Conference Programme
9.15 – 10.00 Registration and Coffee
10.00 – 10:10 Introduction and Welcome (Lyndon Edwards, Chair of the Action Group on Johne’s)
10.10 – 10.30 UK Endemic Disease Control Policy and Johne’s (Defra speaker tbc)
10.30 – 11.00 Progress in JD Control – The International Context (Maarten Weber, Royal GD of the Netherlands)
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee Break
11.20 – 11.50 Johne’s Tracker Database (Dr James Hanks, PAN Livestock Services Ltd)
11.50 – 12.35 Phase III of the NJMP (Pete Orpin, Chair of the Johne’s Technical Group)
12.35 – 1.00 IDEXX Johne’s Disease Elisa Test – Field Experience (Dr. Elke Stellbrink, IDEXX)
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 2.30 The BCVA and Action Johnes (TB, Training, Veterinary Certification) (Karen Bond, NML)
2.30 – 2.45 The Role of the AHDB (Miranda Poulson of AHDB)
2.45 – 3.30 Case Studies (spring calving and year-round calving)
3.30 – 4.00 Feedback, Discussion and Close (Lyndon Edwards, Chair of the Action Group on Johne’s)
Registration
To register for the conference please email [email protected] with the information set out below.
A fee of £75 will be charged for each delegate. A discount rate of £40 is available for dairy farmers. An invoice will be issued by Dairy UK after the conference.
Display Stands
There is room in the conference venue for organisations to put up display stands. The fee is £200. If you are interested in doing so please contact [email protected]
Directions
The venue is the Sixways Stadium, Warriors Way, Worcester, WR3 8ZE, which is just off Junction 6 of the M5 motorway.
Alternatively take a train to either Worcester Shrub Hill Station or Worcester Foregate Street Station and a 15 minute ride in a taxi.
Registration Details For Conference Attendees
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