Tag: Cattle CPD

Trace Elements (2)

30th June 2021

Trace elements (1)

Wednesday 30th June from 2-5pm

Trace elements is a complicated area of nutrition that is vitally important in animal health.

Our trace elements CPD will run over two afternoons in June so that you can fit in a morning of calls first!

We are delighted to welcome Fiona Lovatt, Flockhealth Ltd and Peter Bone from Livestock and Grassland Mineral Consultancy.

Price: £350 (for both afternoons)

Fiona is an RCVS recognised specialist in Sheep Health and Production and a diplomate of the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management.

Peter Bone has spent over 30 years working in the field dealing with livestock farmers and veterinary practitioners about mineral nutrition.

There is a minimum requirement of 8 attendees in order to run this event.

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WVSC Virtual: Cattle Lameness with Prof George Oikonomou

4th November 2020

Cattle lameness with Professor George Oikonomou DVM PhD FHEA MRCVS

Date: Wednesday 4th November 2020 10am until 3pm

Price: £180*

George studied Veterinary Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.  During his PhD studies, he investigated the genetics of energy balance and fertility in Holstein Cows.  After spending a few years managing a 600 cow dairy herd in Greece he moved to the USA where he worked as a research associate at Cornell University where he was involved in various research projects on dairy cattle lameness, mastitis and reproductive diseases.  He is currently studying dairy cattle lameness using genomic and microbiomic approaches.  The overarching objective of his research is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle and the sustainability of dairy farms.

Agenda for the day includes An update on claw horn disruption lesions, controlling digital dermatitis in dairy herds and Can we breed lameness out of our herds?

He has many publications, editorships and is regularly invited to speak at many Conferences.

 

We are very fortunate that Professor Oikonomou is joining us for this Virtual CPD.

*Please note the price is inclusive of VAT

Although this is the last in the series of Cattle CPD, don’t forget to check out our other CPD here

WVSC Virtual: Mastitis with Tom Greenham

7th October 2020

Mastitis with Tom Greenham BVSc DBR MRCVS

Virtual meeting via Zoom.

We are really excited to be collaborating with Tom Greenham from Advance Milking Limited for this CPD.

 

Tom is a director in Advance Milking Limited, a consultancy service for all aspects of udder health and milking machine optimisation.  Advance Milking provide specialist advice for dairy farms in the UK and Ireland, as well as working around the world to deliver training and independent support to other dairy veterinary surgeons and industry stakeholders.  Research is a growing area of work, with Advance Milking currently leading studies on milking efficiency and udder health, as well as providing independent advice for novel product development.

Tom’s background is in veterinary medicine, with ten years in dairy practice prior to setting up Advance Milking with colleague Dan Humphries.  A growing interest in udder health and milking performance led to further specialisation in this area, providing advanced advice the milking machine’s impact on mastitis, milk quality and milking efficiency.

Date: Wednesday 7th October 2020 10am until 3pm

Price: £180*

 

 

This is the fourth in a series of Cattle CPD being offered at WVSC.  The next module is on Lameness, to view and book your place click here!

*Please note all prices are inclusive of VAT

WVSC Virtual: Dairy Reproduction with Jo Oultram

2nd September 2020

Virtual CPD – Dairy reproduction with Joanne Oultram BVSc CertCHP DBR MRCVS

Jo is  a Senior Lecturer in Livestock health and welfare at Liverpool University.

Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2020 starting at 10am.

Price: £180*

Her  publications on Dairy Reproduction include:

Herd monitoring to optimise fertility in the dairy cow: making the most of herd records, metabolic profiling and ultrasonography (research into practice) 

Pitfalls in bovine obstetrics and how to avoid them

Investigation of subfertility in a dairy herd

 

 

This Cattle CPD is part of a Modular Cattle course, to view the next Module on Dairy Cow Mastitis click here

*Please note the price is inclusive of VAT

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