Programme

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Pre Congress Workshops

Monday, 16 September 2024

1 - Ultrasonography in Bovine limbs J. Kofler, J. Laschinger, K. Nuss
Lectures at Corte Benedettina - Legnaro, Padova
Wet lab at Clinical room of Agripolis, Legnaro, Padova (University of Padova)

2 - The most common surgical procedures that can be done in the field A. Desrochers, A. Starke, A. Steiner
Lectures at Corte Benedettina - Legnaro, Padova.
Wet lab at Anatomical room of Agripolis, Legnaro, Padova (University of Padova)

3 - Assessment of environmental risk factors in dairy farms and their impact on the incidence of lameness G. Cramer, N.B. Cook
Workshop in a dairy farm: Via Boschi n.6, 36040 - Grisignano di Zocco (Vicenza)

4 - ZINPRO workshop: TBD

Main Congress

7:30 Registration
8:30 Welcome and introduction
9:00
1972: when it all began and what no one ever told you
Carlo Maria Mortellaro
9:25
A.D. 2024: what we know and what we don’t know about Digital Dermatitis
Stuart Carter
10:15
Microbiota, Microbiome, Metagenomics. The 3 M to better control Digital Dermatitis in the near future. A dream or a nightmare?
George Oikonomou
11:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:30
Moving ahead of DD with systematic prevention, control and AI detection
Dorte Dopfer
12:20
Digital Dermatitis and footbaths: marketing strategies with a view to environmental conservation
Gianluca Scacco
13:00 Round table
13:30 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:45
Lameness in beef cattle: not just Digital Dermatitis! The situation in America and first Italian experiences
Chris Ashworth, Carlo M. Mortellaro
15:45 Oral communications
16:30 Coffee break and Exhibition
17:00 Oral communications
18:00 Adjourn
18:45 Welcome reception
7:30 Registration

8:30
Looking at their feet: a long and ongoing journey towards understanding lameness
Christoph K. W. Mulling
9:20
What are the feet made for and what can we do about it? Aspects of flooring and trimming
Evgenij Telezhenko
10:10
A scientific approach to assessing the state of our knowledge about hoof-trimming techniques
Gerard Cramer
11:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:30
Is mobility scoring the solution? When, what and how of detecting lameness
Laura Randall
12:20
Practical therapy of foot lesions: less reliance on antibiotics and greater attention to pain management for improved animal welfare
Jan Shearer
13:00 Round table
13:30 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:45
Lameness in dairy cattle: reasons beyond claws and digits
Johann Kofler, Karl Nuss
15:45 Oral communications
16:30 Coffee break and Exhibition
17:00 Oral communications
18:00 Adjourn
18:45 Gala Dinner
7:30 Registration
8:30
2024: Nutritional challenges and lameness management for dairy cows in a changing climate
Arturo Gomez
9:20
Working on cooling and on environmental risk factors to reduce lameness related to heat stress in dairy cows
Nigel B. Cook
10:10
Last cow in the crush…is the work ending or starting? From claw trimming to identifying the herd problem: working with data
Andrea Casellato
11:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:30
The challenge of animal transport - what are the current EU regulations?
Kathrin Herzog
12:20
Orthopedic diseases in small ruminants
David Devaux, Adrian Steiner
13:00 Round table
13:30 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:45 Business meeting
15:15 Oral communications
16:30 Coffee break and Exhibition
17:00 Oral communications
18:00 End of the congress

Post Congress Course

Friday, 20 September 2024

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

Venturin Brothers’ farm (Spresiano-TV)

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

SPONSOR

PLATINUM

ZINPRO
With the patronage of
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