Veterinary Officer’s Association / Local Authority Vets - Joint Scientific Session
Mullingar Park Hotel – Friday 1st April 2011
10.00 – 11.00am
11.00 – 11.40
Registration and Coffee
Registration Desk – Brendan Smyth, Kevin Kenny, Pat Kelleher and Tom Kennedy
SESSION A – Chair Micheal Casey SSRO
Dr. Harry Rozendaal –
11.00 – 11.40
SESSION B – Chair Jim Buckley Cork Co. Co.
Prof. Sava Buncic, Professor in Meat Hygiene &
Safety - Epidemiology of bacterial contamination in cattle
11.40 – 12.20
abattoirs and related decontamination strategies
Dr. Robert Cunney HPSC – The relative importance of
animal and non-animal origins of antimicrobial resistance
12.20 – 1.00
John Egan SSRO
The response of the Dutch Authorities to Q Fever.
11.40 – 12.20
Prof Harry Blokhuis
EU Welfare Quality Programme – Protocols for assessing
animal welfare on farm and at slaughter
12.20 – 1.00
Siobhan Kavanagh
Assessment of Available Feed in Farm Animal Welfare
Situations
The Role of the Veterinary Laboratories in Public Health
1.00 – 2.15pm
Lunch
2.15 – 3.15pm
Plenary Session – “The Challenges Facing the Official Veterinarian in the 21st Century” (Chair – Johnathan Cooney)
Keynote Speaker - Robert Huey DARDNI
3.15 – 3.30pm
Coffee
3.30 – 5.00pm
The Afternoon Forum – The Role of the Official Veterinarian in the 21st Century
Chairperson
Speaker
Dr. Patrick Wall
3.30 – 3.45pm
Tom Moran – Secretary General DAFF
3.45 – 4.00pm
Donal Sammin – Head of Veterinary Laboratories DAFF
4.00 – 4.15pm
Pat Kirwan – President of Veterinary Ireland
4.15 – 4.30pm
Colm Gaynor – Former Director of the EU Food & Veterinary Office
4.30 – 5.15pm
Discussion