Programme

FINAL PROGRAMME

Translation service provided on 17 and 18 September from English to Italian, Spanish and German

Translation not provided on 16, 19 and 20 September

Pre Congress Workshops

Monday, 16 September 2024

1 - Ultrasonography in Bovine limbs J. Kofler, J. Laschinger, K. Nuss

Registration available onsite

Lectures and Wet lab at Clinical room of Agripolis, Legnaro, Padova (University of Padova)

7:30 Departure from Tronchetto by bus - Arrival at 8:30
8:30 Registration  
8:45 Welcome and introduction  
9:00
Ultrasonographic examination and findings in the digital, carpal, elbow and shoulder region in cattle
9:45
Ultrasonographic examination and findings in the tarsal, stifle, coxofemoral region and in tendon, muscle, and bone lesions in
cattle
10:30 Coffee break  
  Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
11:00
Ultrasonography of the digital joints, digital flexor tendon sheath, and claw sole
Ultrasonography of the carpal, elbow, and shoulder region
Ultrasonography of the tarsal, stifle, and coxofemoral region
12:30 Lunch break  
  Team 1 Team 2
 Team 3
14:00
Ultrasonography of the tarsal, stifle, and coxofemoral region
Ultrasonography of the digital joints, digital flexor tendon sheath, and claw sole
Ultrasonography of the carpal, elbow, and shoulder region
15:30 Coffee break  
  Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
16:00
Ultrasonography of the carpal, elbow, and shoulder region
Ultrasonography of the tarsal, stifle, and coxofemoral region
Ultrasonography of the digital joints, digital flexor tendon sheath, and claw sole
17:30 Round table  
18:00 End of the workshop  
18:15 Return to Venice by bus – Estimated arrival at 19:00  

2 - The most common surgical procedures that can be done in the field A. Desrochers, A. Starke

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Lectures at Corte Benedettina - Legnaro, Padova.
Wet lab at Anatomical room of Agripolis, Legnaro, Padova (University of Padova)

7:30 Departure from Tronchetto by bus - Arrival at 8:30
8:30 Registration  
8:45 Welcome and introduction  
9:00
Clinical presentation and diagnosis of surgical condition of the foot
9:45
Anesthesia, pain management and amputation cattle
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
Resection of the DIP, PIP, tendon sheath drainage and tenectomy
12:00
Joint tap on cadaver limbs. Anesthesia on a live cow (IV under tourniquet and 4 point digital block)
12:30 Lunch break
14:00
Surgical procedures (pratical activities):
Amputation
Joint resection, solar approach, with tenectomy
All speakers
15:30 Coffee break
16:00
Joint resection, bulbar/horizontal approach
Facilitated ankylosis with abaxial approach
Tenosynovitis drainage
All speakers
17:30 Round table - All speakers
18:00 End of the workshop
18:15 Return to Venice by bus – Estimated arrival at 19:00

3 - Assessment of environmental risk factors in dairy farms and their impact on the incidence of lameness N.B. Cook, G. Cramer, H. McConochie (Zinpro), M.L. Ocana (Zinpro)

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Società Agricola San Giovanni Via Chiesa Rampazzo 47, Camisano Vicentino (Vicenza)

7:30 Departure from Tronchetto by bus at 7:30 am by bus - Arrival at 8:45 am   
   Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4
8:45  Welcome and introduction      
9:00 - 9:45
Freestall and flooring assessment to combat ulcers and white line lesions
Nigel Cook
Freestall and flooring assessment to combat ulcers and white line lesions
Nigel Cook
Hoof trimming as a time to collect lameness data and understand herd problems
Gerard Cramer
FirstStep and Transition
Marie-Laure Ocaña, Huw McConochie - Zinpro – Zinpro
9:50 - 10:35
Airspeed mapping and ventilation assessment to minimize heat stress
Nigel Cook
Airspeed mapping and ventilation assessment to minimize heat stress
Nigel Cook
FirstStep and Transition
Marie-Laure Ocaña, Huw McConochie - Zinpro – Zinpro
Hoof trimming as a time to collect lameness data and understand herd problems
Gerard Cramer
10:40 Coffee break kindly offered by Lattebusche   
11:10 - 11:55
Hoof trimming as a time to collect lameness data and understand herd problems
Gerard Cramer
FirstStep and Transition
Marie-Laure Ocaña, Huw McConochie - Zinpro – Zinpro
Freestall and flooring assessment to combat ulcers and white line lesions
Nigel Cook
Freestall and flooring assessment to combat ulcers and white line lesions
Nigel Cook
12:00 - 12:45
FirstStep and Transition
Marie-Laure Ocaña, Huw McConochie - Zinpro – Zinpro
Hoof trimming as a time to collect lameness data and understand herd problems
Gerard Cramer
Airspeed mapping and ventilation assessment to minimize heat stress
Nigel Cook
Airspeed mapping and ventilation assessment to minimize heat stress
Nigel Cook
12:50 - 13:20 Round table   
13:30 Lunch break kindly offered by Zinpro    
15:00 Return to Venice by bus – Estimated arrival at 16:15   

Main Congress

7:30 Registration
8:30
Welcome and opening
Matteo Gianesella, President of the School of Agriculture Sciences and Veterinary Medicine - University of Padua, Italy
Arcangelo Gentile, President of The World Association for Buiatrics
8:50
Presentation in memory of the dear friend and colleague David Weaver
Roger Blowey
9:05
1972: when it all began and what no one ever told you
Carlo Maria Mortellaro
9:50
A.D. 2024: what we know and what we don’t know about Digital Dermatitis
Stuart Carter
10:35 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:05
Microbiota, Microbiome, Metagenomics. The 3 M to better control Digital Dermatitis in the near future. A dream or a nightmare?
George Oikonomou
11:50
Moving ahead of DD with systematic prevention, control and AI detection
Dörte Döpfer
12:45 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:00
Digital Dermatitis and footbaths: marketing strategies with a view to environmental conservation
Gianluca Scacco
14:30
Lameness in beef cattle: not just Digital Dermatitis! The situation in America and first Italian experiences
Chris Ashworth, Carlo M. Mortellaro
15:30
The challenge of animal transport - what are the current EU regulations?
Kathrin Herzog
16:15 Coffee break and Exhibition
16:45
Infectious and orthopedic diseases in small ruminants
David Devaux, Adrian Steiner
17:30
Lameness in dairy cattle: reasons beyond claws and digits
Johann Kofler, Karl Nuss
18:15 Adjourn
18:30 Welcome reception – Boat tour in the Venetian Lagoon
7:30 Registration
  Room Auditorium

8:30
Looking at their feet: a long and ongoing journey towards understanding lameness
Christoph K. W. Mülling
9:15
What are the feet made for and what can we do about it? Aspects of flooring and trimming
Evgenij Telezhenko
10:00
A scientific approach to assessing the state of our knowledge about hoof-trimming techniques
Gerard Cramer
10:45 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:15
Is mobility scoring the solution? When, what and how of detecting lameness
Laura Randall
12:00
Practical therapy of foot lesions: less reliance on antibiotics and greater attention to pain management for improved animal welfare
Jan Shearer
12:45 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:00 Poster session
14:30
Lameness in ruminants - The history of our Conference
Roger Blowey
15:00
2024: Nutritional challenges and lameness management for dairy cows in a changing climate
Arturo Gomez
15:45 Coffee break and Exhibition

16:15
Working on cooling and on environmental risk factors to reduce lameness related to heat stress in dairy cows
Nigel B. Cook
17:00
Last cow in the crush…is the work ending or starting? From claw trimming to identifying the herd problem: working with data
 Andrea Casellato 
17:45 Business meeting
18:15 Adjourn
20:00 Gala Dinner at Oficine 800 – Giudecca Island
7:30 Registration
  Room Auditorium

8:30
Bacterial communities in foot rot and digital dermatitis lesions in feedlot cattle
Karin Orsel
8:45
Longitudinal bacterial dynamics during the onset of digital dermatitis lesions of dairy cattle
Karin Orsel
9:00
Behind the scenes of digital dermatitis-lesion scoring: systematic analysis of histopathological findings in different macroscopically scored M-stages
Katharina Grimm
9:15
Nociceptive thresholds associated with digital dermatitis M-stage lesions in dairy cows
Giorgia Fabbri
9:30
The use of vision technology for screening herds for digital dermatitis
Nicholas Bell
9:45
Controlling digital dermatitis on dairy herds through motivational interviewing – A case study
Arne Vanhoudt
10:00
Effect of postbiotic saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product on experimentally induced digital dermatitis infections in Holstein Friesian Steers
Dörte Döpfer
10:15
A randomised controlled trial of a liquid barrier product in the treatment of digital dermatitis
Josh Swain
10:30
Preliminary results from a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of dry cow footbaths on the prevalence of digital dermatitis post calving
Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos
10:45 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:15
Evaluation of footbath with Hoofcare® 10% as a curative measure for digital dermatitis in dairy cows
Ana Paula Abreu Mendonça
11:30
Comparison of a phytogenic product and formalin in a split-footbath study to control digital dermatitis in dairy cattle
Arne Vanhoudt
11:45
Association between a genetic index for digital dermatitis resistance and digital dermatitis incidence in a population of Holstein Maiden Heifers
Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos
12:00
Unveiling novel treponema genomospecies in pododermatitis: insights from metagenomic analysis of elk, implications for disease surveillance and beyond
Devendra Shah
12:15
Investigating the role of long noncoding rnas on claw horn disruption lesions susceptibility in dairy cattle
Androniki Psifidi
12:30
The UK hoof health registry: establishing better genetic evaluations for lameness traits in uk dairy cows
James Wilson
12:45
Bridging the research-practice gap in lameness: a multistakeholder view to inform knowledge uptake
Laura Solano
13:00 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:15
Longitudinal survey of clinically lame cows
Reginald Chesterton
14:30
Repeatability of herd lameness scoring: a New Zealand perspective
Richard A Laven
14:45
An update on lameness on New Zealand dairy farms
Winston Mason
15:00
How common is super foot rot in cattle? An online survey of French rural Vets in 2022
Anne Relun
15:15
Prevalence of foot lesions in French young bulls at the end of the fattening period: a study in slaughterhouses
Sarah Ishak
15:30
Prevalence and distribution of hoof lesions in Sicilian dairy farms adopting regular foot trimming. A retrospective observational study (2016-2020)
Giovanni Capuzzello
15:45
Prevalence of lameness and hock injuries in intensive Iranian dairy cattle farms
Ali Jafari Ghavamabad
16:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
16:30
In vitro efficacy of chelated copper against anaerobic bacteria associated with hoof diseases
Gerwen Lammers
16:45
Injuries and damage during claw trimming and treatment in cattle
Fanny Rachidi
17:00
Unification of criteria for the identification of hoof lesions and their severity for national data collection in Spain
Marc Pineda Balsells
17:15 End of the Conference
7:30 Registration
  Room Carnival

8:30
Measurement of joint angles for the objective assessment of limb conformation in dairy calves
Karl Nuss
8:45
Changes in limb and upper body kinematics in dairy cows with clinical hindlimb lameness
Anna Leclercq
9:00
Hind feet position score: is it a reliable indicator for claw health?
Alexandra Hund
9:15
Pilot implementation of a targeted bovine digital dermatitis control program on Swiss dairy farms
Jim Weber
9:30
Acetabular fractures in cattle – Clinical examination, diagnostic imaging, therapy and prognosis
Robin Naef
9:45
Diagnosis of coxofemoral luxation (dislocated hip) in downer cattle
Rahel Rediger
10:00
Pathological changes in front medial corkscrew claws – Pilot study
Nynne Capion
10:15
Evaluation of “In-Parlor Scoring” (IPS) to detect lameness in dairy cows
Jasmin Laschinger
10:30
A three-point locomotionscore developed for practical relevance showing high validity and reliability
Isabella Lorenzini
10:45 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:15
Interobserver agreement of locomotion scores among experienced and unexperienced assessors
Viktor Jurkovich
11:30
Assessment of an automated lameness detection system’s accuracy in identifying cows with foot lesions
Nektarios Siachos
11:45
Cattle lameness detection using a diagnostic system based on artifical intelligence and video image analysis
Viktor Jurkovich
12:00
Benchmarking claw health using claw health indicators
Johann Kofler
12:15
Improving claw health together
Frida Åkerström
12:30
Is lameness prevalence an indicator for dairy herd health?
Katharina Charlotte Jensen
12:45
Inter-observer agreement between veterinarians and hoof-trimmers in recognising and grading bovine hoof lesions
Anne Relun
13:00 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:15
Effect of lameness and energy status on uterine involution and resumption of ovarian cyclicity in Holstein cows
Georgios Tsousis
14:30
The effect of a first occurrence of digital dermatitis in early lactation on culling and pregnancy in dairy cows
Gerard Cramer
14:45
Preliminary results from a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of foot trimming technique before first calving on the risk of claw horn lesions in early lactation
Sara Pedersen
15:00
The effect of trimming on rumination, eating and activity in dairy cows
Miel Hostens
15:15
Evaluating the impact of mid-lactation hoof trimming on first lactation dairy cows
Gerard Cramer
15:30
The effect of meloxicam at the time of treatment of claw-horn lameness in dairy cattle on time to lameness cure, pregnancy risk and time to conception
Winston Mason
15:45
Treatment incidence of three major lesions causing lameness in twenty-seven gb dairy herds
Nicholas Bell
16:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
16:30 End of the Conference

Post Congress Course

Friday, 20 September 2024

Hoof trimming and beyond…: practical day on a dairy farm

Registration available onsite

Venturin Brothers’ Farm
Via Risorgimento 6, Visnadello di Spresiano (Treviso)

In Collaboration with A.P.I.B. (Italian Association of Bovine Podiatrists)

Speakers: N. Bell, G. Cramer, D. Dopfer, A. Fiedler, K. Grimm, C. Kröger, L. Randall, I. Riviera, C. Sossi, D. Zalduendo

7:30  Departure from Tronchetto by bus - Arrival at 9:00
   Group 1  Group 2  Group 3  Group 4  Group 5  Group 6
 9:30
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall, Nick Bell
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Preventing injuries in hoof trimming: the importance of Ergonomics
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
 10:30
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall, Nick Bell
11:30
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Preventing injuries in hoof trimming: the importance of Ergonomics
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall, Nick Bell
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
12:30
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Preventing injuries in hoof trimming: the importance of Ergonomics
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall,
Nick Bell
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
13:15 Lunch break
14:30
Preventing injuries in hoof trimming: the importance of Ergonomics
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall, Nick Bell
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler
15:30
Digital Dermatitis: AI-enhanced detection model, mobile phone apps for detection, prevention and control
Dorte Dopfer
Standardisation of Mobility Scoring
Laura Randall, Nick Bell
Cattle handling and optimal cow flow: identify the best strategy in each farm
Irene Riviera, Cristian Sossi
Hoof trimming: comparison between techniques
Gerard Cramer
Monitoring heifers to prevent lameness and have healthy feet in adult cows
Andrea Fiedler, Katharina Grimm, Charlotte Kröger
Preventing injuries in hoof trimming: the importance of Ergonomics
Daniel Zalduendo, Eki González
16:30 End of the workshop
16:30 Return to Venice by bus – Estimated arrival at 18:00
 

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