AUTUMN PVS MEETING 2006
Sponsored by Schering-Plough Animal Health
15th-16th November, 2006
OULTON HALL, LEEDS
Meeting Details
The program is as follows:
| Wednesday 15th November |
| 11.00 |
Presidential address |
David Burch |
| 11.05 - 13.00 |
Straight to the guts of the matter? |
Chair: Jill Thompson
|
| 11.05 - 11.40 |
The role of fibre on the post weaning gut |
Dr. Ian Wellock, SAC, Nutwean Project |
| 11.40 - 12.20 |
Environmental and management factors in post wean scour |
Prof. Robert Friendship |
| 12.20 - 13.00 |
Initial investigations into the epidemiology of ileitis |
Prof. Connie Gebhart, University of Minnesota |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
LUNCH |
|
| 14.00 - 15.45 |
Use of Data Sources |
Chair: Nigel Woolfenden |
| 14.00 - 14.35 |
Production recording and benchmarking |
Stephen Hall, Agrosoft Ltd |
| 14.35 - 15.10 |
Health data recording |
Mike Howe, Nadis |
| 15.10 - 15.45 |
Environmental restrictions - can they get worse? |
Dr Brian Chambers, ADAS |
| 15.45 - 16.15 |
TEA |
|
| 16.15 - 17.15 |
Organic Session |
Chair: Annie Davies |
| 16.15 - 16.45 |
Organic pig production |
Helen Browning, Soil Association |
| 16.45 - 17.15 |
Care of the organic herd |
Pete Bown, George Vet Group |
| 17.15 - 18.15 |
OGM |
Chair: PVS President |
| 18.15 - 19.30 |
CLINICAL CLUB
Topical updates and Interesting cases |
Chair: David Chennells |
| Thursday 16th November |
| 9.00 - 10.45 |
Consider this... |
Chair: Grace Webster |
| 9.00 - 9.30 |
Is straw the most suitable enrichment for pigs ? |
Julie Lane, Central Science Lab, York |
| 9.30 - 09.50 |
How well does lung monitoring correlate with clinical and lab diagnostics? |
Mandy Nevel, Royal Veterinary College |
| 09.50 - 10.15 |
Is whey bloat a lot of hot air? |
Jill Thomson, SAC, Edinburgh |
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
How can we add value to farm assurance? |
Siobhan Mullan, Bristol University |
| 10.45 - 11.15 |
BREAK |
|
| 11.15 - 13.00 |
Medicines - Keeping it legal |
Chair: David Burch |
| 11.15 - 11.45 |
Issues of licensing |
Peter Watson, Peter Watson Solutions Ltd |
| 11.45 - 12.30 |
Sponsored Session |
Schering-Plough Animal Health |
| 12.30 - 13.00 |
New developments in vaccinology |
Andy Peters, Arpexas |
This meeting is sponsored by:
