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AUTUMN PVS MEETING 2005
Sponsored by Merial

16th-17th November, 2005

DOWN HALL, STANSTEAD

Meeting Details

The Autumn 2005 meeting will be held at Down Hall in Stanstead on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th November.

The program is as follows:

Wednesday 16th November
11.00 Presidential address Roger Harvey
11.05 - 13.00 New angle or new-fangled? Chair: Jim Morris
11.05 - 11.40 Food Chain Information. An opportunity? David Taylor, University of Glasgow
11.40 - 12.15 Mycotoxicosis - ergot poisoning in pigs David Chennells, Acorn House Veterinary Surgery
12.15 - 12.50 An update on zoonotic infections of pigs Dan Tucker, University of Cambridge
12.50 - 13.00 A Ruma with a view - guidelines on responsible use of medicines in pigs Derek Armstrong, MLC
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH  
14.00 - 15.45 When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do? Chair: Richard Pearson
14.00 - 14.35 Running away - Non-specific colitis Jill Thomson, SAC
14.35 - 15.10 Effects of the ban on antimicrobial feed additives on pig production in Denmark Niels Kjeldsen, Danish Bacon and Meat Council
15.10 - 15.45 Blowing in the wind … IPPC explained Nigel Penlington, MLC
15.45 - 16.15 TEA  
16.15 - 17.15 Sponsored Session Merial
17.15 - 18.15 OGM Chair: PVS President
18.15 - 19.30 CLINICAL CLUB
Topical updates and Interesting cases
David Chennells
19.30 - 20.00 Bar for dinner  

Thursday 17th November
9.00 - 10.15 The state of play in Denmark… Chair: Jill Thomson
9.00 - 9.35 Why have all the piggies gone - PMWS case-control study Claes Enøe, Danish Bacon and Meat Council
9.35 - 10.10 Experiences with ileitis and colitis in weaned pigs in Denmark 1995 to 2005 Tim Kåre Jensen, DFVF
10.10 - 10.30 BREAK  
10.30 - 11.40 Farewell to arms - or at least AGPs Chair: Paul Toplis
10.30 - 11.05 Too much of a good thing - protein, gut health and performance Jos Houdijk, SAC, NUTWEAN Project
11.05 - 11.40 High on organic acids, gut health and performance? Helen Miller, University of Leeds, NUTWEAN
11.40 - 11.50 BREAK  
11.50 - 13.00 Future perfect, tense? Chair: Roger Harvey
11.50 - 12.25 Never too old to wean? Sandra Edwards, University of Newcastle
12.25 - 13.00 New Medicines Legislation - Challenges and Opportunities Steve Dean, VMD


This meeting is sponsored by:

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