08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
09:00-09:15Welcome by BVZS President Mark Stidworthy
Session / Chair / Speaker / Subject
09:15-10:30
Reptiles / Richard Griffiths / International trade in reptiles and amphibians: challenges for conservation and sustainable use (30 mins)
Marie Kubiak / Lizard neoplasia: a review of 158 cases
Martin Whitehead / Vitamin D in zoo crocodilians
Jane Hopper / Review of preventative medicine in zoo reptiles
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00
Wildlife / Becki Lawson / Snake fungal disease
Claire Petros / Investigation of aural abscesses in Eastern box turtles (Terrapenecarolinacarolina) from North Carolina
Anna Meredith / An update on leprosy in British red squirrels
Vic Simpson / The pathology of drowning in seabirds
12.00-12:45 BVZS Annual General Meeting
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00Pet mammals / Joanna Hedley / Cutaneous botryomycosis in two pet rabbits
Craig Hunt / Gastrointestinal surgery in small rodents
Joanne Harries / Type and prevalence of iatrogenic injuries resulting from clipping the incisor teeth of rabbits, guinea pigs and rats
Craig Hunt / Bilateral central bulla osteotomy in a rat
Mark Rowland / Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)
14:00
Zoo mammals / PARALLEL SESSION
Michelle Barrows / Periparturient problems in okapi
Sarah Chapman / UK Elephant Welfare Group Health Sub Group and BIAZA Elephant Focus Group: An update for UK zoo vets - progress and future impact
Sergio Silvetti / Two cases of liver lobe torsion in non-human primates
Alberto Barbon / Developing tools for the diagnosis of cardiomyopathies in Livingstone´s fruit bats: radiography, echocardiography and cardiac markers.
Philippa Dobbs / Management of acute respiratory disease in a 1 month old bonobo
15:15 – 15:45 TEA BREAK
15:45-17:00
Debate / Rewilding Britain: are reintroductions of charismatic species desirable, and what are the wildlife health implications?
Speakers: Katie Beckmann, Pete Goddard, Paul Jepson
20:00 DINNER, PUB QUIZ AND SILENT DISCO!
BVZS AUTUMN MEETING
23rd-25TH SEPTEMBER 2016
SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBERSession / Chair / Speaker / Subject
09:30-10:45
Birds / Greg Glendell / Improving the welfare of captive parrots and dealing with common behavioural problems in practice (45 mins)
Adam Naylor / Using plasma protein electrophoresis as a prognostic tool; predicting survival in Aspergillus sp. infected Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelispapuapapua)
Romain Pizzi / Outcomes of conservative management of avian coracoid fractures (232 cases)
09.30-10.45
Frozen Ark / Parallel SessioN
Lisa Yon and Mike Bruford / Frozen Ark: how UK zoo vets can take part
10:45–11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:15-13:00
Amphibians / Ben Tapley and Steph Jayson / Amphibian husbandry and common conditions: interactive case-based session (1.5h)
Edmund Flach / Review of pathology of caecilians
11:15-1300
Nursing / PARALLEL SESSION
Fiona Froehlich / Nursing large psittacines in practice
David Stokes / An introduction to anaesthesia in reptiles for veterinary nurses
Lauren Valentine / Sustainability in practice: biodiversity footprints and how staff can make a positive impact
Emily Barnes / Surface temperatures of the ocular region of raptors as a diagnostic tool in the monitoring of eye conditions
Craig Tessyman / Interactive quiz on commonly kept exotic pets (30 mins)
Shakira Miles / The reality of captive chameleons- a VNs experience
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:15
Open / Lindsay Thomas / Highlights from the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference 2016
Rowena Killick / Periparturient problems in a Western Lowland Gorilla - the veterinary story behind the media frenzy!
Michelle O’Brien / Use of an Animal Welfare Assessment Grid computer programme to monitor the welfare of birds in a zoological collection
Heather Bacon / Psychological disorders in zoo animals – not just a behaviour problem
Jo Dodds / Clinical use and application of low-level laser therapy [LLLT] in a zoological collection
15:15-15:30 Prize giving and farewell
POSTERS
Ashley Clayton / How is Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus in the Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) recognised, diagnosed and treated?
Iain Cope / An investigation into factors affecting the amount of leakage of intramuscular injections in fish
Pauline Coquempot / The effects of α-tocopherol supplementation on primordial follicles during in vitro culture of cat ovarian cortical tissue (ZEBRA-funded project)
Alberto Barbon / Comparative mortality between Rodrigues and Livingstone´s fruit bats
Surabhi Sharma / Outcomes in reptile surgical cases
Martin Whitehead / The survey results are in: vets' attitudes on the acceptability of keeping captive-bred and wild-caught reptiles as pets