08:30 - 10:00

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice / Public Health

One Health in Action
Chair: Bonnie Buntain (Canada)

One World, One Health, One Medecine: Assuming our collaborative Responsability - Roger K. Mahr (USA)

Veterinarians in Public Practice/Public Health: One Health in Action - Bonnie Buntain (Canada)

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Bonnie Buntain (Canada) Challenges, Roles, and Responsibilities of Veterinary Medicine in a One Health Approach to Assessing Ecosystem Health Management Impact (With Reference to Avian Influenza) - David Hall (Canada)

FAO/OIE Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health - Claudia Ines Cartwright (Italy)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Chair: Apostolos T. Ranstios (Greece)
The Role of the Veterinary Profession in Preserving Food Safety - Apostolos T. Ranstios (Greece)

Analysis of BSE cases in Japan - Yoshihiro Ozawa (Japan)

HPAI and the Role of Wild Birds in Disease Transmission Globally - Scott Newman

FMD - Opportunities and Constraints for Global Control - Keith Sumption

FAO in Global Health; moving beyond HPAI H5N1 - Jan Slingenbergh

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Clinical Practice/ Private Practice

(SA) Diagnostic Imaging
Extracting the Most from the Thoracic Radiograph - Tim Spotswood (Canada)

(SA) Dentistry
Does this Tooth Need Extracting? - Criteria to Make this Decision Easier - Judy Rochette (Canada)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Session Sponsor: Pfizer Animal Health
Management of Obesity in the Senior Patient - Debra Zoran (USA)

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.
Gingivitis, Stomatitis and Other Oral Lesions in Cats - Alice Wolf (USA)

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
Multi-drug Resistant Pathogens - Antimicrobial Resistance, Emerging Disease and Zoonotic Disease Issues - Scott Weese (Canada)

(SA) Oncology
Session Sponsor: Merial Inc.
Of Mice and Men (and DOGS!) - Vaccines for Malignant Melanoma - Philip Bergman (USA)

(BOV) Rational and Responsible Drug Use in Cattle - A World View
Session Sponsor: Pfizer
Selecting and Understanding Antimicrobial Regimens in Cattle - Michael Apley (USA)

(EQU) Neurology
Equine Neurologic Examination - What Do I Really Look For? & Wobblers - Diagnostic Approach Within and Outside the Americas - Joe Mayhew (New Zealand)

(OS) Small Ruminants
Milk Quality and Udder Health of Dairy Goats - Joan Dean Rowe (USA)

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Considerations for Hospitalization and Nursing Support of Rodents and Rabbits - Colette Wheler (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Eva-Maria Bernoth (Australia)

1. Evolution of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) approach to aquatic animal health
2. Evolution of Australia’s national strategy for aquatic animal health (AQUAPLAN) and approaches to aquatic animal health emergencies (AQUAVETPLAN)
   

15:30 – 17:00

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health

One Health in Action

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Bonnie Buntain (Canada)
Linking Animal and Human Health Data: Needs, Gaps and Capacity - Sue Pollock (Canada)

Characteristics and Activities of State and Local Public Health Veterinarians in the United States - Mira Leslie (USA)

Chair: Bonnie Buntain (Canada)
Veterinarians in Public Practice/Public Health: One Health in Action - Marguerite Pappaioanou (USA)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Chair: Apostolos T. Ranstios (Greece)
Lessons Learned from Melamine in Pet Food - Larry J. Thompson (USA)

Strengthening the Global Feed and Food Safety System - David Harlan (USA)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Clinical Practice/ Private Practice

(SA) Diagnostic Imaging
Practical Spinal Imaging: Which Modality Should I Choose? - Tim Spotswood (Canada)

(SA) Dentistry
Canine Stomatitis/CUPS and Canine Resorptive Lesions - Judy Rochette (Canada)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Session Sponsor: Pfizer Animal Health
Considerations for Selecting an NSAID in the Senior Patient - Duncan Lascelles (USA)

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.
Unusual Feline Endocrinopathies - Case Studies - Alice Wolf (USA)

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases Infection Control Practices in Small Animal Clinics & Diagnosis of Bacterial Enteropathogens in Dogs and Cats - Scott Weese (Canada)

(SA) Oncology
Session Sponsor: Merial Inc.
Canine Mast Cell Tumors - How do you Tell a Good Grade II from a Bad Grade II? - Philip Bergman (USA)

(BOV) Rational and Responsible Drug Use in Cattle - A World View
Session Sponsor: Pfizer
Ancillary Therapy for Infectious Disease in Cattle - Is there Something Else we Should (or Shouldn't) be Doing? - Michael Apley (USA)

(EQU) Neurology
Episodic Events - Frightening to the Owner but not Often Seen by the Veterinarian & Emerging Syndromes - What Nature Taught us Recently about Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy - Joe Mayhew (New Zealand)

(OS) Small Ruminants
Strategies for Control of Chronic Infectious Disease in Goat Herds - Joan Dean Rowe (USA)

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Optimizing Success with Common Small Mammal Surgeries - Colette Wheler (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. National/ International Strategies III-Evolution of Canada’s National Aquatic Animal Health Program (45 min) - Grace Karreman (Canada)
2. 2. National/ International Strategies IV-Evolution of the USA’s National Aquatic Animal Health Program (45 min) - Gary Egrie (USA)

Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: David Fraser (Canada)
Farm Animal Welfare: The Science behind the Standards - David Fraser (Canada)

OIE's involvement in the Promotion of Animal Welfare - Sarah Kahn (France)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Leon Russell (USA)
Modern Procedures on Biosecurity for Animal Health and Safe Global Trade - Leon Russell (USA)

Population, Plague, and Poverty - James H. Steele (USA)

Compartmentalization: Practical application of modern biosecurity for safe trade in countries not free of disease - Alex Thiermann (France)

Judicious Use of Animal Health Products
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Peter Jones (Belgium)
Pioneering a Better Environment for Veterinary Medicines
Peter Jones - Peter Jones (Belgium)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Time Management, Management Development and Leadership Development
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Schering-Plough Animal Health
Speaker: Shawn McVey (USA)

1. Time Management and the Pickle Jar Theory
2. Practice Development - Learn the Rules of the Road

(SA) Dermatology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Canine Atopy - An Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment - Didier Noel Carlotti (France)

(SA) Ophthalmology
Speaker: Kerry Ketring (USA)

1. The Top Ten Ophthalmic Mistakes
2. Stromal Ulcers in Dogs and Cats

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Speaker: Danielle Gunn-Moore (UK)

1. Practical Management of Chronic Renal Failure in Cats
2. Feline Hypertension - The Hidden Killer

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Speaker: Michael Dryden (USA)

1. Flea Control Issues - Blood Feeding, Flea Bites and FAD
2. Flea Control Challenges - Rumors and Reality

(SA) Oncology
Speaker: Barbara Kitchell (USA)

1. Unraveling the Mysteries of Histiocytic Diseases
2. Antiangiogenic Therapy - A Way Forward for Cancer Therapy?

(BOV) Bovine Surgery and Pain Management
Speaker: David Anderson (USA)

1. Chemical Restraint in the Field-New Uses for Old Drugs
2. Surgical Restoration of Breeding Bulls - What is State of Art and What is Not?

(EQU) Infectious and Emerging Diseases
Session Sponsor: Wyeth Animal Health
Speaker: Paul Morley (USA)

1. Principles of Infection Control for Equine Farms and Veterinarians
2. Equine Herpesvirus - Clinical Disease, Prevention and Control

(OS) Small Ruminants
Speaker: Neil Sargison (UK)

1. Management of Ectoparasitic Skin Diseases of Sheep
2. Management of Nematode Parasites of Sheep in the Face of Emerging Anthelmintic Resistance

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Speaker: Patricia Turner (Canada)

1. Emerging Zoonoses of Small Mammal Pets
2. Common Diseases of Small Mammal Pets I

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. National/ International Strategies V-Evolution of
   European Aquatic Animal Health Programs (45 min) - Chris Walster (UK)
2. National/ International Strategies VI-Evolution of
   Asian Aquatic Animal Health Approaches (45 min) - Rohana Subasinghe (Italy)
3. Ornamental/Pet Finfish Practice I-Koi Herpesvirus: The International Perspective (30 min) - Chris Walster (UK)

Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: David Fraser (Canada)
Dairy Producers' Use of Calf Rearing Practices That Impact Calf Health and Welfare - Jeffrey Rushen (Canada)

Depression of Cellular Immunity Correlated To Stress: Questions on Welfare and Protection in Italian Trotters after Running Performance - Annamaria Passantino (Italy)

Animal Welfare: A Perspective from Developing Countries and Challenges to the Veterinary Profession - Abdul Rahman Sira (India)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Leon Russell (USA)
Idiopathic Vesicular Disease in Swine - Timothy Pasma (Canada)

The Alberta Veterinary Surveillance Network - Sylvia Checkley (Canada)

The Alberta Veterinary Surveillance Network - Response Arm - Sylvia Checkley (Canada)

Judicious Use of Animal Health Products
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Peter Jones (Belgium)
Milk Testing - Have We Entered the 21st Century? - Josh Waddington (Canada)

Monitoring Raw Milk For Antibiotics: What Are We Missing? - Josh Waddington (Canada)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Time Management, Management Development and Leadership Development
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Intervet Schering -Plough Animal Health
Transition and Change Management – Shawn McVey (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Feline Atopy-Current Thoughts on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Rod A. W. Rosychuk (USA)

(SA) Ophthalmology
Acute Blindness - Posterior Segment – Kerry Ketring (USA)

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
FLUTD - Causes and Treatment – Danielle Gunn-Moore (UK)

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Tick Control - What You Don't Know May Hurt Your Practice – Michael Dryden (USA)

(SA) Oncology
Hope for Hemangiosarcoma – Barbara Kitchell (USA)

(BOV) Bovine Surgery and Pain Management
Cesarean Section in Cattle - New Ideas for an Old Problem - David Anderson (USA)

(EQU) Infectious and Emerging Diseases
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus - An Emerging Equine and Zoonotic Pathogen – Scott Weese (Canada)

(OS) Small Ruminants
Optimization of the Lambing Percentage – Neil Sargison (UK)

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Common Diseases of Small Mammal Pets II – Patricia Turner (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine
Ornamental/Pet Finfish Practice II-How to Expand Cat/Dog/Exotic Animal Practice Into Aquatics - Helen Roberts (USA)

Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Temple Grandin (USA)
Benefits and constrains in the Implimentation of OIE Standards on Animal Welfare - Temple Grandin (USA)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Jeff Mariner (Kenya)
Participatory Disease Surveillance as an Essential Component of Veterinary Services - Jeff Mariner (Kenya)

Judicious Use of Animal Health Products
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Patrick Dehaumont (France)
Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Veterinary Practice - Patrick Dehaumont (France)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Time Management, Management Development and Leadership Development
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Intervet Schering- Plough Animal Health
Critical Aspects of Management Development – Shawn McVey (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Canine Recurrent and Resistant Pyoderma – Didier Noel Carlotti (France)

(SA) Ophthalmology
A Medley of Feline Ophthalmic Diseases I – Kerry Ketring (USA)

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Medi-Cal/Royal Canin
Top Tips for Caring for Your Feline Patients – Margie Scherk (Canada)

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Zoonotic Disease - Both Sides of the Coin I – Danny Joffe (Canada) & Mark Joffe (Canada)

(SA) Oncology
Veterinary Oncology - What's New? – Glenna Mauldin (Canada)

(BOV) Bovine Surgery and Pain Management
Bovine Pain Management - From Physiology to the Farm - David Anderson (USA)

(EQU) Infectious and Emerging Diseases
Clostridium difficile Associated Disease & Non-antibiotic Options for Treatment of Bacterial Disease – Scott Weese (Canada)

(OS) Small Ruminants
Management of Abortion in Sheep and Goats – Paula Menzies (Canada)

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Pain Management in Small Mammal Pets – Paul Flecknell (UK)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine
Speaker: Helen Roberts (USA)

1. Ornamental/ Pet Finfish Practice III - Infectious Ornamental/ Pet FinFish Diseases
2. Ornamental/Pet Finfish Practice IV-Noninfectious
   Ornamental/ Pet Finfish Diseases
   

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Temple Grandin (USA)
An Education and Training Program For Livestock Transporters in Canada - Derek Haley (Canada)

Feed, Water and the Rest of the Story - Gord Doonan (Canada)

Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals - Michael Appleby (UK)

Documentation of Factors Associated With Commercial Livestock Truck Accidents - Jennifer Woods (Canada)

The Welfare of Pigs During Transport: the Scientific Background of Current Canadian and International Journey Duration Welfare Standards - Clover Bench (Canada)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Jeff Mariner ( Kenya)
Special Concerns for Livestock Export Dependent Countries in FAD Preparedness - Terry Whiting (Canada)

Effectiveness of Australia's Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness - Michael Bond (Australia)

The BCMAL Emergency Laboratory Database System (ELDS): the Management of Notifiable Avian Influenza Outbreak Information - Victoria Bowes (Canada)

Planning for Emergency Carcass Disposal at the Municipal Level in Alberta - Gerard Hauer (Canada)

Judicious Use of Animal Health Products
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Why successful Veterinary Professional Politics are basic for a judicious Use of Animal Health Products - Walter Winding (Austria)

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Walter Winding (Austria)
Partnership for animal disease and zoonosis surveillance, prevention and control - Québec at the forefront
Hélène Bergeron (Canada)

A novel probiotic for treating fish diseases - Aweeda Newaj-Fyzul (Trinidad)

Overview of the Canadian Approval Process for Veterinary Drugs - Sudarshan Malik (Canada)

Legislation on Veterinary Medical Products Intended For Minor Uses or Minor Species in European Union and Serbia - Jelena Borlja (Serbia)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Time Management, Management Development and Leadership Development
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Intervet Schering- Plough Animal Health
Stages of Growth in an Entrepreneurial Business – Shawn McVey (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Canine Allergic Otitis Externa from A to Z – Rod A. W. Rosychuk (USA)

(SA) Ophthalmology
A Medley of Feline Ophthalmic Diseases II – Kerry Ketring (USA)

(SA) Feline Medicine
Session Sponsor: Medi-Cal/Royal Canin
Understanding Feline Diabetes – Margie Scherk (Canada)

(SA) Infection Control, Emerging, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Zoonotic Disease - Both Sides of the Coin II – Danny Joffe (Canada) & Mark Joffe (Canada)

(SA) Oncology
Canine vs. Feline Lymphoma - Contrasts in Diagnosis and Therapy – Glenna Mauldin (Canada)

(BOV) Bovine Surgery and Pain Management
Bovine Lameness - Current Concerns and Surgical Management - David Anderson (USA)

(EQU) Infectious and Emerging Diseases

1. Antimicrobial Use in Equine Practice – Paul Morley (USA)
   Presentation Sponsor: Wyeth Animal Health
2. A Case-based Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy – Scott Weese (Canada) & Paul Morley (USA)

(OS) Small Ruminants
Flock Health Programs for Sheep Including Specific Disease Control Programs for Maedi Visna – Paula Menzies (Canada)

(OS) Small Mammal Pets
Techniques for Enhancing Anesthesia of Small Mammal Pets - An Update – Paul Flecknell (UK)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Aquatic Biologics and Therapeutics I - Availability,
   Accessibility and Advancements in European Aquatic Therapeutics and Biologics (45 min) - Chris Walster (UK)
2. Aquatic Biologics and Therapeutics II - Availability, Accessibility and Advancements in North American Aquatic Therapeutics and Biologics (45 min) - Jim Brackett (Canada)

Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Jim Edwards (New Zealand)
The World Veterinary Association Direction in Animal Welfare - Jim Edwards (New Zealand)

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Jim Edwards (New Zealand)
The Practice of Veterinary Medicine in Animal Shelters - Lila Miller (USA)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Herbert Schneider (Namibia)
Good Veterinary Governance for ONE HEALTH - Herbert Schneider (Namibia)

Animals, EcoHealth and Development: The Role of Veterinarians
Session Sponsor: Veterinarians without Borders
The Millenium Development Goals: Where are the Veterinarians?
Animals, People and the Environment (30 min) - David Waltner-Toews (Canada)
Livestock and Human Health (30 min) - Jakob Zinstagg (Switzerland)
Wildlife and Human Health (30 min) - Speaker TBA
Companion Animals and Human Health (30 min) - Enid Stiles (Canada)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Quality of Life, Quality of Care-Compliance and Success in Veterinary Medicine
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Schering-Plough Animal Health
Speaker: Robin Downing (USA)

1. Introduction to Compliance - What does it mean?
2. Results of the Compliance Study - What Do We Do Now?

(SA) Dermatology
Speaker: Rod A. W. Rosychuk (USA)

1. Management of Pseudomonas Otitis
2. Feline Otitis Externa and Media

(SA) Ophthalmology
Speaker: David Williams (UK)

1. Abnormal Adnexa - Entropion, Ectropion, etc.
2. Crisis in the Cornea - What to do with a Corneal Ulcer

(SA) Cardiology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Speaker: Jens Häggström (Sweden)

1. Myxomatous Mitral/Tricuspid Valvular Heart Disease - Drugs, Breeding Strategies, etc.
2. Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs - Diagnosis and Therapy

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Shock Resuscitation – Rebecca Kirby (USA)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Session Sponsor: Medi-Cal/Royal Canin

1. Managing Concurrent Pancreatitis and IBD – Debra Zoran (USA)
2. Managing Concurrent Heart Disease and Renal Failure – Etienne Côté (Canada)

(SA) Small Animal Forensics
Speaker: Melinda Merck (USA)

1. Animal Cruelty - Recognition, Reporting, Testifying
2. Veterinary Forensics - Animal CSI Part I

(BOV) Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Session Sponsor: Wyeth Animal Health and Fort Dodge Animal Health
Speaker: Bob Larsen (USA)

1. BVDV in North American Beef Cow Calf Herds
2. Assessing the Economic Impact of BVDV in North America

(EQU) Therapy for Equine Joint Disease
Speaker: Scott McClure (USA)

1. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy - An Overview
2. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy - Equine Applications

(OS) Swine

1. Biosecurity (60 min) – Dan Hurnik (Canada)
2. Porcine Circovirus - An Overview and History of the North American Experience (60 min) – John Harding (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Approaches to Emerging Diseases of Aquatic Animals (30 min) - Eva-Maria Bernoth (Australia)
2. Production Finfish Diseases II-Infectious Salmon Anemia: The International Perspective (90 min) - Larry Hammell (Canada) & Hamish Rodger (Ireland)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Jim Edwards (New Zealand)
Whole Barn Depopulation of Hens by Carbon Dioxide: Evaluation of Hen Welfare during Mass Euthanasia Field Trials - Patricia Turner (Canada)

Potential of a High-Throughput Modified Atmosphere Chamber for Poultry Euthanasia - John Church (Canada)

Successful Gait Scoring to Detect Lameness in Dairy Cows - Jeffrey Rushen (Canada)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
New Animal Health Strategy for the European Union - Etienne Bonbon (Belgium)

Animals, EcoHealth and Development: The Role of Veterinarians
Session Sponsor: Veterinarians without Borders
VWB/VSF Project Initiatives
AIDS, Pigs and Epilepsy: Integrated Development in Western Kenya (30 min) - Cate Dewey (Canada)
Post Tsunami in Sri Lanka: Rebuilding for the Long Term (30 min) - Craig Stephen (Canada)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Quality of Life, Quality of Care-Compliance and Success in Veterinary Medicine
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Schering-Plough Animal Health
Compliance and Creating a Compassionate Care Culture – Robin Downing (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
Session Sponsor: Virbac Canada
Canine and Feline Demodex – Didier Noel Carlotti (France)

(SA) Ophthalmology
Red Eye at Night: Opthalmologist's Delight! - Conjunctivitis and Uveitis – David Williams (UK)

(SA) Cardiology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats - Diagnosis and Breeding Schemes – Jens Häggström (Sweden)

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Head Trauma – Rebecca Kirby (USA)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Current Concepts on Diagnosis and Treatment of Feline Hyperthyroidism – Catharine Scott-Moncrieff (USA)

(SA) Small Animal Forensics
Veterinary Forensics - Animal CSI Part II – Melinda Merck (USA)

(BOV) Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Session Sponsor: Wyeth Animal Health and Fort Dodge Animal Health
BVDV Control Programs in North America – Bob Larsen (USA)

(EQU) Therapy for Equine Joint Disease
Equine Joint Injection Techniques – Scott McClure (USA)

(OS) Swine
Porcine Circovirus - Expression of the Disease in the EU – Mike Sheridan (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine
Production Finfish Diseases II - Viral Hemorrhagic
Septicemia: The International Perspective - Grace Karreman (Canada) & Hamish Rodger (Ireland)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: David Wilkins (UK)
Involvement of Civil Society in Supporting the Design and
Implimentation of Animal Welfare Standards - David Wilkins (UK)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA
Chair: Barry O'Neil (New Zealand)
Responsibilities of the Veterinary Profession on Surveillance - Barry O'Neil (New Zealand)

Animals, EcoHealth and Development: The Role of Veterinarians
Session Sponsor: Veterinarians without Borders
The Millenium Development Goals: What Should Veterinarians be Doing? Workshop

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Quality of Life, Quality of Care-Compliance and Success in Veterinary Medicine
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Intervet Schering- Plough Animal Health
Compliance and Quality of Care – Robin Downing (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
If the Alopecia is Not Hormonal What Could it Be? – Didier Noel Carlotti (France)

(SA) Ophthalmology
Red Eye in the Morning: Ophthalmologist's Warning! – Glaucoma – David Williams (UK)

(SA) Cardiology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Systemic Hypertension in Cats - Risks, Diagnosis and Management – Clarke Atkins (USA)

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Management of the Multitrauma Patient I – Jennifer Devey (Canada) & Elke Rudloff (USA)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Session Sponsor: Idexx Laboratories
Vomiting in Senior Patients – Michael Willard (USA)

(SA) Small Animal Forensics
Veterinary forensics - Examination of the Live Victim – Melinda Merck (USA)

(BOV) Sonography in Bovine Medicine
Part I - Use of Sonography in Thoracic Diseases and Diseases of the Udder – Sonja Franz (Austria)

(EQU) Therapy for Equine Joint Disease
Equine Osteochondrosis - What's New? – Sheila Laverty (Canada)

(OS) Swine
Prenatal Programming of Piglet Quality – George Foxcroft (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Production Finfish Diseases III-Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (cont): The International Perspective (45 min) - Grace Karreman (Canada) & Hamish Rodger (Ireland)
2. Production Finfish Diseases IV-Bacterial Kidney Disease: The International Perspective (45 min) - Hamish Rodger (Ireland) & Larry Hammell (Canada)

Public Practice/ Public Health               

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: David Wilkins (UK)
Clinical and Gross Pathology of Bovid and Cervid Death By Starvation in Manitoba (Central Canada) - Terry Whiting (Canada)

The Effectiveness of Humane Teaching Methods in Veterinary Education - Andrew Knight (UK)

Optimal Weaning Strategies For High-Milk-Fed Dairy Calves - Anne Marie de Passille (Canada)

The Use of Non-Invasive Infrared Thermography in the Early Detection of Bovine Respiratory Disease in Commercial Cattle - Clover Bench (Canada)

Disease Surveillance, Biosecurity and Emergency Preparedness
Session Sponsor: OIE/ CFIA

Oral Abstracts - Chair: Barry O'Neil (New Zealand)
The Development and Evaluation of a Risk Based Strategy For Surveillance and Rapid Response to Foot and Mouth Disease in Indonesia - Pebi Suseno (Australia)

Animal Disease Control in Canada - Shifting Paradigms - Carolyn Inch (Canada)

Evaluating the Risk of the Introduction of Foot and Mouth Disease Into Indonesia: the Perspective of Indonesian Veterinarians - Pebi Suseno (Australia)

Alberta Veterinary Surveillance Network – Veterinary Practice Surveillance - Jagdish Patel (Canada)

Animals, EcoHealth and Development: The Role of Veterinarians
Session Sponsor: Veterinarians without Borders
Panel Discussion: Veterinarians and the Millenium Development Goals

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Quality of Life, Quality of Care-Compliance and Success in Veterinary Medicine
Session Co-Sponsors: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.; Petsecure Pet Health Insurance & Intervet Schering- Plough Animal Health
Compliance and Creating a "Disney" Experience for Clients – Robin Downing (USA)

(SA) Dermatology
Canine and Feline Autoimmune and Immune Mediated Diseases - An Update – Rod A. W. Rosychuk (USA)

(SA) Ophthalmology
Ocular Problems in Exotic Pets - Pocket Pets, Birds, Reptiles – David Williams (UK)

(SA) Cardiology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Management of Heart Failure - Advances and Current Concepts – Clarke Atkins (USA)

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Management of the Multitrauma Patient II – Jennifer Devey (Canada) & Elke Rudloff (USA)

(SA) Senior Care/Complex Disease Management
Session Sponsor: Idexx Laboratories
Treating Senior Animals with Concurrent Liver Disease – Michael Willard (USA)

(SA) Small Animal Forensics
Veterinary Forensics - Examination of the Deceased Victim – Melinda Merck (USA)

(BOV) Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Part II - Use of Sonography in Thoracic Diseases and Diseases of the Udder – Sonja Franz (Austria)

(EQU) Therapy for Equine Joint Disease
Equine Osteoarthritis - Are We Moving Forward with Our Diagnosis and Therapy? – Sheila Laverty (Canada)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Production Finfish Diseases V-Bacterial Kidney Disease (cont.): The International Perspective (45 min) - Hamish Rodger (Ireland) & Larry Hammell (Canada)
2. Production Finfish Diseases VI-Disease Synopsis - Larry Hammell (Canada), Grace Karreman (Canada), Hamish Rodger (Ireland)
3. Panel Discussion
   Larry Hammell (Canada), Grace Karreman (Canada), Hamish Rodger (Ireland), Eva-Maria Bernoth (Australia), Gary Egrie (USA), Chris Walster (UK), Rohana Subasinghe (Italy)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care
Chair: Gilly Griffin (Canada)
Development and Implementation of Guidelines for Farm Animal Welfare - Gilly Griffin (Canada)

Implementation of the CCAC guidelines on: the care and use of farm animals in research, teaching and testing
- Michael Baar (Canada)

Developing an animal welfare monitoring tool for dairy calves - Jeff Rushen (Canada)

Implementation of the Chicken Farmers of Canada Animal Care Program - Jennifer Gardner (Canada)

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Pain Management
Session Sponsor: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.
Speaker: Robin Downing (USA)

1. Pain - An Overview
2. Acute Pain

(SA) Endocrinology
Speaker: Catharine Scott-Moncrieff (USA)

1. Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome in Dogs
2. Treatment Options for Cushing's Syndrome in Dogs

(SA) Behaviour
Session Sponsor: Medi-Cal/Royal Canin
Speaker: Kersti Seksel (Australia)

1. Puppy Essentials - What All Owners Need to Know and How You Can Help
2. Dealing with Difficult Animals in the Veterinary Clinic

(SA) Cardiology
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Speaker: Etienne Côté (Canada)

1. Pulmonary Thromboembolism
2. Positive Inotropes - Pimobendan, Digoxin and Others

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Management
Speakers: Jennifer Devey (Canada) & Elke Rudloff (USA)

1. Acute Abdomen - Diagnostic Issues
2. Acute Abdomen - Anesthetic Considerations

(SA) Complex Disease Management

1. Managing the Senior Patient with Cachexia – Glenna Mauldin (Canada)
2. Managing Feline Asthma With and Without Concurrent Disease – Margie Scherk (Canada)

(BOV) Bovine Theriogenology
Session Sponsor: Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health
Speaker: Colin Palmer (Canada)

1. Postpartum Endometritis - Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment
2. Addressing the Welfare Aspects of Electroejaculation in Bulls

(EQU) Neonatal Medicine
Speaker: Mary Rose Paradis (USA)

1. Manifestations of Sepsis in the Equine Neonate
2. Gastrointestinal Problems of the Equine Neonate

(OS) Swine

1. Improved Management of the Breeding Herd – George Foxcroft (Canada)
2. Sow Housing – Sandra Edwards (UK)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Advanced Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance I - Evidence-based Aquaculture Epidemiology and Medicine (60 min) - Larry Hammell (Canada)
2. Evidence-based Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Policy (30 min) - Grace Karreman (Canada)
3. Panel Discussion: Use of Evidence-based Information in Aquaculture (30 min) - Larry Hammell (Canada) & Grace Karreman (Canada)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Public Practice/ Public Health

Production Animal Welfare and Animal Care

Chair: Gilly Griffin (Canada)
Renewing Canada's Species Specific Codes of Practice for Production Animals - Jackie Wepruk (Canada)

Implementation of the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency’s Flock Care Program - Colleen McElwain

Clinical Practice/ Private Practice                     

(SA) Pain Management
Session Sponsor: Hill’s Pet Nutrition Canada Inc.
Chronic Pain – Robin Downing (USA)

(SA) Endocrinology
Hypercalcemia and Hyperparathyroidism in Dogs – Catharine Scott-Moncrieff (USA)

(SA) Behaviour
To Medicate or not to Medicate? - That is the Question! - What to Use, When and Why – Kersti Seksel (Australia)

(SA) Cardiology- Round Table Discussion
Session Sponsor: Novartis Animal Health
Asymptomatic Heart Disease - Current Approaches to Managing Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease & Hypertrophic Cardiomyophaty in Animals not Showing Clinical Signs – Etienne Côté (Canada); Clare Atkins (USA) & Jens Häggström (Sweden)

(SA) Emergency and Critical Care Management
Acute Abdomen - Surgical Considerations and Postoperative Care – Elke Rudloff (USA) & Jennifer Devey (Canada)

(SA) Complex Disease Management
Feline Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome - Old Cats Can Go Senile Too – Danielle Gunn-Moore (UK)

(BOV) Bovine Theriogenology
Session Sponsor: Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health
Reducing the Need for Estrus Detection Through the Use of Fixed-Time Artificial Insemination – Colin Palmer (Canada)

(EQU) Neonatal Medicine
Respiratory Problems of the Equine Neonate – Mary Rose Paradis (USA)

(OS) Swine
International Schemes for Certification of Humane Standards/International Welfare Recognition – Sandra Edwards (UK)

(OS) Aquatic Animal Veterinary Medicine

1. Public Issues in Aquatic Medicine - The Veterinarian’s Responsibility (30 min) - Hugh Mitchell (USA)
2. Panel Discussion: Developing Solutions (30 min) - Hugh Mitchell (USA), Larry Hammell (Canada), Grace Karreman (Canada), David Scarfe (USA) & Chris Walster (UK)