BrAVO Spring Meeting 2010

Wednesday April 7th, Hall 8a, ICC, Birmingham    

Registration details:  www.bravo.org.uk

Focus on feline infectious/ systemic diseases affecting the eye.

Guest speakers:
Professor Mike Lappin, Colorado State University
Dr David Maggs, Associate Professor, UC Davis
Professor Danielle Gunn-Moore, University of Edinburgh
Professor Sheila Crispin, University of Bristol (ret.)

Programme:

• 08:30-09:15     Registration/coffee
• 09:15-10:00  Feline anterior uveitis – an overview (Sheila Crispin)
• 10:00-10:45 Bartonella spp. controversies; do these organisms cause ocular disease in cats? (Mike Lappin)
• 10:45-11:30   Coffee and exhibition
• 11:30-12:15  Toxoplasma gondii: Updates on diagnosis and treatment (Mike Lappin)
• 12:15-12:45  Abstracts x2
• 12:45-14:00  Lunch and exhibition
• 14:00-14:45 'TB or not TB - that is the question… Mycobacterial infections in cats, including their eyes' (Danielle Gunn-Moore)
• 14:45-15:30  Diseases of the feline fundus (Sheila Crispin)
• 15:30-16:15  Coffee and exhibition
• 16:15-17:00   FHV-1; updates on diagnosis and treatment (David Maggs)
• 17:00-17:30 Q&A / Discussion: FHV-1 diagnosis and treatment
• 17:30   Close