BEVA Congress 2012
Thursday, 13 September 2012 to Saturday, 15 September 2012
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Lecture
Thu 13 September
14 September
15 September
DAY 1Hall 1Hall 5Hall 9Hall 8bHall 10Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
DAY 1Hall 1Hall 5Hall 9Hall 8bHall 10Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
8:00 8:00:
8:05: 8:05:
8:10: 8:10:
8:15: 8:15:
8:20: 8:20:
8:25: 8:25:
8:30: How to approach a respiratory disease outbreak in a livery yard
08:30 (25 mins)
Philip Ivens, Buckingham Equine Medicine Referrals  
 How to deal with the recumbent/trapped horse
08:30 (25 mins)
Andrew Harrison, Three Counties Equine Hospital  
 INVESTIGATION OF DORSAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE SOFT PALATE (DDSP) OBSERVED IN HORSES FOLLOWING LARYNGOPLASTY (LP) SURGERY
08:30 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 8:30:
8:35: How to deal with a request to assist a welfare officer
08:35 (25 mins)
Andrew Williamson, Uplands Way Vets Ltd  
 Cytological assessment of body fluids
08:35 (20 mins)
Joy Archer, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge  
 8:35:
8:40: 8:40:
8:45: CARBON DIOXIDE LASER SURGERY WITH ADJUNCTIVE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AS A TREATMENT FOR EQUINE PERI-OCULAR SARCOID: OUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS IN 21 PATIENTS.
08:45 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 8:45:
8:50: 8:50:
8:55: How to investigate a new and emerging disease
08:55 (25 mins)
Falko Steinbach, Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)  
 How to 'scope a bleeder' at the end of a race and interpret one's findings
08:55 (25 mins)
David Mathieson, O'Gorman, Slater, Main & Partners  
 Using clinical pathology to assess the sick horse
08:55 (20 mins)
Gayle Hallowell, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham  
 8:55:
9:00 Euthanasia of the horse - how can we get it right?
09:00 (25 mins)
Lesley Barwise-Munro, Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group  
 A novel approach to surgical advancement of the larynx (tie-forward procedure) using a minimally invasive technique
09:00 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 9:00:
9:05: 9:05:
9:10: 9:10:
9:15: PREDICTIVE VALUE OF SELECTED CLINICAL VARIABLES AS PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS FOR SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL IN SURGICALLY TREATED HORSES WITH SMALL INTESTINAL STRANGULATION
09:15 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 Interpretation of clinical pathology panel
09:15 (45 mins)
Panel Discussion  
 9:15:
9:20: How to treat CEM in stallions and mares
09:20 (25 mins)
Sidney Ricketts, Rossdale & Partners  
 How to manage 'euthanasia on humane grounds'
09:20 (25 mins)
Stuart Thorne, Fellowes Farm Equine Clinic Ltd  
 9:20:
9:25: How to cope when the commercial interests of you practice conflict with the welfare of horses under your care
09:25 (25 mins)
Sarah Coombs, Milton Equine Veterinary Clinic  
 9:25:
9:30: Post operative ileus in 83 horses associated with primary large intestinal, caecal or small colon lesions in horses: A retrospective study (2000-2010)
09:30 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 9:30:
9:35: 9:35:
9:40: 9:40:
9:45: Discussion
09:45 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 Discussion
09:45 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 Extraction of five maxillary cheek teeth in four horses using a minimally-invasive transbuccal extraction (MTE) technique
09:45 (15 mins)
Clinical Research  
 9:45:
9:50: Discussion
09:50 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 9:50:
9:55: Coffee 9:55:
10:00 10:00
10:05 10:05
10:10 10:10
10:15 10:15
10:20 10:20
10:25 10:25
10:30 Opening Address by BEVA President
10:30 (15 mins)
Ben Mayes, Mayes and Scrine Equine Veterinary Practice  
 10:30
10:35 10:35
10:40 10:40
10:45 Forty Years of technological advances in equine practice
10:45 (75 mins)
John Walmsley  
 10:45
10:50 10:50
10:55 10:55
11:00 11:00
11:05 11:05
11:10 11:10
11:15 11:15
11:20 11:20
11:25 11:25
11:30 11:30
11:35 11:35
11:40 11:40
11:45 11:45
11:50 11:50
11:55 11:55
12:00 Prizes
12:00 (30 mins)
John Walmsley  
 12:00
12:05 12:05
12:10 12:10
12:15 12:15
12:20 12:20
12:25 12:25
12:30 Lunch 12:30
12:35 12:35
12:40 12:40
12:45 12:45
12:50 12:50
12:55 12:55
1:00 1:00:
1:05: 1:05:
1:10: 1:10:
1:15: 1:15:
1:20: 1:20:
1:25: 1:25:
1:30: How to get the most from your ophthalmoscope
13:30 (25 mins)
Dennis Brooks, University of Florida  
 1:30:
1:35: 1:35:
1:40: An in vivo and in vitro study of different techniques for diagnostic analgesia of the proximal metacarpal region
13:40 (25 mins)
Annamaria Nagy, Animal Health Trust  
 Getting an equine job
13:40 (25 mins)
David Rowlands, Penbode Equine Vets  
 1:40:
1:45: From cancer or cruelty: What can post mortem examination tell the clinician about chronic weight loss?
13:45 (25 mins)
Alexandra Brower, University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science  
 1:45:
1:50: How to perform the complication-free standing castration
13:50 (25 mins)
Andrew Harrison, Three Counties Equine Hospital  
 1:50:
1:55: Determining the significance of abnormalities of the lens and anterior chamber
13:55 (25 mins)
Brian Patterson, Animal Eye Consultants Ltd  
 1:55:
2:00 2:00:
2:05: Proximal injuries of the accessory ligament of the DDFT in forelimbs & hindlimbs
14:05 (25 mins)
Sue Dyson, Centre for Equine Studies of the Animal Health Trust  
 Internships in UK private equine practice - what does it mean? How do I get one?
14:05 (25 mins)
Luise Harrison, Three Counties Equine Hospital  
 2:05:
2:10: Post mortem assessment of sudden death
14:10 (25 mins)
Janet Patterson-Kane, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow  
 2:10:
2:15: How to manage hernias, on farm and in the surgery
14:15 (25 mins)
Mark Georgetti, Three Counties Equine Hospital  
 2:15:
2:20: Determining the significance of abnormalities of the outer eye and cornea
14:20 (25 mins)
Dennis Brooks, University of Florida  
 2:20:
2:25: 2:25:
2:30: Incomplete fractures of the proximopalmar aspect of the third metacarpal bone in sports horses
14:30 (25 mins)
Rhiannon Morgan, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool  
 Internships in the USA - opportunities for UK/EU graduates
14:30 (25 mins)
Tim Lescun, Purdue University  
 2:30:
2:35: Pathology Panel
14:35 (60 mins)
Panel Discussion  
 2:35:
2:40: How to get the most out of simple skin-grafting techniques
14:40 (25 mins)
John Burford, School of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Nottingham  
 2:40:
2:45: Determining the significance of abnormalities of the vitrous and retina
14:45 (25 mins)
Rob Lowe, Optivet Referrals  
 2:45:
2:50: 2:50:
2:55: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the carpus and proximal metacarpal region of 36 lame sports horses
14:55 (25 mins)
Sue Dyson, Centre for Equine Studies of the Animal Health Trust  
 The changing face of equine practice - the gender bias
14:55 (25 mins)
Julian Samuelson, Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic  
 2:55:
3:00 3:00:
3:05: How to perform a successful ovariectomy
15:05 (25 mins)
Tim Phillips, Liphook Equine Hospital  
 3:05:
3:10: Discussion
15:10 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 3:10:
3:15: 3:15:
3:20: Discussion
15:20 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 Discussion
15:20 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 Tea 3:20:
3:25: 3:25:
3:30: Discussion
15:30 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 3:30:
3:35: 3:35:
3:40: 3:40:
3:45: 3:45:
3:50: Ophthalmology Panel: Pre-Purchase Dilemmas
15:50 (85 mins)
Panel Discussion  
 3:50:
3:55: 3:55:
4:00 Approach to the clinical examination and differential diagnosis of neck conditions in the horse
16:00 (25 mins)
Graham Munroe, Flanders Veterinary Services  
 Careers Workshop
16:00 (75 mins)
Julian Samuelson, Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic  
 Update on equine welfare in the UK
16:00 (15 mins)
Roly Owers, World Horse Welfare  
 4:00:
4:05: 4:05:
4:10: How to determine the location of cryptorchid testicles before surgery
16:10 (25 mins)
Richard Coomer, Cotts Farm Equine Clinic  
 4:10:
4:15: Equine welfare abroad - the working equid
16:15 (10 mins)
Andy Stringer, SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)  
 4:15:
4:20: 4:20:
4:25: Radiography and radiology of the cervical vertebrae
16:25 (25 mins)
Sue Dyson, Centre for Equine Studies of the Animal Health Trust  
 Current Affairs: The Firing Debate - Introduction
16:25 (5 mins)
Paul Jepson  
 4:25:
4:30: This house believes that firing/thermocautery for the treatment of equine orthopaedic conditions should be banned (For the motion)
16:30 (15 mins)
Roger Smith, Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College  
 4:30:
4:35: How to decide on the best surgical option for penile tumours
16:35 (25 mins)
Ceri Sherlock, The University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science  
 4:35:
4:40: 4:40:
4:45: This house believes that firing/thermocautery for the treatment of equine orthopaedic conditions should be banned (Against the motion)
16:45 (15 mins)
Bruce Bladon, Donnington Grove Veterinary Surgery  
 4:45:
4:50: Articular facet disease in the neck of the horse: An increasingly recongised problem?
16:50 (25 mins)
Richard Hepburn, The Willesley Equine Clinic  
 4:50:
4:55: 4:55:
5:00 How to treat the urinary calculus case
17:00 (25 mins)
Christine Smith, Agnes Banks Equine Clinic  
 Firing/Thermocautery - the current RCVS position
17:00 (10 mins)
Jacqui Molyneux  
 5:00:
5:05: Firing/Thermocautery - the current RCVS position
17:00 (10 mins)

Discussion
17:05 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 5:05:
5:10: 5:10:
5:15: Discussion
17:15 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 5:15:
5:20: 5:20:
5:25: Discussion
17:25 (10 mins)
Post Session Discussion  
 5:25:
5:30: Happy Hour 5:30:
5:35: 5:35:
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5:45: 5:45:
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5:55: 5:55:
6:00 6:00: