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7:30am AWST

Equine Veterinarians Australia Dental Workshop Murdoch University

9:00am AWST

A career in the government Meeting Room 6Mia Carbon

8:00am AWST

Equine Veterinarians Australia Dental Workshop Murdoch University

9:00am AWST

Unusual Pet and Avian Veterinarians (UPAV) Perth Zoo Field Trip Perth Zoo Australian Veterinary Dental Society (AVDS) Small Animal Dentistry Workshop Veterinary Anatomy Laboratory

1:00pm AWST

The AVA Innovation, Research and Development Symposium River View Room 5

3:30pm AWST

AVA Welcome Church Service Trinity Uniting Church

6:00pm AWST

Welcome Reception and Exhibition Opening Exhibition Hall

8:15pm AWST

Meet and Greet Dinner Metro Bar and Bistro - Lounge Terrace area

7:00am AWST

Royal Canin Breakfast Bellevue Ballroom 2

8:15am AWST

Practical fluid therapy for use in the field and clinic Meeting Room 1Gayle Hallowell Insurance or bull Meeting Room 3Alan Guilfoyle Examination and diagnosis of oral diseases in rabbits and rodents Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor HOW TO: Decision making and problem solving practise in practice Meeting Room 7Helen McGregor HOW TO: Overview of disease diagnostic approaches Meeting Room 7Peter Windsor One Health for Systems Strengthening Meeting Room 8Dr Francette Geraghty-Dusan What makes an effective One Health practitioner? Opinions of Australian OH experts Meeting Room 8Dr Sandra Steele Environmental enrichment: can living conditions lead to cat's behavioural problems? River View Room 4 State of the market panel River View Room 5 Feline urethral obstruction and rupture Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

9:15am AWST

Handling horse emergencies at an event Meeting Room 1Judith Medd Slings & surgery: A clinical perspective on bull sheaths Meeting Room 3Peter Irons Rabbit dentistry - common treatments Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor Animal Welfare and Farmer Depression: How to broach the elephant in the room? Meeting Room 7Susan Swaney Faecal worm egg count reduction testing: best practice protocols Meeting Room 7Brown Besier International Perspectives on One Health Meeting Room 8Delia Grace Is it simply a toilet or details make the difference? Approaching main causes of elimination problems River View Room 4 State of the market panel River View Room 5 Feline tail pull injury Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

10:00am AWST

Accompanying Guest Meet and Greet Liberty Cafe

10:15am AWST

Morning Tea Exhibition Hall

10:45am AWST

Plenary - Work-Life balance; the Myths, the Lessons and the Responsibilities Riverside TheatreNigel Marsh

12:15pm AWST

Lunch Exhibition Hall

1:45pm AWST

Getting the most from clinical pathology - what's useful and what's not Meeting Room 1Gayle Hallowell Syndromic surveillance – a biosecurity frontline for northern Australia Meeting Room 3Cassandra Wittwer Use of local anaesthesia in dentistry Meeting Room 6Anthony Caiafa Alternative engagement methods for improved peri-urban smallholder livestock health Meeting Room 7Nicole Schembri Aphid associated photosensitisation Meeting Room 7Colin Trengove Welfare sentience and law: an international perspective Meeting Room 8Donald Broom Understanding emotional development in dogs and why it matters River View Room 4Kersti Seksel Keeping vets happy at work: Results of BVA project on workplace satisfaction and unconscious bias River View Room 5Gudrun Ravetz He ate what? Riverside TheatreKatrin Swindells

2:45pm AWST

Afternoon Tea Exhibition Hall

3:30pm AWST

AVA Annual General Meeting and Awards Ceremony Riverside Theatre

5:00pm AWST

How to manage the non-weight bearing horse Meeting Room 1Josie Hardwick FMD Training - Nepal 2018 Meeting Room 3Stuart Skirving Common dental problems in paediatric patients Meeting Room 6Tara Cashman Application of virtual herding technology on sheep Meeting Room 7Danila Marini Research Update: Does small lungworm reduce production in heavily infected sheep? Meeting Room 7Jenny Hanks Assessment and treatment of chronic pain in small animals Meeting Room 8Leon Warne Trauma and its effect on the brain River View Room 4Jacqui Ley What do Australian customers say about vets? Findings from a series of research groups River View Room 5Alison Lambert AFAST and TFAST: How can I get the best from these tests? Riverside TheatreZoe Lenard

6:00pm AWST

Happy Hour Exhibition Hall

7:00pm AWST

Charles Sturt University Veterinary Science Alumni Cocktail Party Metro Bar and Bistro - Lounge Terrace area Equine & Dine plus Veterinary Business Group Dinner Small Print Bar - Brookfield Place James Cook University Veterinary Alumni Reception Gramercy - Bar and Kitchen, Central Park Murdoch University Veterinary Alumni Reception Lounge Terrace Area The University of Adelaide Alumni Drinks Lalla Rookh, Lower Ground The University of Queensland Veterinary Alumni Cocktail Reception The Pinnacles Room - Parmelia Hilton

7:00am AWST

Australian Christian Veterinary Fellowship (ACVF) Breakfast Bellevue Lounge Hill's Pet Nutrition Breakfast Bellevue Ballroom 2

8:00am AWST

Case discussion on the management of the sick foal Meeting Room 1Gayle Hallowell Altruism - professional or pathological and fit for purpose? Meeting Room 2Adele Feakes Why do veterinarians leave clinical practice? Meeting Room 2Alejandra Arbe Montoya Aspects of assessing pain during disease and operations in farm animals Meeting Room 3Donald Broom Understanding tooth resorption and how to manage cases Meeting Room 6Rebecca Nilsen Top ten tips for avian surgery Meeting Room 7Dr Robert Doneley Science communication to enhance community engagement in wildlife conservation Meeting Room 8Phil Tucak Who is guilty? Mind? Body? Or both? River View Room 4 State of human resources panel River View Room 5 Dog attack – Decision making in the critical trauma patient Riverside TheatreKatrin Swindells

9:00am AWST

Rectal tears Meeting Room 1Peter Harding Knights or knaves – are veterinary science graduands different to others? Meeting Room 2Adele Feakes Veterinary education in Australia - a student’s perspective Meeting Room 2Sam Kiernan UPDATE: Pain Relief in Cattle Meeting Room 3Peter Windsor Treatment options for linguoverted canine teeth in dogs Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor Reproductive Disease: a problem of the chicken or the egg? Meeting Room 7Courtney Dunne Tips on sunshinevirus in pythons Meeting Room 7Jane Wesson Faunal crisis - a time like no other Meeting Room 8Michael Banyard You know you want it: medication! River View Room 4Jacqui Ley State of human resources panel River View Room 5 Supporting the trauma patient Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

10:00am AWST

Morning Tea Exhibition Hall

10:45am AWST

Program development of day one competencies in Small Animal Surgery Meeting Room 2Frans Venter Wellbeing in Veterinary Students: a student led study Meeting Room 2Evangeline Beech Antimicrobial stewardship - What's the resistance Meeting Room 3Michael Dhar Examination of the ‘sore-backed’ horse – a practical approach Meeting Room 1Rachael Smith Malignant oral tumours - preparing for the worst Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor Distinguishing between hypomotility and obstruction in the inappetant rabbit Meeting Room 7Nicole Su How to approach the Neurological Rabbit Meeting Room 7Kelly Giles Australian wildlife - gaining experience in the field Meeting Room 8Phil Tucak Surviving Wildlife Admissions in General practice Meeting Room 8Gary Beilby Noise sensitivity or noise phobia? What is the difference and why it matters River View Room 4Kersti Seksel State of the international market panel River View Room 5 Surgical haemorrhage: arrest the bleed Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

12:00pm AWST

Plenary - The science of vet talk Riverside TheatreCindy Adams

1:15pm AWST

Lunch Exhibition Hall

2:30pm AWST

Foal resuscitation: What is possible in the field? Meeting Room 1David Byrne Do skills translate from project to practice? Meeting Room 2Peter Irons Teaching Excellence Award Presentation Meeting Room 2 The future of milking management in Australasia Meeting Room 3John Penry Oral anatomy and dental charting for practitioners Meeting Room 6Michael Lawley Abnormal faeces in adult rabbits Meeting Room 7Gerry Skinner Before it’s too late - Conservation Medicine Research at Murdoch University Meeting Room 8Kristin Warren Interactions between land use change, flying-fox ecology and Hendra virus dynamics Meeting Room 8Alison Peel Chronic stress and renal disease in cats River View Room 4 Novel indicators of pain including facial action units in lambs River View Room 5Serina Hancock Dealing with dyspnoea: a sensible approach to imaging dogs and cats. Riverside TheatreZoe Lenard

3:30pm AWST

Afternoon Tea Exhibition Hall

4:00pm AWST

Mandatory desexing of dogs in Western Australia Riverside TheatreSteven Metcalfe Snake envenomation in the horse Meeting Room 1Annemarie Cullimore Experience in communication cirricula for veterinary education Meeting Room 2Cindy Adams Mitigating eye disease in sheep and cattle destined for live export Meeting Room 3Michael Laurence Managing oral fractures - the dentists' way! Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor Water quality impacts on the health of freshwater turtles Meeting Room 7Anne Fowler Pets in the park Meeting Room 8Mark Kelman The dog play study - preliminary results River View Room 4Jacqui Ley Antimicrobial stewardship: Science and regulation River View Room 5Ray Batey Non-neoplastic and neoplastic disorders linked to desexing in dogs Riverside TheatreMichelle Kutzler

5:00pm AWST

Exploring the gap between anaesthesia skill confidence and competence Meeting Room 2Jennifer Carter When are non-technical skills important to me? Earlier or later Meeting Room 2Madison Helms Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Western Australia Dairy Herds: A pilot study Meeting Room 3Teanna Cahill Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of Cattle Meeting Room 3Anne Barnes What is equine chiropractic treatment and how can it help Meeting Room 1Rachael Smith Surgical extractions and avoiding complications Meeting Room 6Anthony Caiafa Common Avian Presentations in Veterinary Practice Meeting Room 7Michael Cannon Assessing and optimising the quality of life of zoo animals Meeting Room 8Simone Vitali Things you should consider when anaesthetising older patients River View Room 4Kersti Seksel Antimicrobial stewardship: Science and regulation discussion panel River View Room 5 Non-neoplastic and neoplastic disorders linked to desexing in dogs Riverside TheatreMichelle Kutzler

6:00pm AWST

Happy Hour Exhibition Hall

7:00pm AWST

Veterinarians in Education Research and Academia (VERA) Dinner The Print Hall Australian Veterinarians in Industry (AVI) Dinner Sentinel Bar & Grill

7:30pm AWST

Australian Small Animal Veterinarians (ASAV) Recent Graduate Dinner Bellevue Lounge Australian Veterinary Conservation Biology (AVCB), Australian Veterinarians in Public Health (AVPH) and Australian Veterinary History Society (AVHS) Combined Dinner The Windsor Hotel

7:00am AWST

Zoetis Breakfast Bellevue Ballroom 2

8:00am AWST

Minimising microbial growth during liquid storage of stallion spermatozoa Meeting Room 1Jen Clulow Significance and outcome of tarsal fractures on pre-sale yearling radiographs Meeting Room 1Cate Steel Bites, scratches, scrubs - infection control in companion animal practices Meeting Room 2Angela Willemsen Practical aspects of sperm morphology and motility Meeting Room 3Tracy Sullivan From over the fence: What is the future role of vets in extensive livestock systems Meeting Room 6Helen McGregor Sentience, welfare, ethics and human entertainment Meeting Room 7Donald Broom Fascia - the forgotten tissue (part 1) Meeting Room 8Rikke Mark Schultz What to do when training does not help River View Room 4Kersti Seksel Change management workshop River View Room 5Sue Crampton • Tania Gover Caesarian section: Optimise your approach Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

9:00am AWST

Clearance of dexamethasone sodium phosphate following nebulisation of clinical doses in adult horses Meeting Room 1Nicolle Symonds TIVA in Horses: Guaifenesin compared with Midazolam Meeting Room 1Alexandra Cunneen AMR in companion animal practice: A tragedy of the commons Meeting Room 2Guy Weerasinghe Reporting AMR usage at the point of administration Meeting Room 2Ben Madin Livestock export - the role of veterinarians Meeting Room 3Holly Ludeman Diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases in small ruminants Meeting Room 6Peter Windsor Reproductive wastage in young ewes Meeting Room 6Caroline Jacobson Tourism and marine mammal welfare Meeting Room 7Donald Broom Fascia - the forgotten tissue (part 2) Meeting Room 8Rikke Mark Schultz Old cats: behaviour problems and treatment River View Room 4 Change management workshop River View Room 5Sue Crampton • Tania Gover An introduction to the new ASAV Standards of Care: Anaesthesia Guidelines for Dogs and Cats Riverside TheatreLeon Warne The value of surgical checklists Riverside TheatreCarla Appelgrein

10:00am AWST

Morning Tea Exhibition Hall

10:30am AWST

When gelding goes wrong Meeting Room 1Peter Harding Global Burden of Animal Diseases: Problem, Solution and Legacy Meeting Room 2Mieghan Bruce Innovative ways to enhance early detection of significant diseases Meeting Room 2Michelle Rodan Investigating congenital abnormalities in cattle Meeting Room 3Peter Windsor Local research update Meeting Room 6Caroline Jacobson The challenge to improving lamb survival that won’t go away Meeting Room 6Andrew Thompson Land clearing: the costs borne by wildlife Meeting Room 7Nahiid Stephens Legal frameworks for wild animal welfare Meeting Room 7Hugh Finn Acupuncture and rehabilitation for polyradiculoneuritis (coonhound paralysis) - useful tips and tricks Meeting Room 8Kim Lim Do you know what the dog is trying to tell you? Reading body language 101 River View Room 4Kersti Seksel Communication in veterinary medicine: mainstream activity or minority sport? River View Room 5Cindy Adams GDV - great surgery is only half the battle Riverside TheatreKatrin Swindells

11:30am AWST

Plenary - VetEd Talks Riverside Theatre

1:30pm AWST

Lunch Exhibition Hall

2:30pm AWST

Case discussion of when a colic is not a colic Meeting Room 1Gayle Hallowell Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence in Australian Veterinary Workers Meeting Room 2Emily Sellens Methods to detect Coxiella burnetii from environment: A systematic review Meeting Room 2A.M. Hasanthi Abeykoon Sudden death in cattle and sheep Meeting Room 3Bruce Watt NUMNUTS - providing pain relief for lamb marking Meeting Room 6Alison Small Protzoal infections in sheep Meeting Room 6Caroline Jacobson The welfare of animals during transport Meeting Room 7Donald Broom Acupuncture points on the head with regard to cranio-sacral therapy Meeting Room 8Rikke Mark Schultz Life skills for kittens: what can owners do to help kittens grow up into confident cats? River View Room 4 Practical in practice communication River View Room 5Cindy Adams Acute phase proteins in small animals Riverside TheatreGabriele Rossi

3:30pm AWST

Afternoon Tea Exhibition Hall

4:00pm AWST

Cardiovascular derangement in the critically ill horse Meeting Room 1Gayle Hallowell Foot and mouth disease: are we prepared for an outbreak? Meeting Room 2Wilna Vosloo How to catch an exotic disease Meeting Room 2Megan Curnow Automated mastitis diagnostics during milking – technology, performance and challenges Meeting Room 3John Penry Introducing endodontics: pulp capping in practice Meeting Room 6Jerzy Gawor Emerging animal welfare issues for Australian abattoirs Meeting Room 7Leisha Hewitt Myofascial kinetic lines in horses and dog (part 1) Meeting Room 8Rikke Mark Schultz Canine Aggression: when dogs don’t like anyone (part 1) River View Room 4Jacqui Ley Core skills of veterinary communication River View Room 5Cindy Adams Should I give maropitant or meloxicam to the vomiting dog? Riverside TheatreKatrin Swindells

5:00pm AWST

Abdominal ultrasound of the colicky horse Meeting Room 1Josie Hardwick Improving detection, investigation and management of emergency animal diseases Meeting Room 2Tabita Tan Reconstructing FMD outbreak transmission networks. ** apologies - this session has been cancelled ** Meeting Room 2Simon Firestone Immune responsiveness as a predictor of health and welfare of Australian dairy cattle Meeting Room 3Joshua Aleri Never too old: Geriatric feline anaesthesia for the general practitioner Meeting Room 6Martine Van Boeijen Mobile abattoirs - One more day on the farm Meeting Room 7Phil Larwill Myofascial kinetic lines in horses and dog (part 2) Meeting Room 8Rikke Mark Schultz Canine Aggression: when dogs don’t like anyone (part 2) River View Room 4Jacqui Ley Ten ways to improve your veterinary mentation River View Room 5Brian Mc Erlean Why the long face? Sucking the marrow from your veterinary career River View Room 5Paul Davey Brachycephalics and their comorbidities Riverside TheatreCarla Appelgrein

6:00pm AWST

Happy Hour Exhibition Hall

7:00pm AWST

Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) and Sheep, Camelid and Goat Veterinarians Annual Combined (SCGV) Dinner The Garden Bar, The Lucky Shag Australian Veterinarians for Animal Welfare and Ethics (AVAWE) Dinner Must Winebar

7:30pm AWST

Australian Veterinary Orchestra Charity Concert Riverside Theatre Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group (AVAG) Dinner The Reveley - First Floor Dining Room Australian Veterinary Behaviour Interest Group (AVBIG) Social

7:00am AWST

Greencross Vets Breakfast Bellevue Ballroom 2Serena Dean

8:00am AWST

Setting up a dental service Meeting Room 1Michael Lawley VetTrain - Landmark Veterinary Training Meeting Room 2Vets Beyond Borders Case discussions on equine emergency and trauma cases Meeting Room 3Gayle Hallowell A vision for a small animal practitioner accreditation scheme Meeting Room 6Alistair Webb Internships and Residencies - Australia and beyond Meeting Room 6Mark Kim Why be a Member of the ANZCVS? Meeting Room 6Zoe Lenard The Hub - Topic issue small group discussion with the experts River View Room 4 Food Security Internationally and Australia's Role: aligning nutrition, biodiversity, welfare River View Room 5Robyn Alders Biliary Tract Surgery Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

8:30am AWST

AVA Mental Health First Aid Training Workshop Meeting Room 9

9:00am AWST

Building the equine dental side of your mixed or equine practice Meeting Room 1Oliver Liyou Medical Management of Colic in Practice Meeting Room 3Emma McConnell EDVOS Pet Safety Program – The Link between Animal Abuse and Family Violence Meeting Room 2Jenny Jackson Should I do a PhD Meeting Room 6Meredith Flash The Hub - Topic issue small group discussion with the experts River View Room 4 Conserving Australia's biodiversity, while doubling food production River View Room 5Adrian Ward Adrenal surgery Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

10:00am AWST

Morning Tea Exhibition Hall

10:30am AWST

Challenging periodontal disease case management Meeting Room 1Jerzy Gawor Fascia planes, acupuncture meridians and points Meeting Room 2Rikke Mark Schultz Performing a post race veterinary exam and common findings Meeting Room 3Judith Medd Tips on how to write a paper for publication Meeting Room 6Anne Jackson Tips on what makes a winning poster Meeting Room 6 Veterinary communication: why and how does it go wrong River View Room 4Cindy Adams Some animal production methods are unsustainable: factors include poor welfare River View Room 5Donald Broom Take my breath away... a highway to the danger-zone Riverside TheatreAaron Moles

11:30am AWST

Plenary - No food security without food safety: lessons from low and middle income countries Riverside TheatreDelia Grace

12:30pm AWST

Lunch Exhibition Hall

2:00pm AWST

Strategic Deworming in Horses: The Current Thinking Meeting Room 3Emma McConnell What went wrong? Mistakes and malpractice in small animal dentistry Meeting Room 1Jerzy Gawor Myofascial kinetic lines and acupuncture meridians (primary and 8 extras) Meeting Room 2Rikke Mark Schultz I'm getting bald! Is it stress?: feline psychogenic alopecia Meeting Room 6 How to take the message home to your practice and staff River View Room 4Cindy Adams Wildlife Conservation Programs in Pastoral Landscapes in Northern Australia River View Room 5John Kanowski Oesophageal FB: to scope or operate Riverside TheatreCatherine Sturgeon

3:00pm AWST

Afternoon Tea Exhibition Hall

3:30pm AWST

Homecare advice - what should we be telling clients? Meeting Room 1Rebecca Nilsen Test and treatment of the lines with specific acupuncture points Meeting Room 2Rikke Mark Schultz Dealing with diarrhoea in the adult horse Meeting Room 3Annemarie Cullimore Noise reactivity: diagnose and treatment Meeting Room 6 Pack your tool kit - big ideas and changes from the week River View Room 4Paula Parker Food security Australia and the global context River View Room 5Mark Schipp Enteropathogens in cats and dogs Riverside TheatreJason Stayt

7:30pm AWST

AVA Gala Dinner Bellevue Ballroom 2

8:30am AWST

Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group (AVAG) - Myofascial Kinetic Lines Workshop - tests and treatment Cliftons - Parmelia House Australian Veterinary Behaviour Interest Group (AVBIG) Workshop - Improving Companion Animal Handling Skills Social Veterinary Business Groun (VBG) Practice Management Exclusive Insights Tour Various Venues

9:00am AWST

Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA) Pre-Purchase Examination Workshop Meeting Room 8 Australian Veterinarians for Animal Welfare and Ethics (AVAWE) and Australian Veterinary Conservation Biology (AVCB) Workshop Lounge Room, Mount Lawley Golf Course

10:00am AWST

AVA Leadership Master Class | Presented by Graham Richardson - The Art of Mentoring Meeting Room 9

2:00pm AWST

Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group (AVAG) - Bush Tucker Walk Meet at the Botanical Café