual restraint of domestic animals revisitedRobert Holmes4.00 Case report: compound odontoma in a young

dogRebecca Tucker

4.10 New drugs for psychopharmacy: progress and problemsJacqui Ley

4.30 Case report: ossifying fibroma in a 3 month old foalDavid Bartholomeusz

Fear Free Science: addressing the needs of owners, staff, pets and vetsGary Landsberg

4.50 Analysing dog behaviour in the context of assessing approaches to create fear free vet visitsSusan Hazel

5.00 Discussion panelAaron Forsayeth



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SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018PIPELINE 1 ROOM

(formerly Point Break Room)SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE &

PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTERS

PIPELINE 2 ROOM(formerly Diamond Head Room)

SURGERY & ONCOLOGY CHAPTERS

MAUI 1 ROOM(formerly Waikiki Room)

PATHOBIOLOGY CHAPTER

8.00 SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE AND PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTERS

Optimisation of antibiotic use to minimise resistance and maximise clinical efficacyPierre-Louis Toutain

Decision making in surgical oncology: when to cut big, when to cut smallSimon Kudnig

The expanding range of skin lesions of cats associated with papillomavirusesJohn Munday

8.20 Equine papillomavirus and penile squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)Cameron Knight

8.40 Management of multi-drug resistant urinary tract infections and cholangitisThurid Johnstone

Radiation therapy for canine brain tumoursElias Gumpel

Sporotrichosis: an emerging mycosisMark Krockenberger

9.00 An overview of comparative oncology and trial status updateRod Straw

Finescale epidemiology of CryptococcosisLaura Schmertmann

9.20 Panel discussion: should pradofloxacin and cefovecin use be restricted?Pierre-Louis Toutain, Sarah Robson, Stephen Page

Cryptococcus laurentii isolated from the foot pad and nasal cavity in a catGretta Howard

9.40 Analysing the impact of antimicrobials on the microbiotaPierre-Louis Toutain

Panel discussion TBC

10.00 Chronic enteropathy: faecal microbiota transplant or antibiotic therapy?Julien Dandrieux

TBC

10.20 The role of surgery for prostatic neoplasia in dogsTristram Bennett10.40 Panel discussion:

Are all ABs detrimental to the microbiota or is there some merit to tylosin or metronidazole therapy for chronic diarrhoea?Pierre-Louis Toutain, Julien Dandrieux, Steve Holloway, Stephen Page


11.30 Plenary Forum: Pipeline Room, Ground FloorTitle: Tackling Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing in the Profession



1.30 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: past, present, future, value and limitsPierre-Louis Toutain

Comparative Oncology: melanomaJohanna Todd

1.50 Generic drugs: issues and pitfallsPierre-Louis Toutain

2.10 Optimisation of immunotherapyJulien Dandrieux

Comparative Oncology: mammary tumoursElizabeth Morgan


SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE CHAPTER

3.30 A novel treatment option for canine myxomatous mitral valve disease in Australia – surgical mitral valve repairLaurencie Brunel

Comparative Oncology: brain tumoursKatrina Cheng

4.10 Comparative Oncology: osteosarcomaSarah Mitchell

4.30 Recent advances in veterinary virologySteve Holloway4.50

5.10

5.30 Programme completed

7.00 COLLEGE AWARDS DINNER – BALLROOM


SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018MAUI 2 ROOM



ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA CHAPTER

SUNSET ROOM ONE DERMATOLOGY CHAPTER

8.00 ACES ONLINE (Members and ACES panellists only)Ron de Jong

Construction of a finite element model in two large species for electrical impedance tomography application Olivia Brabant

8.15 Prospective evaluation of three anaesthetic recovery scoring systems in horsesWendy Goodwin

8.30 Tissue oxygen saturation measured with near infrared spectroscopy in dogs anaesthetized for elective stifle surgery and concurrently receiving an infusion of medetomidineNick Cowling

8.45 The effect of regional hypothermia on mechanical nociceptive thresholds in the distal forelimb of the horseJo Rainger

9.00 Total intravenous anaesthesia with ketamine, medetomidine and guaifenesin compared with ketamine, medetomidine and midazolam in horsesShaun Pratt

Food allergies in dogs and cats-selected topicsPetra Bizikova

9.15 A pilot study: intra-operative reperfusion injury following cross-clamping of the aorta in a pig model for vascular graftingGabby Musk

9.30 A comparison of different standard diagnostic tests in identifying acute kidney injury in dogs with hypovolaemic shockJen Davis

9.45 Evaluation of ketamine, medetomidine and midazolam infusions for total intravenous anaesthesia in 5 colts undergoing castrationAlexandra Cunneen

10.00 Q and A time – Ophthalmology Specialist PanelYour ophthalmology questions answered!

Efficacy and safety of unpreserved and preserved alfaxalone in cyclodextrin administered intravenously for induction of anaesthesia in rabbitsJenna Fraser

Food allergies in children: risk factors and preventative strategiesRachel Peters

10.15 Arterial blood gas abnormalities in anaesthetised horses: preliminary findings of a retrospective study of 400 casesJo Rainger

10.40





1.30 Ophthalmology Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)(Chapter Members and Residents only)

Interventional chronic pain management: a human anaesthetist perspectiveJoshua Day

The natural history of food allergy and emerging treatmentsRachel Peters

2.30 Anaesthesia and Analgesia Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Agreement and correlation between intradermal allergy testing and IgEserology performed at three different dermatology specialist centresPeter Hill


3.30 JPEG SessionCase Discussion

High flow nasal oxygen: new insights in human anaesthesiaAdam Keys

Mechanisms of actions of allergen immunotherapyPeter Hill

4.15 Cheilitis: a forgotten or inadequately described, sign of canine atopic dermatitisAllan Bell

4.30 Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in veterinary medicinePetra Bizikova

4.50 Panel discussion: monitoring standards in veterinary anaesthesia

5.00

5.10



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SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018SUNSET ROOM TWO

AVIAN HEALTH CHAPTER NORTH BREAK ROOM

CATTLE CHAPTERSOUTH BREAK ROOM

ANIMAL WELFARE & BEHAVIOUR CHAPTERS

8.00 ANIMAL WELFARE CHAPTER

The dyspnoeic birdBob Doneley

The ostrich in the roomAndy Hancock

8.30 On-farm biosecurity: changing attitudesAshleigh Dobson

Offering a PIC (public, industry or community based) placement for DVM students in animal welfareRosemary Elliot

8.40 Avian medicine and surgery in the Middle East Hamish Baron

8.50 Online relinquishments of pets in AustraliaSusan Hazel9.00 Nutritional management of heat stress

Ian Sawyer9.10 Cat management in Adelaide local councils(Student Presentation)Kristy Pearn

9.30 Drinking water quality and analysisSteve Little

Ending animal life: how and what techniques are Australasian veterinary science students being taught?Kat Littlewood

9.40 An update on the submission to the Department of Agriculture regarding the importation of psittacinesKelly Porter9.50 Panel discussion

10.00 Investigation of relationship between genetic selection for fertility and the real world expression of reproductive performance(Emerging Scientist) Ee Cheng Ooi

David Bayvel award winner presentation

10.30 HypocalcaemiaKatrina Roberts10.40 Panel discussion


11.30Plenary Forum: Pipeline Room, Ground Floor

Title: Tackling Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing in the ProfessionDr Fiona Moir – Senior Lecturer in The Department of General Practice and Director of Medical Student Affairs at The University of Auckland


ANIMAL WELFARE AND BEHAVIOUR CHAPTERS

1.30 Nature links: how Vets can helpPatricia Macwhirter

Latest findings in temperate forage research for cattleCharlotte Westwood

Fear Free Science: addressing patient welfare?Gary Landsberg

1.50 Managing cats humanely to reduce cat numbers, wildlife predations and costs in an Australian contextJacquie Rand

2.00 Nutritional rules of thumb for practitionersPaul Cusack

2.10 Conservation Programmes for the Spix Macaw, the Lear’s Macaw, Ara Macao Cyanopterus reintroduction in Mexico and the reintroduction of the Green wing Macaw into the Ignacio National Park: a perspectiveLorenzo Crosta

2.30 Interpretation of bulk milk data to track performance and link to nutrition Katrina Roberts

Novel problems relating to confinement of pets (social isolation of animals in general) – it is not just birds in cages any moreElsa Flint3.00 Investigation of leptospirosis prevalence in SW

Victoria and comparing vaccination practices on these herds(Emerging Scientist) Elke Erreger


3.30 Demonstration of a dietary requirement for Vitamin C in an Australian HoneyeaterAnne Fowler

Can Kitten Kindy mitigate the effects of early weaning and social isolationJess Beer

3.50 Strategies to reduce viral load by improving emotional health in shelter catsNadine Gourkow

4.50 Managed Shelter Intake – no flu and more cats rehomed: an Australian case studyAnn Enwright

5.10 Behaviour Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)




SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018MALIBU ROOM

EPIDEMIOLOGY CHAPTERCLOUD BREAK ROOM

EQUINE CHAPTERBAYWATCH ROOM


8.00 Bayesian two-part model to correct both herd and animal level misclassification errorsAaron Yang

Neonatal management of SIRsChris Sanchez

A quantitative approach to primary prevention of Alzheimer’s disease: progress in blood-based screens and other methods to detect persons at riskColin Masters

8.20 Time to consider livestock movement as a temporal networkCaitlin Pfeiffer Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: recent trends

in nosology, diagnosis, prionology, and implications for veterinary public healthColin Masters

8.30

8.40 The hokey pokey model of Q fever on farm transmission dynamicsJose Canevari

9.00 Using causal loop diagrams to facilitate the understanding of the complex set of factors influencing calf wastage and identify possible leverage points for interventionsTamsin Barnes

Equine neurology case studies and discussionAlison Stewart

Group discussion: toxic proteins and prion diseases

9.15 Food safety in the 21st Century: emerging issues and new approaches to protecting trade and the consumerNigel French

9.20 Social network analysis in the molecular era: unravelling the relationship between New Zealand’s commercial poultry contact structures and campylobacter transmissionSabrina Greening

9.40 Human behaviour and livestock disease spread: challenges and opportunities in modelling dynamic feedback loop in disease simulation modelArata Hidano

9.45 International collaboration in food safety and security research Nigel French10.00 Detecting disease on sheep farms: the effect of

farmer behaviourCaitlin Pfeiffer

Emergency management of fracturesSteve Zedler

10.15 Group discussion: food safety in the 21st century: Emerging issues, new approaches and research10.20 To be neutered or not? Reasons why farmers

don’t neuter their working dogsNaomi Cogger10.30 Veterinary Public Health Chapter Annual

General Meeting (AGM)10.40 Understanding dairy farmer intentions to make

improvements to their management practices of foot lesions causing lameness in dairy cowsKate Dutton-Regester





1.30 Applying animal health economics to improve companion animal careCarolyn Gates

Metabolic emergencies of the equine endurance athleteDarien Feary

1.50 Wildlife reservoirs for Mycobacterium bovis in Fiji: could these be important for BTB control? And if so, What? Where? When?Jenny-Ann Toribio

2.10 Reproductive outcome impacts on live weight production of beef cows in northern AustraliaTamsin Barnes2.15 Exertional heat illness in Thoroughbred

RacehorsesMeg Brownlow2.30 Blowing in the wind: decision support tools for

vector-borne animal diseasesShumoos Al Riyami


3.30 Effect of season and climate on bovine digital dermatitis in spring-calving pasture-based dairy farms in Taranaki, New ZealandAaron Yang

Human neonatal encephalopathy and sepsisHelen Liley

3.50 Impact of climate on livestock diseases in New Zealand: a reviewEmilie Vallee

4.10 Impacts of climate change on facial eczema for New Zealand: how big a problem?Masako Wada

4.30 Investigation of climate change perceptions among Maasai pastoralists in Northern Tanzania and its impacts on cattle productionJenny-Ann Toribio

Literature Review ‘Top 10 Emergency Articles’Chris Sanchez

4.50 Are New Zealand pet owners ready and would they get through a natural disaster?Naomi Cogger

5.10 Never happens? How prepared are New Zealand farmers for a natural disaster?Naomi Cogger



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SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018ORCHID ROOM

BEHAVIOUR CHAPTERUNUSUAL PETS CHAPTER

ONCOLOGY CHAPTER (AGM ONLY)

8.20 BEHAVIOUR CHAPTER

Post natal pet problems: what REALLY happens after the baby arrivesChalette Brown

8.40 Personality in cats: narcissistic toddlers and more?Michael McDowell

9.00 Onset of awareness and survival-critical behaviours of newborn and young mammalsDavid Mellor

10.00 What can non-verbal humans tell us about our pets? (grimace scales and beyond)Michael McDowell10.20

10.40 catFACs (and other grimace scales?) – more than just pain expression?Nadine Gourkow



Dr Fiona Moir – Senior Lecturer in The Department of General Practice and Director of Medical Student Affairs at The University of

Auckland


UNUSUAL PETS CHAPTER

1.30 Welfare concerns associated with hand-reared birdsRena MacFarlane

1.50 Breeders, pet shops and vets: oh My! How poor advice leads to disease in small companion animalsTegan Stephens

2.10 The school pet: failing to pass the grade in animal welfareAnne Fowler

2.30 Health consequences of poor water quality in pet freshwater turtles in AustraliaAnne Fowler


3.30

3.50

4.10

4.30

4.50 Oncology Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM)




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