BCVA driving tomorrow’s practice BCVA Congress 2014 Congress Programme 16th – 18th October 2014 Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3JA Workshop Key to colour-coding Undergraduate Short Research Presentation Question Time Cattle Congress programme Thursday 16th October BCVA/SVS joint Morning sessions 12:15 Anthelmintic resistance in cattle: can current tools answer the field questions? Ian Nanjiani Automated mobility scoring- development and validation of “IceScore” Rob Smith OPENING SESSION - The role of farm animal vets Expectations of the farmer - Michael Seals, Chair AHWBE Expectations of the supermarkets - Duncain Sinclair, Waitrose Expectations of the consumer - Raymond O’Rourke, Chair Consumers Association of Ireland 13:45 14:00 14:45 15:00 Antibiotic residues: helping producers meet their obligations Declan O’Rourke, BCVA President, Andrew Biggs, The Vale Vet Grp, Tim Hampton, Milk Link Limited Suffolk Room Knowledge transfer with your clients using endoparasite control within flock health planning as an example Lesley Stubbings, LSSC Ltd Integrated beef and sheep health management planning Joe Henry 15:45 16:15 Five key factors for Transition Cow Success Prof. Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin Ectoparasite control within flock health planning Murray Corke, University of Cambridge Lameness control within flock health planning Prof. Laura Green, University of Warwick 17:00 17:30 Limousin Room Jersey Room A day in the life of a cow 124 Owen Atkinson Dairy cow mineral status in late pregnancy relative to forage mineral analysis, nutritional supplement and herd fertility Layna Campbell How to improve abortion investigations? Perceptions, motivators and barriers of UK and irish veterinary surgeons Emily Windham How to improve abortion investigations? Perceptions, motivators and barriers of UK and Irish cattle farmers Eva Kenny Short-term effect of antibiotics on neonatal calves’ fecal microbial diversity Ellie Phipps DEW Club Peter May COFFEE 15:15 Boehringer Ingelheim Special Symposium Making herds healthier with a Red Tractor 21st century health planning that is effective as well as compliant Dick Sibley, MyHealthyHerd.com 14:15 Treatment of clinical mastitis in lactating cows: new bugs, old drugs and changing expectations Prof. Pam Ruegg, University of Wisconsin Hereford Room Using InterHerd+ to extract the maximum value from milk recording and milk analysis Holstein Room Seminars Workshops Seminars Time A descriptive study of Neospora caninum and other bovine abortion diagnoses in the UK from 2007-2011 Kine Elmenhorst LUNCH 12:30 - 13:45 12:30 Afternoon sessions Thoughts from practitioners about conducting clinical audit Katie Waine Prof. Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin 12:00 Jersey Room E.Coli mastitis. Antimicrobials: should they be prescribed? Helen Dagg Outcome of treatment of clinical ketosis with an oral drench containing glycerol and propylene glycol Sarah Wood A herd mobility scoring service: practicalities, opportunities and models Owen Atkinson, Dairy Veterinary Consultancy & Jo Speed, DairyCo 11:30 Holstein Room Welcome from the President Declan O’Rourke James Hanks, PAN Livestock Services Ltd. 11:00 Calf building design and features for improved health Time Generating and assessing a video as a knowledge transfer tool to advocate the use of systematic analgesia during the disbudding of dairy calves Sarah Bolter The impact of specific dry period management interventions on clinical mastitis and somatic cell count Peter Down Do UK dairy cows cycle every 21 days? John Remnant The role of the veterinary surgeon, as percieved by the farmer, in the implementation of vaccination strategies on British dairy farms Imogen Richens Herd and cow-level risk factors for subclinical ketosis in Dutch dairy cows Tom Vanholder The use of bespoke data-loggers for the long term assessment of the building environment in calf housing in South England Tom Chamberlain App for safe medicines prescribing Phil Sketchley 18:00 Evening END Clinical Club, moderated by David Barrett and Alistair Smith Congress programme Friday 17th October Morning sessions Time Holstein Room Seminars 08:30 09:00 Suffolk Room AGM The BVD Check Tag Scheme Beef heifer rearing targets to maximise productivity Francis Liveley, Agrifood and Biosciences Institute Clostridial diseases in cattle and sheep Karin Mueller, University of Liverpool 09:30 A comparison of attitudes to BVDV control between Australia and the UK and the potential consequences Alistair Smith, Charles Strut University, Australia 10:00 BVD Herdcheck. Progress towards BVD control Karen Bond, NMR Reproductive performance within flock health planning Matt Colston, Novartis Animal Health 10:30 Holstein Room COFFEE Suffolk Room 11:00 Question Time Chair: Andrew Taylor Panel: Gary England, University of Nottingham, Christianne Glossop, CVO Wales, Michael Seals, AHWBE, Alick Simmons, DCVO Workshops Jersey TotalVet benchmarking in practice Andrew Bradley, QMMS Hereford Prevention of mastitis Prof. Pamela Ruegg, University of Wisconsin Jersey Hereford Benchmarking beef herds and using FertBench in practice Everything you need to know about mastitis in 90 minutes George Caldow & Iain Riddell, SRUC Peter Edmondson, Shepton Vet Group LUNCH 13:00 Afternoon sessions 14:00 Monitoring milk quality, milking management and udder health Prof. Pamela Reugg, University of Wisconsin 15:00 The on-going improvement in somatic cell counts in milk from UK Prof. George Gunn, SRUC dairy herds James Hanks, PAN Livestock Services Ltd. A quantative analysis of the caseload in first opinion veterinary practice: livestock Andrew Davies, Synergy Farm Health COFFEE An update on the treatment of claw horn lesions in cattle Prof. Jon Huxley, University of Nottingham A new approach to negative energy balance in early lactation Richard Cooper, EBVC 17:00 Farm infrastructure impact on lameness evidence base, impact of RDP funding and the future Phil Alcock, Bishopton Veterinary Group The effect on milk production in Dairy Cows of an additional trace element bolus administration in early lactation Ruth Vernon, Vet 1 Services 17:30 Guidance to control digital dermatitis Counting the culls and costing the casualties: not all cull cows are the Arturo Gomez, University of Wisconsin same Peter Orpin, MyHealthyHerd.com 18:00 Transition cow success Prof. Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin END Caesarean sections and prolapse corrections in cattle - tips and advice Judith Roberts, Zoetis & Paul Wood, Cambridge University 16:00 16:30 Antibiotic residues - helping producers meet their obligations - a practical approach Andrew Biggs, The Vale Veterinary Group & Tim Hampton, Milk Link Limited How do we convince farmers to control Paratuberculosis? Prof. George Gunn, SRUC & Dominic Mellor, Glasgow University Veterinary School 15:30 Paraban - knowledge exchange for the control of Paratuberculosis using champion farmers. Short presentations from farmers, vets, epidemiologists and research scientists. Congress programme Saturday 18th October Morning sessions Seminars Holstein Room Suffolk Room Jersey Room Workshops Hereford Room Limousin Room Preferred features of barns associated with improved calf health Prof. Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin Dairy cow mortality: a focus on Jejunal Haemorrhage Syndrome Lee-Ann Oliver, SAC Consulting Veterinary Services 09:30 Mycoplasma bovis in calves Tim Potter, Westpoint Veterinary Group Liver fluke - an overview for practitioners Diana Williams, University of Liverpool 10:00 The use of recycled manure solids as bedding - an update on the scoping study Martin Green, University of Nottingham An overview of the gloworm project for practitioners Eric Morgan, Bristol University 09:00 Theileria orientalis (ikeda) associated bovine anaemia; the epidemic to date Kevin Lawrence, Massey University Pregnancy risks and profit: optimising dairy fertility protocols Stuart Russell, Nantwich FarmVets Udder Immunology: from book to practice Andrew Biggs & Sofie Piepers, HIPRA Cow monitoring - understanding and making the most of on farm systems Rob Smith, University of Liverpool Counting the culls and costing the casualties - not all cull cows are the same Dick Sibley & Peter Orpin, MyHealthyHerd. com COFFEE 10:30 11:00 Investigating stillbirths in cattle what should a practitioner do? John Mee, TEAGASC The pathogenesis of Bovine Neonatal Pancytopenia (‘Bleeding Calf Syndrome’) Lottie Bell, Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies 11:30 Pregnancy establishment in cattle Prof. Patrick Lonergan, University College Dublin Schmallenberg: an update what next? Gareth Hateley, AHVLA Nutritional management to optimise fertility in pasture-based cows Stephen Butler, TEAGASC Control and monitoring of IBR in a 220 cow dairy herd following vaccination with a live/inactivated IBR marker vaccine programme Julie Forrest, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies STUDENT STREAM 08:30 STUDENT STREAM Time Student Hall- Moo-niversity Challenge FINAL LUNCH 12:30 13:00 13:30 Afternoon sessions Holstein Room Suffolk Room What drives fertility in UK dairy herds? Chris Hudson, University of Nottingham Managing periparturient cows to maximise fertility Prof. Jim Roche, University College Dublin On farm antimicrobial stewardship plans - the way forward? Rob Smith, University of Liverpool Oestrus synchrony protocols what approaches are practitioners taking? Alistair Smith, Charles Sturt University, Australia Measuring SARA on farms with wireless telemetry boluses shows the importance of farm routine in rumen management Prof. Toby Mottram, Royal Agricultural University Jersey Room Hereford Room Time 14:30 15:00 15:30 15:45 The Vital 90 Days: critical opportunities in transition management Michael Christian, Elanco Closing Session CLOSE Treatment of mastitis Prof. Pam Ruegg, University of Wisconsin STUDENT STREAM 14:00