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06:45 ACST

Royal Canin breakfast - Deborah Linder, DVM, DACVN - Making Client Communication Appetizing Panorama Rooms 1-3

08:15 ACST

Field techniques in equine anaesthesia City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell Avian orthopaedics City Room 3Dr Robert Doneley A Step-by-step guide to dental radiography City Room 4Tara Cashman Phase I Rehab principles - Joint motion and early weightbearing Hall LProfessor Darryl Millis Four essential qualities of trusted leaders Hall MDr Amanda Donnelly Quality of life assessment in companion animals Hall NProfessor David Main Tongue worm (Linguatula serrata) a rarely seen veterinary curiosity Room L2Dr David Jenkins Head Cattle Vet 530,000 Bos indicus x, Northern Australia and 300,000 Angus, Russia Room L3Sandra Jephcott

09:15 ACST

New ideas and techniques in equine anaesthesia City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell Avian soft tissue surgery City Room 3Deborah Monks Why work blind? Learn to interpret your dental radiographs City Room 4Tara Cashman Phase II Rehab principles - Cardiovascular conditioning, proprioception, and limb use exercises Hall LProfessor Darryl Millis Using online tools to combat the growing competition in the pet care market Hall MJames Ramsden Animal welfare governance: Changing roles of government and industry Hall NProfessor David Main Advancing the regulation of veterinary medicines in Australia Room L2Dr Philip Reeves Preserving our animal health status: perspectives on animal health surveillance Room L3Dr Jonathan Happold

10:00 ACST

Accompanying guests' welcome morning tea Social Events

10:15 ACST

Morning tea Exhibition Halls

10:45 ACST

Governor and Presidents Welcome followed by Plenary - The 'toll' of knowing you are sick: Implications for acute pain management and consequences for chronic agony Hall LMark Hutchinson

12:00 ACST

Lunch Exhibition Halls

13:30 ACST

Penetrating injuries of the equine foot City Room 1 & 2Dr Todd Booth Thinking outside the pouch – Medicine of marsupials City Room 3Dr David McLelland Dental radiography - why good medicine makes good business sense City Room 4Amanda Hulands-Nave Phase III Rehab principles - Exercises to obtain peak recovery and performance Hall LProfessor Darryl Millis Expected work conditions - You want me to do what? Hall MAdele Feakes Preventative behavioural medicine in dogs and cats PART 1 Hall NDr Xavier Manteca Use of animal based measures for assessing farm-animal welfare Room L2Professor George Stilwell The acute phase reaction and trace mineral nutrition of beef calves Room L3Dr John Arthington

14:30 ACST

BVDV serological patterns in endemic herds during and after vaccination Room L3Mr Alistair Smith Management of head and trunk wounds in horses City Room 1 & 2Dr Todd Booth Unusual pet surgical selection City Room 3Brendan Carmel Extractions - keeping out of trouble! City Room 4Aaron Forsayeth Clinical diagnosis of cruciate disease: What are we missing? Hall LAssociate Professor Mark Glyde EMS Workshop and Panel: Costs and benefits of student placement Hall M Preventative behavioural medicine in dogs and cats PART 2 Hall NDr Xavier Manteca Welfare quality and AWIN welfare assessment protocols for ruminants Room L2Professor George Stilwell

15:00 ACST

Effect of pestivirus on the performance of weaner cattle Room L3Bruce Allworth

15:30 ACST

Afternoon tea Exhibition Halls

16:00 ACST

The history of Torrens island quarantine 1850s to the present City Room 4Dr Chris Bunn Western vs. Eastern concepts in equine pain management City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell Lumps and bumps in legged reptiles City Room 3Shane Simpson Radiology of benign versus aggressive bone and joint disease Hall LDr Robert Nicoll Communications to help your team achieve practice goals Hall MDr Amanda Donnelly Compulsory desexing of dogs and cats in South Australia- science, policy and public opinion. Hall NSusan Hazel Animal welfare and profitable farming Room L2Professor George Stilwell Evaluation of practices used to reduce the incidence of bovine respiratory disease in Australian feedlots Room L3Paul Cusack

16:30 ACST

Gender and university differences in career sector and business intent of Australian veterinary students City Room 4Adele Feakes

17:00 ACST

Theileria molecular diagnostics, chemotherapy, epidemiology and immunology Room L3Johann Schroder Incorporating traditional eastern medicine into sport horse practice City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell GnRH agonist use in unusual and avian pets City Room 3Dr Shangzhe Xie History SIG Annual Meeting City Room 4 Technical and clinical reasons for radiographs to hide lesions Hall LDr Robert Nicoll Action steps to improve accountability Hall MDr Amanda Donnelly Ag-gag laws for Australia? Implications for livestock industries and the public's right to know Hall NJed Goodfellow Genotypic and phenotypic resistance and resilience of sheep to gastro-intestinal parasitism Room L2Dr Ian Carmichael

17:30 ACST

Economic impact of endemic livestock diseases Room L3Johann Schroder

18:00 ACST

Happy Hour Exhibition Halls

19:00 ACST

The University of Queensland Veterinary alumni cocktail reception Social Events The University of Melbourne Veterinary alumni cocktail reception Social Events

19:30 ACST

The University of Sydney Veterinary alumni cocktail reception Social Events Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA) ‘Equine and Dine Social Events Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) 'Chewing the Cud' Social Events