Programme Schedule

 Documentation Delivery

The Gustav Rosenberger Memorial Fund
The Ruminant Well-being Awards

Using precision technology in dairy calves: How do we implement it successfully and use it to predict disease

Jejunal hemorrhage syndrome

Bovine Immune System and
the Implications for Disease
Resistance

Development of an alpacas
program in Perú

Ovine anaplasmosis, an
emerging disease in Europ

Management strategies to prevent uterine
diseases in dairy cows

Recent advances in the
treatment of calf diarrhea

Presynchronization strategies in
beef cattle: optimizing hormonal
response and fertility to FTAI

Assisted reproductive
technologies in buffaloes:
techniques and outcomes

Responsible use of medicine
in sheep flocks – antibiotics,
anthelmintics, supplements

Therapeutic options for uterine diseases in dairy cows

Review of flotation tank use for
down cows

Impact of Oxidative Stress on
Inflammation and Immunity

Using eCG to increase
pregnancy rates in Beef Cattle

Diagnostic and surgical
approaches in buffaloes in the
field (I)

Respiratory diseases –
differential diagnoses and
management

Getting the right
balance-managing the animals “health maintenance system
Dr. Christopher Chase

BRD Diagnostic and Treatment
Approaches in Dairy Calves

mRNA therapy to induce
passive immunity

Doppler Ultrasonography for
pregnancy diagnosis: Setup and
utilization in FTAI programs

 Diagnostic and surgical
approaches in buffaloes in the
field (II)

Sheep farmer-vet engagementmaximising
mutual value

SIMPOSIUM 
CEVA

The successful management of replacement dairy heifers.

Dr. Claire Wathes.
Dr. Jose Edouardo Santos

REPRODUCTION IN BEEF
CATTLE WORKSHOP:

The role of the veterinarian
in reproductive management
programs: Maximizing fertility
to FTAI in beef cattle around
the globe

REPRODUCTION IN
DAIRY CATTLE:

Calving management-a bovine brainstorming workshop  

Dr. John Mee
Dr. Carola Fischer
Dr. Otto Szenci

SMALL RUMIANTS
WORKSHOP:

Diagnostic
approaches to individual and
flock health problems – a case –
based interactive workshop

Moderadora:
Dra. Marta E. Alonso
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Dr. Jack Britt
Dr. Bernat Vallat
Dr. Emilio Gallego Zuazo
Dr. Antonio Escribano

ORAL PRESENTATIONS 01:
Reproduction in Dairy Cattle I

Susana Astiz

Energy balance and body
condition, key drivers for a
healthy herd

Tools for the diagnostic
and control of bovine
paratuberculosis

Social housing of dairy calves:
Why, when, and how?

Key considerations for
antibiotic free beef production

Role of ultrasonography in
reproductive management 4.0

Sustainability in action – how
do we “meat” demand without
“milking” the environment?

Balancing energy and protein
supply across lactation

What is new on IBR.
Epidemiology and control at the
farm level

Managing automated milking
herds to optimize health and
welfare

The importance of meat quality
assessment and supply chain
data management in delivering
consumer expectations

The Doppler in field
reproductive management:
effective resource or pure
fantasy?

Feeding the world without
devouring it

Managing the transition period
though protocols. A systems
based approach

Animal tuberculosis. Looking for
the eradication

BRD in feedlot production –
past, present and future

Use of ultrasound to improve
reproductive management in
dairy or beef cattle

Cows of the future – challenges
and opportunities for
sustainable cattle systems

Feeding management and its
impact in dairy´s financials

BVD. Actual situation in Europe

Pain assessment and
management in cows and calves
(II)

The use of technology for cattle
health management in the feedlot

Thoracic ultrasonography

Livestock and climate change –
Facts and fiction

SIMPOSIUM 
ZOETIS

Precision Ag comes to dairy:
Genomics tools to improve
profit, environmental footprint,
and cow wellbeing

Dr. Fernando Di Croce

UDDER HEALTH WORKSHOP:

The milking time assessment – an
additional tool in the armoury for
a dairy veterinarian

Ian Ohnstad
Dr. Ronald Erskine

CATTLE WELFARE
WORKSHOP

Animal welfare assessment at
farm level and its implications
for economic sustainability of
dairy farms

SIMPOSIUM 
MSD

Connected Cattle: The benefits
of smart monitoring solutions in
veterinary medicine

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
WORKSHOP:

Extragenital applications of
Ultrasonography

PARASITISM (ENDO, ECTO,
HAMOPARASITISM)
09:00-13:30
Chair:  Javier Zabala

C - section

Simplified superstimulation
programs for in vivo and in vitro
embryo production in cattle

Antimicrobial susceptibility
testing and clinical applications
in cattle

Epidemiology of bovine mastitis
on the modern dairy farm

Vulnerability of rural wells and
organic produce to multiple
drug resistance (MDR) bacteria
from dairy cattle manure

What´s new in bovine
neosporosis?

Basic intestinal surgery

Factors affecting oocyte quality
for embryo production in cattle

Defining antimicrobial efficacy:
an investigation of treatment
versus negative controls in
bovine respiratory disease

Molecular epidemiology of
mastitis: evidence versus
paradigm

Good agricultural practices to
minimize environmental and
waterborne contamination of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
bacteria from cattle manure

Piroplasmosis of cattle

Distal limb fracture and pin
casting

Factors affecting pregnancy
rates in beef embryo recipients

Microbiota-based strategies as
an alternative to antimicrobials
Dr. Juan Miguel Rodríguez

Epidemiology of infectious
disease on dairy farms

Best-bet integrated control
strategies for managing
trypanosomosis and
trypanocidal drug resistance in
African village cattle populations

Treatment principles of septic
arthritis

Improving fertility in dairy
herds using in vivo and in vitro
produced embryos

Beyond mastitis: molecular
epidemiology insights into
transmission and control of bacterial,
parasitic and viral diseases of cattle

Venereal diseases in beef cattle:
and old problem that needs new
approaches

NUTRITION AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY
WORKSHOP::

Assesment of Fatty acid Profile
in milk

BIOTECHNOLOGY
WORKSHOP:

In vivo and in vitro production
of embryos: competing or
complementary techniques?

EPIDEMIOLOGY
WORKSHOP:

SURGERY WORKSHOP:

What is your diagnosis on
lameness?

Dr. Sylvain Nichols
Dr. André Desrochers

Application of Systems Thinking
Discipline in Beef Cattle
Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Dale Grotelueschen 
Dr. John Groves
Dr. Bill Prokop
Dr. Brian Vander Ley