DAFM KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

TRAINING AND

CAVI CONFERENCE 20167Th - 8Th OCTObER 2016

DAFM Backweston, Celbridge, Co KildareAnd

The Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Full Attendance at this Event Qualifies for 11 CVE Credits

Exhibitors Social Programme

Booking Information

Location

20:00 FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE DINNER Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Join the CAVI Conference Committee for the Annual Dinner in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth.

To book for the Conference, please complete the enclosed Registration From and return to Veterinary Ireland HQ with the appropriate payment: Address: Veterinary Ireland, 13 The Courtyard, Kilcarbery Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22 or telephone Veterinary Ireland HQ at 01- 4577976.

N.B. Please note booking of Accommodation is directly with the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Telephone 01 6290909 quoting reference: 194399

Directions to Backweston Campus From N4/M4 InboundTravelling towards Dublin City Centre on the N4/M4 exit at Junction 5, signposted Leixlip / Celbridge (R403)At the top of the slip road turn right towards Celbridge on R403Pass The Weston Aerodrome on your right and at the first set of traffic lights at a 4-way crossroads turn left onto Stacumny LaneTurn into 2nd entrance on left approximately 150 metres From M50 MotorwayFrom M50 exit at Junction 7 (1st junction south of Westlink toll) signposted The West - SligoAt roundabout take exit onto N4 in the direction of Sligo/Westport/Galway/N5/N6Continue straight passing Liffey Valley Shopping Centre on your leftAfter passing the Lucan Spa Hotel on your left, you take the next main junction (Junction 5) signposted Leixlip/Celbridge (R403)At the top of the slip road turn left towards Celbridge on R403Pass The Weston Aerodrome on your right and at the first set of traffic lights at a 4-way crossroads turn left onto Stacumny LaneTurn into 2nd entrance on left approximately 150 metres

Directions to Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth From Backweston CampusTurning right out of Backweston Campus, at the first set of traffic lights at a 4-way crossroads turn right on to the R403 (signposted for M4)Pass the Weston Aerodrome on your left and at next junction (Junction 5 of the M4) take exit onto M4/N4 in the direction of Sligo/Westport/Galway/N5/N6Continue along M4, following signs for Sligo/Westport/Galway/N5/N6At Junction 7 of M4, take the R406 exit to Maynooth/NaasAt the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Straffan Rd/R406, for the Hotel From N4/M4 InboundTravelling towards Dublin City Centre on the N4/M4, exit at Junction 7 of M4, taking the R406 exit to Maynooth/NaasAt the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Straffan Rd/R406, for the Hotel

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Welcome to the DAFM Knowledge Transfer Training and CAVI Conference 2016

On Friday 7th October 2016 DAFM and CAVI launch Private Veterinary Practitioner (PVP) training for the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Scheme in Backweston Laboratory Campus in Celbridge Co. Kildare and the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth. Attendance at this KT training entitles PVPs to become approved KT PVPs allowing them to provide KT services for their farmer clients. This joint venture between CAVI and DAFM is a new approach and is a welcome development.

Over the past decade farmers involved in the dairy discussion groups and the Better Farm programme have achieved better efficiencies and higher gross margins from their farming enterprises. This model of farmer education is known as Knowledge Transfer and involves group-based peer learning facilitated by experts. Veterinary Ireland has long called for the inclusion of veterinary Knowledge Transfer in State schemes in order to drive improvements in animal health and welfare at farm level. The Better Farm programme identified animal health as a limiting factor in farm profitability early in its existence. The Veterinary Ireland submission to the Rural Development Plan (RDP) 2014-2020 entitled “Sustainable Animal Health” outlined the benefits to Irish farmers and the agriculture industry of including veterinary-led Knowledge Transfer in the RDP. Article 14 of the current RDP outlines the structure of the Knowledge Transfer Scheme which will run for the next three years. The scheme has capacity for 27,000 dairy, beef and sheep farmers and funding of €104M.

Veterinary involvement in the Knowledge Transfer Scheme is a new development for the profession and comes following long and sustained lobbying by Veterinary Ireland to identify additional streams of funding for veterinary practices. Vets have demonstrated the value they add to farm enterprises using the model of on-farm risk assessments during the Johne’s scheme. Knowledge Transfer has adopted the approach of on-farm risk assessment in this scheme. It is important that this move is seen to yield positive results for both farmers on the ground and decision makers in DAFM. It is equally imperative that vets embrace this opportunity, do the job at hand well and charge a fair and reasonable fee that supports the sustainability of veterinary practice. We must grasp every opportunity presented to us to ensure a viable veterinary sector going forward.

The training module was co-designed by DAFM and CAVI and is detailed below. The CAVI committee trust that the content is both relevant and practical and will lead to the successful delivery of the on-farm risk assessments in the Knowledge Transfer Scheme, better animal health and welfare outcomes at farm level and a new dynamic between progressive farmers and their vets into the future.

CAVI Organising Committee Conference OrganiserConor Geraghty (Chairman) Veterinary Ireland Damien Barrett 13 The CourtyardJohn Gilmore Kilcarbery ParkDavid Graham Nangor RoadDonal Lynch Dublin 22Ciaran Mellett Tel: +353 1 457 7976Donal Murphy Email: hq@vetireland.ieJohn O’Roarke Website: www.veterinaryireland.ieKevin O’Sullivan

DAFM Knowledge Transfer Training & CAVI Conference 20167th – 8th October 2016

FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2016

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Shared Facilities Building, Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine, Backweston Campus, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

09.00 – 09.10 Registration

09.10 – 09.30 Introduction to Knowledge Transfer – Role of Animal Health Measures Donal Sammin MVB MVM PhD CertCHP Senior Management DAFM 09.30 – 10.10 Keynote Address – Herd/Flock Health Jonathan Statham MA VetMB DCHP MRCVS10.10 – 10.30 Using the IT System Donal Lynch MVB CertDHH

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee 11.00 – 11.20 Biosecurity Dr. Margaret Good MVB PhD MRCVS11.20 – 12.00 Epidemiology Simon More MVB BVSc PhD MACVs FACVs DipPM DipECVPH DipECBHM12.00 – 12.30 Neonatal Mortality Damien Barrett MVB CertCHP MVM12.30 – 13.00 On Farm Disease Investigation Eoin Ryan MVB MVM DipECBHM

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 14.20 Fertility: Number Crunching Liz Lane MVB DipECAR PhD14.20 – 14.40 Fertility: Beef Prof. Mark Crowe BAgrSc PhD Dipl ACAP14.40 – 15.00 Parasites: Case Report Maressa Sheehan MVB / John Fagan MVB MVM MRCVS15.00 – 15.20 Lameness: Case Report Sheep Conor Geraghty MVB CertDHH15.20 – 15.40 Calf Health/Biosecurity: Case Report Kevin O’ Sullivan MVB CertDHH15.40 – 16.00 Lamb Production/Ewe Fertility Prof. Mark Crowe BAgrSc PhD Dipl ACAP

End of Day 1

17.30 – 19.30 Veterinary Ireland Food Animal Group AGM Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

20.00 Annual CAVI Dinner in Glenroyal Hotel

SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2016

Venue: Glenroyal Hotel, Glenroyal Centre, Straffan Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

08.50 – 09.00 Registration

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome - The Agri Food Industry Beyond 2020 Prof. Michael Doherty Dean of Vetenary Medicine UCD

Neonatal Health09.30 – 10.00 RAFT – A Case Study in Veterinary Knowledge Transfer Jonathan Statham MA VetMB DCHP MRCVS 10.00 – 10.30 Factors Affecting Calf Health Eoin Ryan MVB MVM DipECBHM 10.30 – 11.00 A Practitioners Perspective to Maximising Survival Rates Donal Murphy MVB MRCVS 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee and Exhibition

Fertility11.30 – 12.00 Drivers of Compact Calving Liz Lane MVB DipECAR PhD 12.00 – 12.30 Maximising Lambing Percentage Prof. Mark Crowe BAgrSc PhD Dipl ACAP 12.30 – 13.00 Achieving a Calf/Cow/Year Dr. David Kenny BAgrSc PhD

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Exhibition

Lameness 14.40 – 15.20 Locomotion Scoring Ger Cusack MVB MRCVS CertDHH14:20 - 15:00 Investigating the Lame Flock Michael Doherty BVM&S PhD MVM MRCVS

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee and Exhibition Parasites15.30 – 16.00 Risk Assessing Parasite Challenge in the 1st Grazing Season James O’Shaughnessy MVB16.00 – 16:30 Anthelmintic Resistance in Sheep Maressa Sheehan MVB / John Fagan MVB MVM MRCVS

Conference Close