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06:45 ACST

Bayer breakfast - Professor Peter Irwin -The results of the Murdoch/Bayer Tick Pathogen Survey Panorama Rooms 1-3

08:00 ACST

Sedation and anaesthesia for foals and pregnant mares City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell Treating peri-urban small ruminants City Room 3Dr Brandon Fraser Developments in animal ethics and initiatives to reduce animal use City Room 4Dr Jinny Oh Rehab widgets and gadgets - modalities used in rehabilitation Hall LProfessor Darryl Millis Family violence and the family pet: The role of the vet in early intervention Hall MMs Amelia Beveridge So it’s time to stop…what now? Approaches to weaning off anxiolytic medications Hall NDr Trepheena Hunter Saving teeth - Alternatives to extraction Room L2David Clarke • Kirsten Hailstone Ruminal acidosis - An intensive feeding disease only? Room L3Paul Cusack

09:00 ACST

Small lot holders,their biosecurity risk and strategies to reduce their risk City Room 3Dr Patrick Kluver Equine neuropathic pain and treatment options City Room 1 & 2Dr Lori Bidwell The financial impact of hydatid disease in Australian beef cattle City Room 4Dr David Jenkins Rehabilitation of stifle joint conditions Hall LProfessor Darryl Millis Making connections between human and animal directed violence, aggression and cruelty Hall M Can you help me…please? Behavioural triage strategies in general practice Hall NDr Trepheena Hunter Raising your dental IQ Room L2David Clarke • Kirsten Hailstone The physiological effects of excessive heat load and nutritional strategies to counter them Room L3Paul Cusack

09:30 ACST

Panel Discussion City Room 3

10:00 ACST

Morning tea Exhibition Halls

10:30 ACST

Organic farming, better for you and the planet? City Room 3Bruce Watt Surgical management of dynamic upper airway obstructions City Room 1 & 2Dr Ben Ahern Feral cats: the greatest threat to Australia’s native mammals City Room 4John Kanowski Principles of physiotherapy for orthopaedic conditions Hall LDr Naomi Boyd • Dr Helen Nicholson Tackling problem employees with confidence Hall MDr Amanda Donnelly The use of trazodone in general practice Hall NDr Chalette Brown Dental disease - antibiotics and analgesics, getting the balance right Room L2Rebecca Tucker Cattle signs in assessment of nutrition of dairy cattle Room L3Dr Kiro Petrovski

11:00 ACST

Organic farming in the Falkland Islands. What lessons have been learned? City Room 3Dr Susan Swaney

11:30 ACST

Assessment of the rumen fluid of a bovine patient Room L3Dr Kiro Petrovski Fractures, what is now fixable and what still isn't City Room 1 & 2Dr Ben Ahern Influence of soil ecology on animal health and welfare City Room 3Colin Trengove Kangaroos and cataracts. Nutrition, health and welfare of hand reared orphan kangaroos. City Room 4Tanya Stephens An alternative approach to pain management for orthopaedic patients Hall LDr Lori Bidwell Work, Health & Safety: the top 5 safety issues in veterinary practice Hall MMark Werman Assessing welfare in zoo animals Hall NDr Xavier Manteca Endodontics - what could go wrong? Room L2Gary Wilson

12:00 ACST

Assessment of the urine of a bovine patient Room L3Dr Kiro Petrovski

12:30 ACST

Australian Veterinarians in Public Health (AVPH) Annual meeting City Room 4 Lunch Exhibition Halls Australian Veterinary Dental Society (AVDS) Annual meeting Room L2

13:30 ACST

Plenary - Challenges and opportunities for the veterinary profession from Demographic changes Hall LBernard Salt

14:30 ACST

Causes of abnormal respiratory sounds in the exercising horse and their clinical significance City Room 1 & 2Associate Professor Samantha Franklin Acupuncture for common conditions in cattle and other ruminants City Room 3Dr Brandon Fraser Food security, emerging infectious disease and our increasingly small planet City Room 4Robyn Alders Aggressive behaviour in cats Hall LDr Xavier Manteca 2016 AVAPM and Hill's Practice of Excellence Awards Hall M Role of veterinarians in cruelty cases Hall NProfessor David Main The interaction of behaviour and dental practice Room L2David Clarke • Dr Kersti Seksel Audits in cattle practice Room L3Professor Peter Cockcroft

15:30 ACST

Afternoon tea Exhibition Halls

16:00 ACST

AGM and Awards ceremony Hall L

18:00 ACST

Happy Hour Exhibition Halls

19:30 ACST

Australian Veterinary Orchestra charity concert Social Events Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) & Australian Sheep Veterinarians (ASV) Cattle & Sheep Vets dinner Social Events Australian Veterinarians for Animal Welfare and Ethics (AVAWE) dinner Social Events Australian Veterinarians in Public Health (AVPH) and Australian Veterinarians in History (AVHS) dinner Social Events