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BCVA Congress 2014
Delegate Information
16th – 18th October 2014
Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling St, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3JA
Early Bird Discount until 3rd September 2014
BCVA Congress 2014
“This year’s BCVA Congress will continue to deliver
‘Progress in Practice’ through bringing clinical
updates, scientific advances and expert knowledge”
Welcome to Leicestershire
Following a successful Congress held in Harrogate, this year BCVA moves to the Midlands.
Hinckley is very well-positioned in terms of access by road and rail and also proximity to
Birmingham and East Midlands Airports.
Declan O’Rourke
BCVA President
Hinckley Island Hotel has hosted the AHDA conference in the past and is well-versed in catering
for a congress of our size. As ever, and in the true spirit that defines BCVA Congress, there will
be plenty of opportunities for delegates, speakers and sponsors to relax and interact during the
social events taking place over the three days.
This year’s BCVA Congress will continue to deliver ‘Progress in Practice’ through bringing clinical
updates, scientific advances and expert knowledge.
We are delighted to welcome speakers of the very highest calibre in Ken Nordlund and
Pamela Ruegg from Wisconsin covering housing and ventilation, mastitis and responsible use
of medicines.
This year will see the introduction of a BCVA/Sheep Vet Society stream on Thursday.
Clinical Club, moderated by David Barrett (Bristol Vet School) and Alistair Smith (Waga Waga),
returns on Thursday evening so come armed with some clinical cases to discuss.
Again this year, as part of our strategy to support lifelong learning from the very start of cattle
veterinary careers, there will be a special rate for veterinary undergraduates and a dedicated
student stream with the introduction of ‘Moo-niversity Challenge’ on Saturday, which everyone is
invited to attend and support!
Andrew Taylor will be back again to chair an extended Question Time which is an opportunity to
raise contentious issues with a range of key figures in our industry.
We have worked to keep BCVA Congress registration below £400 this year. The President’s
dinner will be on Friday night and the social finale of Congress. The veterinary surgeon in
practice is our focus, with a programme for all ages and interests. We look forward to welcoming
you to Hinckley this year at the cattle congress of 2014.
Yours sincerely
Declan O’Rourke
BCVA President
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Congress programme
General information
Colour-coded lectures
This year’s programme includes sessions dedicated to calf health,
dairy production, beef production and, new for this year are joint
sessions with the Sheep Veterinary Society. We have included
a diverse range of subject areas whilst maintaining the practical
relevance of talks. The programme will be colour-coded into
keynote speakers, cattle lectures, joint BCVA/SVS lectures and
workshops. In addition to this we have Question Time, our AGM
and short oral research presentations. A separate undergraduate
student stream will be run in parallel on Saturday. We hope this
will help you to plan your attendance at sessions effectively so
that you can enjoy the programme we have put together.
Key to colour-coding
Cattle
Workshop
Question Time
SVS/
BCVA joint
Short Research
Presentations
Undergraduate
Speakers
Our keynote speaker sessions for 2014 are:
Pamela Ruegg, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
“Treatment of clinical mastitis in lactating cows: new bugs,
old drugs and changing expectations”
Pamela Ruegg, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
“Monitoring Milk Quality, Milking Management & Udder Health”
Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
“Five key factors for Transition Cow Success”
Ken Nordlund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
“Preferred features of barns associated with improved
calf health”
Lesley Stubbings, Independent Sheep Specialist
“Knowledge transfer with your clients using endoparasite
control within flock health planning as an example”
Other confirmed speakers include:
Chris Hudson, University of Nottingham
Jon Huxley, University of Nottingham
Richard Cooper, EBVC
Jon Reader, Synergy Farm Health
Laura Green, University of Warwick
Martin Green, University of Nottingham
George Gunn, SRUC
Alistair Smith, Charles Strut University, Australia
Question time
Chaired by Andrew Taylor
Is the future of disease surveillance, TB testing or medicines
legislation on your mind? This is the perfect opportunity to put
questions about what is happening that may affect you and
your clients to a panel that includes key figures in our industry.
Short oral presentations
The short oral lecture sessions contain a mixture of
practitioner, clinical, postgraduate and research presentation
topics. These are designed to give more people a chance
to share their work and for new research findings to be
presented in early stages.
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Workshops
•Postgraduate research papers – Various
•Using InterHerd+ to extract the maximum value from milk
recording and milk analysis – James Hanks
•Calf building design and features for improved health
Ken Nordlund
•A herd mobility scoring service: practicalities, opportunities
and models – Owen Atkinson and John Speed
•Making herds healthier with a Red Tractor 21st century
health planning that is effective as well as compliant
Dick Sibley
•Prevention of mastitis – Pamela Ruegg
•TotalVet benchmarking in practice – Andrew Bradley
•Everything you need to know about mastitis in 90 minutes
(student friendly) – Peter Edmondson
•Benchmarking beef herds and using FertBench in practice
George Caldow and Iain Riddell
•Antibiotic residues – helping producers meet their obligations
– a practical approach – Andy Biggs and Tim Hampton
•Transition cow success – Ken Nordlund
•How do we convince farmers to control Paratuberculosis
George Gunn and Dominic Mellor
•Caesarean sections and prolapse corrections in cattle –
tips and advice (student friendly)
Judith Roberts and Paul Wood
•Pregnancy risks and profit: optimising dairy fertility
protocols – Stuart Russell
•Udder Immunology: from book to practice
Daniel Zalduendo
•Cow monitoring - understanding and making the most of
farm systems – Rob Smith
•Counting the culls and costing the casualties – not all cull
cows are the same – Dick Sibley and Pete Orpin
•Treatment of mastitis – Pam Ruegg
Undergraduate student streams
This year we will build on our successful undergraduate
student stream that we started last year with separate
sessions for preclinical and clinical students. We encourage
clinical undergraduate students to attend some of the
practical workshops we have available and are pleased
to host the students for some on-farm practical teaching.
One of the highlights of the undergraduate stream will be
Moo-niversity challenge, we would encourage you to watch
this gameshow and support your University of choice!
Please see separate undergraduate student stream
brochure for more details and booking information.
Poster presentations
An important part of congress is the poster exhibition. There are
a variety of different topics presented in poster format and we
encourage you to visit the display, meet the author(s) and enjoy
the visual presentations that are available.
Exhibition area
Our commercial sponsors are an essential component of BCVA
Congress and the exhibition area offers the opportunity to visit
commercial sponsor trade stands. Please take the time to visit
the exhibition area during the scheduled programme breaks.
Congress programme
Evening social events
Numbers are limited for dinner events - please register early using the form at the back of this
brochure to avoid disappointment.
The social programme at BCVA congress has historically provided a great deal of education in its own right. Partners and guests
are welcome to our social events. Please join us and make BCVA congress 2014 an all-round success.
Welcome Reception - Wednesday 15th October
19.30 at the Hinckley Island Hotel (informal dress)
This has proved to be an excellent way to start congress giving the early arrivals an opportunity to catch up with friends and
colleagues. The dinner will be held at The Hinckley Island Hotel, the congress hotel. Should you wish to join us please ensure
you acknowledge this on the registration form.
Thursday Night Dinner - Thursday 16th October
19.30 in the Hinckley Island Hotel (informal dress)
Numbers are limited, be sure to register early to ensure your place.
The Annual President’s Dinner - Friday 17th October
19.30 for drinks followed by dinner at 20.00 in the Hinckley Island Hotel (black tie)
This black tie event is to be held in the Hinckley Island Hotel commencing with a drinks reception followed by a five course
dinner and entertainment. Again, numbers are limited.
Dinner kindly sponsored by Elanco Animal Health.
Last year’s Thursday Night Entertainment.
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2013’s Annual President’s Dinner.
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Delegate Registration Form
BCVA Congress 2014
Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire, 16th – 18th October 2014
Please print clearly, in capital letters.
Title:
Name: (to appear on badge)
Practice / Institution:
Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
Registration - If registering daily, please circle which day(s) you
wish to attend. Prices include registration and lunch.
Whole Congress
BCVA member
Thursday
£ 450.00
Saturday
Whole Congress
Retired
Thursday
Friday
Thursday
2012 and 2013
graduates
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Whole Congress
Friday
Saturday
Price after
4/9/2014
£ 495.00
(All prices
include VAT)
£
£ 204.00 (per day) £ 228.00 (per day) £
£ 312.00
Saturday
Whole Congress
Post-graduate
intern
Undergraduates
Friday
Price before or
on 3/9/2014
£ 336.00
£
£ 144.00 (per day) £ 156.00 (per day) £
£ 120.00
£ 132.00
£
£ 42.00 (per day)
£ 48.00 (per day)
£
£ 216.00
£ 240.00
£
£ 72.00 (per day)
£ 84.00 (per day)
£
Please see undergraduate student stream brochure for prices and booking information at
http://www.bcva.eu/bcva/congress/students-day or contact the BCVA office.
Non BCVA Member Supplement
Please tick below for 2014 / 2015
membership
Full Membership
I wish to become a member for 2014 / 2015
£ 135.00
£
Post Graduation (second year) 2012
I wish to become a member for 2014 / 2015
£ 95.00
£
Post Graduation (first year) 2013
I wish to become a member for 2014 / 2015
£ 60.00
£
Undergraduate/retired
I wish to become a member for 2014 / 2015
£ 25.00
£
Dinner / Social Events - Option to bring guests for evening events and lunches.
Welcome reception
Wednesday 15th at 19:30 hrs
£ 35.00
£
Number of guests:
£ 35.00 pp
£
Thursday dinner
Additional guest(s)
Thursday 16th at 19:30 hrs
£ 55.00
£
Number of guests:
£ 55.00 pp
£
President’s dinner (black tie)
Friday 17th at 19:30 hrs
£ 60.00
£
Number of guests:
£ 60.00 pp
£
Additional guest(s)
Additional guest(s)
Lunches for additional guest(s)
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Number of guests:
£22.00 (per
person per day)
£
Total £
Please tick boxes if you or your guest(s) require a vegetarian alternative: Delegate(s)
Guest(s)
Please number if more than
one guest is vegetarian
Details of any other dietary requirements: ..................……………………………………………………………………………..............
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Special Workshops (limited spaces) – Please tick if you wish to attend
Postgraduate research papers
Various
Thursday 16th
All day
Using InterHerd+ to extract the maximum value from
milk recording and milk analysis
James Hanks
Thursday 16th
13:45 – 15:15
Calf building design and features for improved health
Ken Nordlund
Thursday 16th
13:45 – 15:15
A herd mobility scoring service: practicalities,
opportunities and models
Owen Atkinson and
John Speed
Thursday 16th
15:30 – 17:15
Making herds healthier with Red Tractor 21st century
health planning that is effective as well as compliant
Dick Sibley
Thursday 16th
15:45 – 17:15
Prevention of mastitis
Pamela Ruegg
Friday 17th
09:00 – 10:30
TotalVet benchmarking in practice
Andrew Bradley
Friday 17th
09:00 – 10:30
Everything you need to know about mastitis in
90 minutes (student friendly)
Peter Edmondson
Friday 17th
11:00 – 12:30
Benchmarking beef herds and using FertBench in
practice
George Caldow and
Iain Riddell
Friday 17th
11:00 – 12:30
Antibiotic residues – helping producers meet their
obligations – a practical approach
Andy Biggs and
Tim Hampton
Friday 17th
14:00 – 15:30
Transition cow success
Ken Nordlund
Friday 17th
14:00 – 15:30
How do we convince farmers to control
Paratuberculosis
George Gunn and
Dominic Mellor
Friday 17th
16:30 – 18:00
Caesarean sections and prolapse corrections in cattle
– tips and advice (student friendly)
Judith Roberts and
Paul Wood
Friday 17th
16:30 – 18:00
Pregnancy risks and profit: optimising dairy fertility
protocols
Stuart Russell
Saturday 18th
09:00 – 10:30
Udder Immunology: from book to practice
Daniel Zalduendo
Saturday 18th
09:00 – 10:30
Cow monitoring - understanding and making the
most of farm systems
Rob Smith
Saturday 18th
11:00 – 12:30
Counting the culls and costing the casualties – not all
cull cows are the same
Dick Sibley and
Pete Orpin
Saturday 18th
11:00 – 12:30
Treatment of mastitis
Pam Ruegg
Saturday 18th
14:00 – 15:30
Payment details
METHOD OF PAYMENT
PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD
Please send completed forms with remittance (in £ sterling) to:
Credit card no: .........................................................................
BCVA Office, 17 The Glenmore Centre, Waterwells
Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, GL2 2AP
Issue no: ...................................................................................
Tel: 01452 725735
Fax: 01452 725780
Email: congress2014@bcva.co.uk
CSC (card security code): .......................................................
Expiry date: ............./.............
Cardholder’s name: ...................................................................
Cardholder’s address: ...............................................................
DETAILS FOR PAYMENT BY BACS
Account name: Sort code: Account number:
British Cattle Veterinary Association
20-33-83
13495434
Please send a remittance advice slip.
....................................................................................................
....................................................................................................
Cardholder’s signature:
PAYMENT BY CHEQUE
Cheques should be made payable to: BCVA
Cancellations
Cancellations - Please note a cancellation fee will be charged as follows:
• Cancellation made at least 14 days before the event - no charge
• Cancellation made between 7-14 days of the event - 20% of the event fee charged
• Cancellation made within 7 days - event charged in full.
Transfers - Transfers can be accepted without charge if made at least 14 days before the event. Transfers made at least 7
days before the event attract a 10% charge and within the 7 day period before the event, a 30% charge will be made.
Venue information
Getting there
From the North & East – Take
junction 21 of the M1 onto the M69. Exit at the second junction which
is junction 1, signposted Hinckley/
Milton Keynes A5. Turn left at the
slip road onto the A5 and you will
find the hotel 300 metres on the left.
From the West – Take junction 2 of
the M6 and follow signs to the M69
North. Leave at the first junction
which is junction 1, signposted
Hinckley/Milton Keynes A5. At the
bottom of the slip road, take the
fourth exit onto the A5 to Milton
Keynes and you will find the hotel
300 metres on the left.
Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling St, Hinckley,
Leicestershire, LE10 3JA
SAT NAV – Use LE10 3JA with care. Hotel located at junction 1 of M69 on the A5 (Watling Street).
Parking: 600 spaces
Nearest airport: Birmingham – 23.6 miles
Nearest train station: Hinckley – 2.1 miles, Nuneaton – 5 miles
Accomodation
The Congress is being held in the Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire.
To book accommodation please call +44 (0)1455 631 122 and quote BCVA.
Below is a short list of some of the hotels in the area.
Sketchley Grange Hotel
1.2 miles
www.sketchleygrange.co.uk
Priesthill House (B&B)
1.8 miles
www.bandbhinckley.co.uk/
Premier Inn Hinckley
2.5 miles
www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/HINMAR/hinckley?cmp=GLBC
Longshoot Hotel
3.2 miles
www.goodnightinns.co.uk/hotel-booking/longshoot/
The Beeches (B&B)
3.4 miles
www.thebeechesbnb.co.uk/index.html
Travelodge Nuneaton
3.7 miles
www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/163/Nuneatonhotel?utm_source=google&utm_medium=maps&utm_
campaign=Nuneaton
Badgers Mount Hotel
3.7 miles
www.badgersmount.com/index.html
Best Western Weston Hall Hotel
4.0 miles
www.bestwestern.co.uk/hotels/weston-hall-hotelcoventry-83768/rooms/default.aspx
Birch (B&B)
4.2 miles
www.birchsbedandbreakfast.co.uk/
Best Western Plus Ullesthrope Court Hotel 4.4 miles
www.bw-ullesthorpecourt.co.uk/
The Chequers Country Inn
www.chequersinnullesthorpe.co.uk/
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BCVA Office, 17 The Glenmore Centre, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, GL2 2AP
Tel: 01452 725735 • Fax: 01452 725780 • Email: congress2014@bcva.co.uk • Web: www.bcva.org.uk