SPRING PVS MEETING 2007
Sponsored by Alpharma
Thursday 10th and Friday 11th May 2007
BURLINGTON HOTEL, DUBLIN
Meeting Details
The program is as follows:
| Thursday 10th May |
| 11.00 |
Presidential address |
David Burch |
| 11.05 - 13.00 |
Irish Pig Industry and Disease Control Programmes |
Chair: Dermot Sparrow
|
| 11.05 - 11.40 |
Overview of Irish pig industry |
Michael Martin (Teagasc) |
| 11.35 - 11.55 |
Pig disease control schemes in Ireland |
Alma Dudgeon (DAF) |
| 11.55 - 12.30 |
Update on Aujeszky's disease - epidemiology, clinical signs and diagnostic methods: implications for eradication strategies |
Noel Kavanagh
(Oldcastle Vet Labs)
|
| 12.30 - 13.00 |
Living with IPPC licences and Nitrates directive |
Padraig Fea (CLW Nutrifarm) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
LUNCH |
|
| 14.00 - 15.00 |
Pig Research Projects |
Chair: Guy Wade-West |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
An update on EU PCV2 research
|
Gordon Allen
Dept Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland
|
| 14.30 - 15.00 |
The impact of flooring on pig health and wealfare on British pig farms |
Amy Kilbridge
University of Warwick |
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
TEA |
|
| 15.30 - 16.35 |
Pig Welfare |
Chair: David Burch |
| 15.30 - 16.00 |
Animal Health and Welfare Policy - where is this going for the UK pig industry |
David Pritchard
DEFRA Policy |
| 16.00 - 16.35 |
SVS Pig welfare work - the reality |
Paul Honeymoon
State Vetinary Service
|
| 16.35 - 17.15 |
Sponsor's Slot
Aurofac and PRDC control
|
Andre Dereu, Alpharma |
| 17.15 - 18.15 |
AGM |
Chair: PVS President |
| 18.15 - 19.30 |
THE CLINICAL CLUB
Topical updates and Interesting cases |
Chair: David Chennells |
| Friday 11th May |
| 9.00 - 10.55 |
Viruses and Vaccines |
Chair: Jill Thomson |
| 9.00 - 9.25 |
PRRSV: diversity of recent UK isolates |
Jean-Pierre Frossard
(VLA Weybridge)
|
| 9.25 - 10.00 |
Circoviral disease and PCV2 vaccines in the USA |
Tim Loula
Swine Vet Centre, USA
|
| 10.00 - 10.25 |
PCV2 disease in Europe: field experience using a sow vaccine |
Francois Joisel
Merial France
|
| 10.25 - 10.55 |
Use of vaccines not authorised for pigs in the UK |
Anna-Maria Brady
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
|
| 10.55 - 11.25 |
BREAK |
|
| 11.25 - 12.00 |
Pig industry projects
|
Chair: Susanna Williamson |
| 11.25 - 11.45 |
BPEX Knowledge Transfer Update |
Lisbeth Ravn,
BPEX KT Team
|
| 11.45 - 12.00 |
Pig herd health plans -project update and user feedback |
Jamie Robertson
Livestock Management Systems, Aberdeen
|
| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Gilt preparation |
Chair : Pat Kirwan |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Gilt management for optimal performance |
Ronan Murphy,
Hermitage
|
| 12.20 - 13.00 |
Feeding gifts for optimal performance |
Paul Toplis, Primary Diets |
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