Workshops
Dear Delegate
If you have already registered for the Congress and wish to register for the workshops, please contact the Secretariat (wbc2012@admedictours.pt).
If you are now registering for the congress, all this information is available in the registration process.
Workshop 1
Rearing heifers for optimal growth and future performance
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.00am-01.00pm
Venue: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Campo Grande, 376, Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants: 50/150
Language: English
Price: free of charge
Transportation: Departure at 08.00 am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Jan Lievaart, Australia; Jud Heinrichs, USA; Siert-Jan Boersema, Holland; John Mee, Ireland.
The four main topics for this workshop are: Housing & Climate control; Practical nutrition & management aspects; A Farm Helth approach of heifer rearing and Common problems in heifer rearing.
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Workshop 2
Bovine ultrasonography in clinical practice: Visualisation of findings uncovered by clinical investigation – Ultrasonographic examination of joints and tendon sheaths, abdominal organs, and udder and teat in cattle
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.30am-01.00pm, 02.00pm-05.00pm
Venue: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica, Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants: 12/21
Language: English
Price: 150 euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.30am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Johann Kofler, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna; Alexander Starke, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; Sonja Franz, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.
The first objective of this workshop is to give the practising veterinarian an overview of the relevant indications of the application of ultrasonography of the musculoskeletal system, abdominal organs, and udder and teat in cattle and to demonstrate the diagnostic gain of this diagnostic imaging technique.
The second objective of this workshop is to illustrate the value of the complementary ultrasonographic examination following the preceding clinical investigation of the particular organs. The third objective is to present the ultrasound-guided biopsy of the kidney and the liver in cattle.
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workshop 3
Advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of bovine respiratory disease in general practice
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.00am-05.00pm
Venue: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica, Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants: 20/40
Language: English
Price: 70 euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.00am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Phil Scott, University of Edinburgh, UK; George Stilwell, FMV-UTL, Portugal; Brian Aldridge, Cambridge University, England.
Logical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of bovine respiratory disease in general practice.
Use of common diagnostic techniques such as physical examination (including the interpretation of lung sounds), broncho-alveolar lavage, transtracheal wash, and thoracic ultrasonography. Serology. Antibiotic treatments. Use of NSAIDs. Interpretation of necropsy findings. Sample collection. Preventive strategies including vaccination and management.
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Workshop 4A
Evaluation of the milking machine by veterinary practitioners
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.00am-01.00pm, 02.00pm-06.00pm
Venue: Farm Barão & Barão and Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica - Lisboa Max. Number of participants: 10
Language: English
Price: 100 euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.00am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Peter Edmonson, UK To evaluate milking machine parameters, through visual inspection, static and dynamic tests, to detect possible problems with milking equipment and to discuss their impact on udder health.
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Workshop 4B
Use of LactoCorder® on udder health investigations
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.00am-01.00pm, 02.00pm-06.00pm
Venue: FarmCasal de Quintanelas and Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica, Lisboa Max. Number of participants: 10
Language: English
Price: 100 euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.00am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Ian Ohnstad, UK; Ynte Schukken, USA Demonstration of the LactoCorder® equipment, data collection and analyses to detect milking routine problems, and discussion of possible solutions.
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Workshop 5A
People Signals - Farmer Signals: how do 2 people communicate? How can you reach more effect?
Date: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012, 09.00am-01.00pm
Venue: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica - Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants: 50/150
Language: English
Price: 25euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.00am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Driessen, Joep (Cowsignals Training Company)
Pre-Congress Energiser Workshop for practitioners to get farmers moving into action.
Why is he not following your advice? What can you do about your own blocking convictions? Look at your own behaviour, think how you can improve and Do it. Look- think- act. With practical examples and our new PeopleSignals model we teach you how to improve your observational and advisory skills. How do you sense, how do you react and how good do you reach your client or audience? Practical, interactive training. You will experience direct effect! The PeopleSignals training helps you to become a more all-round adviser. The practical efficacy of advice is based, in the end, on a combination of three aspects: information (contents), relation (acceptance) and follow up (management).
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Workshop 5B
Cow Signals: how to read cows’ and management language
Date: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012, 09.00am-01.00pm
Venue: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica 1300- 477 Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants:50/150
Language: English
Price: 25euro/person
Transportation: Departure at 08.00am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Driessen, Joep. (Cowsignals Training Company)
Cows send out useful information every moment of the day. You just need to know how to read the signals. This PreCongress Energizer Workshop trains advisors and dairymen in the field of practical dairy farming. We focus on the cows demands regarding barn design, feed and care. Dairy farming is about cows after all. This workshop informs and confronts in a pleasant way. Our training is instructive and practical. Our advice is to the point and based on scientific knowledge. Our aim is “Happy cows, happy farmers”, and we would like to help you to be a more happy advisor!
The CowSignals® concept concerns to Look-Think-Act. After serious observation in the barn (see, hear, feel) we look at success factors, bottlenecks and improvement points. Therefore we use the CowSignals® diamond and our checklists. Does the cow get the 6 freedoms of the pasture, also offered in the barn? In the middle number seven: Health. Do you see curved backs, empty rumens, wounds or infection? If so, what then? Such practical issues are addressed in this workshop.
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Workshop 5C
Cow signals on-farm exercises
Date: Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd, 2012, 01.00pm-07.00pm
Venue: Farm near Lisbon
Min./Max. Number of participants: 25 each day
Language: English
Price: On Pfizer invitation only
Transportation: From Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária to farm and back
Speakers: Driessen, Joep (Cowsignals Training Company)
This Pre-Congress Energiser On-farm Workshop is the practical exercise of the theory addressed in workshop 5 part A and B. The clinical monitoring of animals, their environment and the management is the core element. Participants are coached and instructed. They execute the monitoring themselves, after wich a debriefing takes place and we will formulate a practical plan of action to improve cow health and farm management The CowSignals approach can be used on all your farm visits in the future!
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Workshop 6
IBR eradication in the EU: success and pitfalls of the strategies, current status. The bulk tank as an innovative way of monitoring IBR
Date: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 09.30am-01.00pm
Venue: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária-UTL. Pólo Universitário da Ajuda, Av. da Universidade Técnica 1300-477 Lisboa
Min./Max. Number of participants: 125/250
Language: English
Price: free of charge
Transportation: Departure at 08.30am from Congress Centre. Return to same location
Speakers: Prof. Etienne Thiry (Chairman), Veterinary Virology and Animal Viral Diseases; Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (Belgium); Jet Mars, GD, The Netherlands and Lourdes Porquet, Civtest Elisa kits Hipra, Spain; Patricia Köenig, FLI, Germany; Stefano Nardelli, IZT Veneto, Italy; F.Javier Diéguez-Casalta, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The status of the IBR eradication programs and the different strategies followed in the EU will be presented and discussed, and the strong and weak points of these strategies will be analyzed. Specifically three countries will present the current status of the eradication in their territory: Germany, Italy and Spain. It will also be presented the basis of an innovative method to detect low gE seroprevalences in the bulk tank and the usefulness of this approach to regularly monitor the evolution of these farms (negative or low prevalence farms).
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